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Deeper, Wider and More Competitive? Monetary Integration, Eastern Enlargement and Competitiveness in the European Union
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P; Taglioni, Daria; di Mauro, Filippo - 2021
competition drives less productive firms out the market, thereby increasing average productivity as well as reducing average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316662
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A New Approach to Measuring Competition in the Loan Markets of the Euro Area
van Leuvensteijn, Michiel; Bikker, Jacob Antoon; van … - 2021
This paper is the first that applies a new measure of competition, the Boone indicator, to the banking industry. This … approach is able to measure competition of bank market segments, such as the loan market, whereas many well - known measures of … competition can consider the entire banking market only. A caveat of the Boone - indicator may be that it assumes that banks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317045
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A new approach to measuring competition in the loan markets of the euro area
van Leuvensteijn, Michiel; Bikker, Jacob A.; van … - 2007
This paper is the first that applies a new measure of competition, the Boone indicator, to the banking industry. This … approach is able to measure competition of bank market segments, such as the loan market, whereas many well-known measures of … competition can consider the entire banking market only. A caveat of the Boone-indicator may be that it assumes that banks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604814
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The world in 2016 : a perspective for the wider Europe
Gros, Daniel - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 75 (2006) 2, pp. 79-90
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003353770
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What are the different strategies for EMU countries?
Artus, Patrick - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 75 (2006) 2, pp. 65-78
The answer to competition from emerging countries with low wage costs must be very different according to the affected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489986
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The world in 2016 : a perspective for the wider Europe
Gros, Daniel - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 75 (2006) 2, pp. 79-90
The theme of this contribution is how Europe will evolve over the next decade. The key message is that over this decade Europe will be busy digesting the 12 members that joined in 2004 and 2007. Digesting in the context means that the new members will only gradually be incorporated and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489987
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Does the EMU need a fiscal transfer mechanism?
Furceri, Davide - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 73 (2004) 3, pp. 418-428
The aim of this paper is to investigate how the birth of a central fiscal authority or the creation of a fiscal transfer mechanism could improve the action of fiscal policy in terms of stabilization in the EMU. In particular, the paper examines the theoretical reasons to support this conclusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491575
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Germany after qualification for EMU : a disaggregated approach to the analysis of structural public finance developments
Kremer, Jana; Wendorff, Karsten - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 73 (2004) 3, pp. 358-370
This paper analyses the structural developments underlying the evolution of public finances in Germany after qualification for EMU. For this purpose, we extend a disaggregated approach to cyclical adjustment in a way that allows us inter alia to distinguish the impact of discretionary fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010492277
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How successful has the stability and growth pact been? : an empirical analysis
Hughes Hallett, Andrew; Lewis, John - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 73 (2004) 3, pp. 392-404
Prior to EMU, fiscal policy within the EU was disciplined by the threat of exclusion of the single currency; post-EMU, discipline has been exerted through the provisions of the Stability and Growth Pact. In this paper, we contrast the discipline induced by the two separate regimes on three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010492280
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A mixed blessing : monetary enlargement within the Maastricht policy framework
Schelkle, Waltraud - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 72 (2003) 4, pp. 624-635
Governments of most accession countries in Central and Eastern Europe initially expressed keen interest to adopt the Euro as soon as possible. The fervour seems to have cooled somewhat in the meantime. This paper will argue that there are good reasons for mixed feelings. While monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010492292