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On the relationship between economic integration, business environment and real convergence : the experience of the CEE countries

Głodowska, Agnieszka - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 2/54, pp. 1-19

The aim of the article is to verify the convergence process of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (CEE10) countries … economic integration and convergence as well as business environment and growth. The study methods applied in in the article …10 and EU15 countries were developing in accordance with the convergence hypothesis. The impact of economic integration …

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Convergence and heterogeneity in euro based economies : stability and dynamics

Haynes, Philip; Haynes, Jonathan - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-16

is convergence of the cluster patterns over time. A number of different clusters appear and these change over time as the … labour productivity. The paper concludes that in the last decade the convergence of countries sharing the euro has been … divergences from pre-existing integration. Country convergence needs to be understood as a dynamic and multivariate concept. This …

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Convergence trends in euro economies : financial crisis recovery and the COVID-19 pandemic

Haynes, Philip; Alemna, David - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 11, pp. 1-18

impact of the euro on economic convergence. The DPS method ensures a forensic examination of the diverse variable patterns … that influence cluster memberships. As with previous research conclusions, there are multiple patterns of convergence and … nominal convergence. An example is the divergence of the experience of consumer inflation between 2016 and 2022. Nevertheless …

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Does euro area membership affect the relation between GDP growth and public debt?

Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2012

We analyse the relationship between the debt to GDP ratio and real per capita GDP growth for the euro area members by distinguishing between periods of sustainable and non-sustainable debt. Thresholds are theory-based and depend on the macroeconomic framework. If the interest rate exceeds...

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Fiscal spillovers in the euro area

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Girardi, Alessandro - 2011

This paper analyses the dynamic effects of fiscal imbalances in a given EMU member state on the borrowing costs of other countries in the euro area. The estimation of a multivariate, multi-country time series model (specifically a Global VAR, or GVAR) using quarterly data for the EMU period...

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The European debt crisis and fiscal reaction functions in Europe 2000 - 2012

Baldi, Guido; Stæhr, Karsten - 2013

After the global financial crisis, some governments in the EU experienced serious debt financing problems, while others were less affected. This paper seeks to shed light on the divergent fiscal performance by assessing the fiscal conduct in the EU countries before and after the outbreak of the...

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On the relationship between public and private investment in the euro area

Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2014

This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area in terms of capital stocks and gross investment flows. Panel techniques accounting for international spillovers are employed. While private and public capital stocks are cointegrated, the...

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The euro area crisis management framework : consequences and institutional follow-ups

Belke, Ansgar - 2010

The current instruments in the EU to deal with debt and liquidity crises include among others the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM). Both are temporary in nature (3 years). In terms of an efficient future crisis management...

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Reinforcing EU governance in times of crisis : the commission proposals and beyond

Belke, Ansgar - 2010

The recent extensive package introduced by the Commission is the "most comprehensive reinforcement of economic governance in the EU and the euro area since the launch of the Economic and Monetary Union. Broader and enhanced surveillance of fiscal policies, but also macroeconomic policies and...

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Sovereign bond yield spreads : a time-varying coefficient approach

Bernoth, Kerstin; Erdogan, Burcu - 2010

We study the determinants of sovereign bond yield spreads across 10 EMU countries between Q1/1999 and Q1/2010. We apply a semiparametric time-varying coefficient model to identify, to what extent an observed change in the yield spread is due to a shift in macroeconomic fundamentals or due to...

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