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The Effect of Macroeconomic Uncertainty on Household Spending

Coibion, Olivier; Georgarakos, Dimitris; Gorodnichenko, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Using a new survey of European households, we study how exogenous variation in the macroeconomic uncertainty perceived by households affects their spending decisions. We use randomized information treatments that provide different types of information about the first and/or second moments of...

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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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What Calls to ARMs? International Evidence on Interest Rates and the Choice of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages

Badarinza, Cristian - 2014

The relative popularity of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) and fixed-rate mort- gages (FRMs) varies considerably both across countries and over time. We ask how movements in current and expected future interest rates affect the share of ARMs in total mortgage issuance. Using a nine-country...

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Financial Factors and Investment in Belgium, France, Germany and the UK : A Comparison Using Company Panel Data

Bond, Stephen - 1997

We construct company panel datasets for manufacturing firms in Belgium, France, Germany and the UK, covering the period …

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Does Employment Protection Inhibit Labor Market Flexibility? Lessons from Germany, France, and Belgium

Abraham, Katharine G. - 1993

the adjustment of manufacturing employment and hours in West Germany, France and Belgium, three countries with strong job … regulations that occurred in Germany, France and Belgium during the 1980s affected employers' adjustment to changes in output … adjustment in lieu of layoffs by providing prorated unemployment compensation to workers on reduced hours. This paper compares …

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COVID-19 and SME Failures

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier - 2020

We estimate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on business failures among small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in seventeen countries using a large representative firm-level database. We use a simple model of firm cost-minimization and measure each firm's liquidity shortfall during and after...

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COVID-19 and SMEs : A 2021 "Time Bomb"?

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper assesses the prospects of a 2021 time bomb in SME failures triggered by the generous support policies enacted during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. Policies implemented in 2020, on their own, do not create a 2021 "time-bomb" for SMEs. Rather, business failures and policy costs remain...

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Why Work More? The Impact of Taxes, and Culture of Leisure on Labor Supply in Europe

Mocan, Naci H. - 2015

We use micro data from the European Social Survey to investigate the impact of "culture of leisure" and taxes on labor force participation and hours worked of second-generation immigrants who reside in 26 European countries. These individuals are born in Europe, and they have been exposed to...

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Housing Dynamics over the Business Cycle

Kydland, Finn E. - 2012

Over the U.S. business cycle, fluctuations in residential investment are well known to systematically lead GDP. These dynamics are documented here to be specific to the U.S. and Canada. In other developed economies residential investment is broadly coincident with GDP. Nonresidential investment...

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Foreign Investment and Domestic Productivity : Identifying Knowledge Spillovers and Competition Effects

Fons-Rosen, Christian - 2017

We study the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) of domestic firms using a new, representative firm-level data set spanning six countries. A novel finding is that firm-level spillovers from foreign firms to domestic companies can be significantly...

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