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This paper uses index number theory to disentangle changes in aggregate retail interest rates due to changes in individual component rates (“interest rate effect”) from those caused by changes in the weights of each component (“weight effect”), on the basis of the “difference” index...
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resources, demographic pressures, human capital etc. The originality of our contribution is the use of a large data set …
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resources, demographic pressures, human capital etc. The originality of our contribution is the use of a large data set …
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We analyze the impact of efficiency on bank risk. We also consider whether bank capital has an effect on this … relationship. We model the inter-temporal relationships among efficiency, capital and risk for a large sample of commercial banks … contribute to shore up bank capital levels. Our findings suggest that banks lagging behind in their efficiency levels might …
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We analyse the evolution of capital and labour (mis)allocation across firms in five euro-area countries (Belgium … emerge. First, in all countries with the exception of Germany, capital allocation has worsened over time whereas the … efficiency of labour reallocation has not changed significantly. Second, the observed increase in capital misallocation has been …
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We analyse the evolution of capital and labour (mis)allocation across firms in five euro-area countries (Belgium … emerge. First, in all countries with the exception of Germany, capital allocation has worsened over time whereas the … efficiency of labour reallocation has not changed significantly. Second, the observed increase in capital misallocation has been …
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in the labour income share coupled with the relatively stable capital-to-labour income ratio and a noticeable change in …
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The paper analyses the evolution of the trade specialisation pattern in the ten countries which will join the EU in 2004, by studying the dynamics of their comparative advantages over the period 1993-2000. The study finds that, although some countries are still broadly relying on natural...
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aggregate elasticity of substitution but also for the parameters of labor and capital augmenting technical change. We find that … asymmetrical pattern where the growth of laboraugmenting technical progress is exponential, while that of capital is hyperbolic or …
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dynamics of factor incomes shares, capital deepening and the capital-output ratio. Based on careful data accounting, we also …
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