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The Maastricht convergence criteria and optimal monetary policy for the EMU accession Countries
Lipińska, Anna (contributor) - 2008
The EMU accession countries are obliged to fulfill the Maastrich convergence criteria prior to entering the EMU. This paper uses a DSGE model of a two-sector small open economy, to address the following question: How do the Maastricht convergence criteria modify optimal monetary policy in an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778818
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Trade with central and eastern Europe : is it really a threat to wages in the west?
Polgár, Éva Katalin; Wörz, Julia - 2010
industries) in 25 EU countries over the period from 1995 to 2005. By applying a cross-country and industry-specific approach, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008659411
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Efectos del proceso de integración europeo sobre la composición funcional del gasto público
Sanz Labrador, Ismael; Velázquez Angona, Francisco J. - In: Papeles de economía española 91 (2002), pp. 46-59
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001660053
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Deeper, wider and more competitive? : monetary integration, Eastern enlargement and competitiveness in the European Union
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. (contributor);  … - 2007
firms? And in the European context, have key elements of the EU strategy such as EMU and enlargement helped or hindered … located in participating economies. Enlargement has, instead, two contrasting effects. It improves the accessibility of EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635984
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Economic growth and budgetary components : a panel assessment for the EU
Afonso, António (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper we test whether a reallocation of government budget items can enhance long-term GDP growth in a set of European countries. We apply modern panel data techniques to the period 1970-2006, and we use three alternative dependent variables in a growth regression: economic growth, total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003636014
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Government size, composition, volatility and economic growth
Afonso, António (contributor); Furceri, Davide (contributor) - 2008
and EU countries. The results of the paper suggest that both variables are detrimental to growth. In particular, looking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003636033
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Fiscal consolidation in the euro area : long-run benefits and short-run costs
Coenen, Günter (contributor); Mohr, Matthias (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper, we examine the macroeconomic effects of alternative fiscal consolidation policies in the New Area-Wide Model (NAWM), a two-country open-economy model of the euro area developed at the European Central Bank (cf. Coenen et al., 2007). We model fiscal consolidation as a permanent...
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Fiscal and monetary policy in the enlarged European Union (forthcoming)
Pogorelec, Sabina (contributor) - 2006
I build a quantitative two-country DSGE model of the European Union (EU) and investigate whether there are welfare … gains from fiscal policy cooperation between the new EU members and the euro area (EMU). Fiscal cooperation is defined in … firms in the new EU countries. When there is no foreign ownership in the new EU countries, the euro area is indifferent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003358603
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Fiscal policy in a monetary economy with capital and finite lifetime
Annicchiarico, Barbara (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper develops a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with nominal rigidities, capital accumulation and finite lifetimes. The framework exhibits intergenerational wealth effects and is intended to investigate the macroeconomic implications of fiscal policy, which is specified by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003358633
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The role of fiscal transfers for regional economic convergence in Europe
Checherita-Westphal, Cristina; Nickel, Christiane; … - 2009
This paper provides evidence on the role of net fiscal transfers to households and EU structural funds for per … growth rates in poor receiving regions decline by less than in rich paying regions. EU structural and cohesion funds spent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832335