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This paper examines the spatial interaction of neighboring cities over their employment cycles. The cycles of neighboring cities tend to be more similar to one another than are those of non-neighboring cities, although this is due primarily to neighbors' tendency to be in the same state. In...
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This paper investigates the time-varying correlation between the EU12-wide business cycle and the initial EU12 member-countries based on Scalar-BEKK and multivariate Riskmetrics model frameworks for the period 1980-2012. The paper provides evidence that changes in the business cycle...
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The Taylor hypothesis is the conjecture that the 2007-2009 financial crisis and the 2008-present downturn have been caused by loose monetary policy during 2002-2006. According to the Taylor hypothesis the Fed deviated from well-know rules of monetary policy-making over this period, and this...
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The recent global recession requires policy makers to identify the relative importance of shock transmission mechanisms in each region and devise counter policy measures against future idiosyncratic shocks. In the last decade, world dynamics have changed considerably due to increased openness...
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This paper gives an Austrian economics answer to the present world economic crisis. It uses the Austrian Business Cycle Theory to analyze the root causes of this crisis and then presents the real solution of this problem.
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The paper focuses on empirical analysis of major factors that determine innovation activities of Russian manufacturing firms during the crisis. We presume that the crisis has ambiguous effects on firms' behaviour, on one hand limiting their financial capabilities to invest into new products...
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determinants of countries’ trade patterns. Considering the case of Austria, the present paper uses detailed bilateral export data … margins to Austria’s export performance. Intensive margin are further decomposed into price and quantity margins in order to … decomposition method of export growth rates by Bingzhan (2011). Results show that the intensive margin is key driver of Austria …
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performances of private, public and mixed enterprises in Austria is compared through the use of factor analysis method. The …
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We model the rate of inflation and unemployment in Austria since the early 1960s within the Phillips/Fisher framework …. The change in labour force is the driving force representing economic activity in the Phillips curve. For Austria, this … power of the link between inflation and labour force imply that the National Bank of Austria does not control inflation and …
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In January 2011, a price regulation was established in the Austrian gasoline market which prohibits firms from raising their prices more than once per day. Similar restrictions have been discussed in New York State and Germany. Despite their intuitive appeal, this article argues that...
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