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A Disaggregated Framework for the Analysis of Structural Developments in Public Finances
Kremer, Jana; Rodrigues Braz, Cláudia; Brosens, Teunis; … - 2021
standardised to be used in multi-country studies. Here, it is applied to Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and … countries except Finland. In Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands, both revenue and expenditure contributed to the deterioration … of the structural primary balance. In Germany the large deterioration in revenue was partially offset by the decline in …
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Do EU Structural Funds Promote Regional Employment? Evidence from Dynamic Panel Data
Mohl, Philipp - 2011
Despite its rather broad goal of promoting 'economic, social and territorial cohesion', the existing literature has mainly focused on investigating the Cohesion Policy's growth effects. This ignores the fact that part of the EU expenditures is directly aimed at reducing disparities in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118136
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The Role of Fiscal Transfers for Regional Economic Convergence in Europe
Checherita-Westphal, Cristina D. - 2009
This paper provides evidence on the role of net fiscal transfers to households and EU structural funds for per-capita output convergence across a large sample of European regions during the period 1995-2005. We find that net fiscal transfers, while achieving regional redistribution, seem to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764767
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Leading Indicators of Systemic Banking Crises : Finland in a Panel of EU Countries
Lainà, Patrizio - 2015
focus on Finland. We use quarterly data from 1980Q1 to 2013Q2, in order to create a large number of macro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030867
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The Political Economy Under Monetary Union : Has the Euro Made a Difference?
Fratzscher, Marcel; Stracca, Livio - 2021
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has transformed Europe and has created an integrated pan-European economy. Much research has focused on understanding this integration process and what benefits and costs it entails. This paper identifies a political economy channel of EMU as the monetary union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316460
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The Macroeconomic Impact of Euro Area Labour Market Reforms : Evidence from a Narrative Panel VAR
Rünstler, Gerhard - 2021
Using new quarterly narrative evidence, this paper examines the macroeconomic impact of reforms of unemployment benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL) in the euro area from a Bayesian narrative panel VAR. The approach complements existing micro-econometric evidence by aligning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210534
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Why Do Europeans Work Part-Time? A Cross-Country Panel Analysis
Mourre, Gilles; Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Ward-Warmedinger, … - 2021
This empirical paper seeks to determine the relative contribution of the business cycle and structural factors to the development of part-time employment in the EU-15 countries over the 1980s and 1990s, exploiting a panel of EU countries. In the short-run, the business cycle is found to exert a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316586
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A Narrative Database of Labour Market Reforms in Euro Area Economies
Aumond, Romain; Tommaso, Valerio Di; Rünstler, Gerhard - 2022
We present a quarterly narrative database of important labour market reforms in selected euro area economies in between 1995 and 2018 covering 60 events. We provide legal adoption and implementation dates of major reforms to employment protection legislation and unemployment benefits. Estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013296525
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How Much Does the Public Know about the ECB's Monetary Policy? Evidence from a Survey of Dutch Households
van der Cruijsen, Carin - 2011
Does the general public know what central banks do? Is this kind of knowledge relevant? Using a survey of Dutch households, we investigate these questions for the case of the European Central Bank (ECB). Our findings suggest that knowledge on the ECB's objectives is far from perfect. Both a weak...
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The Dutch Block of the Escb Multi-Country Model
Ciccarelli, Matteo; Angelini, Elena; Boissay, Frédéric - 2021
The paper presents the Dutch country block of the ESCB Multi-Country Model(MCM) for the euro area. We show how a theoretical model is translated into an econometric specification and how this specification is in turn estimated and used in the projection exercises of the E(S)CB. The dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317570