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What is European Integration Really About? A Political Guide for Economists

Spolaore, Enrico - 2013

Europe's monetary union is part of a broader process of integration that started in the aftermath of World War II. In this "political guide for economists" we look at the creation of the euro within the bigger picture of European integration. How and why were European institutions established?...

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Strong Sterling Pound and Weak European Currencies in the Crises : Evidence from Covered Interest Parity of Secured Rates

Fukuda, Shin-ichi - 2016

In the post Lehman period, the interest rate of the US dollar became low on the forward contract because of"flight to quality" to the international currency. However, in the Euro crisis, that of the Sterling pound became equally low, while the other European currencies such as the Danish kroner...

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Innovativity : A Comparison Across Seven European Countries

Mohnen, Pierre - 2006

: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Italy for the year 1992. Based on the estimation of a …

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Fiscal Adjustments in OECD Countries : Composition and Macroeconomic Effects

Alesina, Alberto - 1996

on three case studies: Denmark, Ireland and Italy …

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The "Austerity Myth" : Gain Without Pain?

Perotti, Roberto - 2011

detailed case studies, two - Denmark and Ireland - undertaken under fixed exchange rates (the most relevant case for many …All four episodes were associated with an expansion; but only in Denmark the driver of growth was internal demand … driver of growth was exports. In Ireland this occurred because the sterling coincidentally appreciated. In Finland and Sweden …

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Trade and Structural Interdependence Between the U.S. and the NICs

Branson, William H. - 1984

During the decade since 1973, the U.S. economy has become increasingly interdependent with the newly industrializing countries (NICs) among the developing countries. These countries have had high investment ratios to GNP, financed mainly by domestic saving, but also partly by foreign borrowing....

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No Pain, No Gain : The Effects of Exports on Effort, Injury, and Illness

Hummels, David - 2016

Increased job effort can raise productivity and income but put workers at increased risk of illness and injury. We combine Danish data on individuals' health with Danish matched worker-firm data to understand how rising exports affect individual workers' effort, injury, and illness. We find that...

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The Future of EMU : What Does the History of Monetary Unions Tell Us?

Bordo, Michael D. - 1999

The creation of EMU and the ECB has triggered a discussion of the future of EMU. Independent observers have pointed to a number of shortcomings or hazard areas' in the construction of EMU, such as the absence of a central lender of last resort function for EMU, the lack of a central authority...

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The European Crisis in the Context of the History of Previous Financial Crises

Bordo, Michael D. - 2013

There are some striking similarities between the pre 1914 gold standard and EMU today. Both arrangements are based on fixed exchange rates, monetary and fiscal orthodoxy. Each regime gave easy access by financially underdeveloped peripheral countries to capital from the core countries. But the...

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Decomposing the great trade collapse : products, prices, and quantities in the 2008-2009 crisis

Haddad, Mona - 2011

"We identify a new set of stylized facts on the 2008-2009 trade collapse that we hope can be used to shed light on the importance of demand and supply-side factors in explaining the fall in trade. In particular, we decompose the fall in international trade into product entry and exit, price...

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