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Implementing the Panel Event Study
Clarke, Damian - 2020
Many studies estimate the impact of exposure to some quasi-experimental policy or event using a panel event study design. These models, as a generalized extension of 'difference-in-differences' or two-way fixed effect models, allow for dynamic lags and leads to the event of interest to be...
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Interest Rate Bands of Inaction and Play-Hysteresis in Domestic Investment : Evidence for the Euro Area
Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2019
The interest rate represents an important monetary policy tool to steer investment in order to reach price stability. Therefore, implications of the exact form and magnitude of the interest rate-investment nexus for the European Central Bank's effectiveness in a low interest rate environment...
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Asymmetric Labor Market Institutions in the Emu and the Volatility of Inflation and Unemployment Differentials
Abbritti, Mirko - 2012
volatility of both inflation and unemployment differentials. Finally, we show that it is important to take into account the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107467
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Macroeconomic Volatilities and the Labor Market : First Results from the Euro Experiment
Merkl, Christian - 2010
This paper analyzes the effects of different labor market institutions on inflation and output volatility. The eurozone … could account for volatility differences across member states, but labor market characteristics have remained very diverse … significant negative effect on output volatility, while replacement rates have a positive effect, both of which are in line with …
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Global Macro-Financial Cycles and Spillovers
Ha, Jongrim - 2020
We develop a new dynamic factor model that allows us to jointly characterize global macroeconomic and financial cycles and the spillovers between them. The model decomposes macroeconomic cycles into the part driven by global and country-specific macro factors and the part driven by spillovers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840446
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A Simple Method to Visualize Results in Nonlinear Regression Models
Henderson, Daniel J. - 2012
A simple graphical approach to presenting results from nonlinear regression models is described. In the face of multiple covariates, 'partial mean' plots may be unattractive. The approach here is portable to a variety of settings and can be tailored to the specific application at hand. A simple...
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Knowledge Spillovers, ICT and Productivity Growth
Corrado, Carol A. - 2014
This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU member states from 1998 to 2007. We find that (a) the...
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Is Leisure a Normal Good? Evidence from the European Parliament
Mocan, Naci H. - 2011
Prior to July 2009, salaries of the members of the European Parliament were paid by their home country and there were substantial salary differences between parliamentarians representing different EU countries. Starting in July 2009, the salary of each member of the Parliament is pegged to 38.5%...
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Fiscal Union in Europe? Redistributive and Stabilising Effects of an EU Tax-Benefit System
Bargain, Olivier - 2012
representative household microdata from 11 Eurozone countries to simulate these policy reforms and to study their effects on the … that not all forms of fiscal integration will improve macroeconomic stability in the Eurozone …
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Capital Prices and Eurozone Competitiveness Differentials
Askenazy, Philippe - 2013
Competitiveness differentials are blamed for the instability of the Eurozone. Most of the analyses focus on labour …
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