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Till labor cost do us part : on the long run convergence of EMU countries

Pancotto, Francesca; Pericoli, Filippo Maria - 2011

A sustainable long-run pattern in the relative competitiveness of euro area countries is a key factor for the survivorship of the monetary union. We analyze the issue focussing on unit labor cost dynamics using cointegration analysis for the whole economy and for the manufacturing sector...

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Real convergence in the euro area : a long-term perspective

Díaz del Hoyo, Juan L.; Dorrucci, Ettore; Heinz, … - 2017

that of higher-income economies since the start of monetary union. The significant real convergence performance of some of … view" and reviewing the evidence since the 1960s, this paper shows that certain member countries began to face a "non-convergence … driving real convergence in the euro area over time, alongside other factors; and (ii) the crucial interaction of real …

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The transition of China to sustainable growth : implications for the global economy and the euro area

Dieppe, Alistair (ed.); Gilhooly, Robert (ed.); … - 2018

China's rise has been the economic success story of the past four decades but economic growth has been slowing and domestic imbalances have widened. This paper analyses the recent evolution of China's imbalances, the risks they pose to the economic outlook and the potential impact of a...

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Euro Area Time Varying Fiscal Sustainability

Afonso, António - 2015

We assess the time varying features of fiscal sustainability in the euro area via revisiting the empirical relationship between the primary budget surplus and the debt-to-GDP ratio. Focusing on a sample of 11 Euro-area countries between 1999Q1 and 2013Q4 and by means of time series analyses, we...

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Effects of Euro Area Monetary Policy on Institutional Sectors : The Case of Portugal

Afonso, António - 2017

We study the effects of the euro area monetary policy on the institutional sectors in Portugal during the period 2000:4 2015:4. Our results show that the single monetary policy affected some variables that are proxies for the funding of each institutional sector of the economy: general...

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Monetary Developments and Expansionary Fiscal Consolidations : Evidence from the EMU

Afonso, António - 2014

This paper provides new insights about the existence of expansionary fiscal consolidations in the Economic and Monetary Union, using annual panel data for 14 European Union countries over the period 1970-2012. Different measures for assessing fiscal consolidations based on the changes in the...

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The Fiscal Consequences of Deflation : Evidence from the Golden Age of Globalization

Afonso, António - 2016

We study a panel of 17 economies in the first wave of globalization, between 1870 and 1914, regarding the fiscal consequences of deflation. By means of impulse response analyses and panel regressions, we find that a 1 percent fall in the price level leads to an increase in the debt ratio of...

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Towards a single performance indicator in the EU's fiscal governance framework : an assessment of the expenditure and structural balance rules in the European fiscal governance fra...

Benalal, Nicholai; Freier, Maximilian; Melyn, Wim; … - 2022

A key element of the European reform agenda is to simplify the EU fiscal governance framework by moving towards a single debt anchor and a single operational indicator as the basis for formulating fiscal targets and assessing compliance. This paper puts forward an in-depth analysis of two...

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Monetary-fiscal policy interactions in the euro area

2021

The last review of the ECB’s monetary policy strategy in 2003 followed a period of predominantly upside risks to price stability. Experience following the 2008 financial crisis has focused renewed attention on the question of how monetary and fiscal policy should best interact, in particular...

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Public and private risk sharing : friends or foes : the interplay between different forms of risk sharing

Giovannini, Alessandro; Ioannou, Demosthenes; Stracca, Livio - 2022

Well-functioning risk-sharing arrangements are essential for the shock absorbing capacity and resilience of an economy, even more so for countries in a monetary union where the single monetary policy is unable to address asymmetric shocks. The common shocks that euro area member states have been...

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