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Cross-category, trans-Pacific spillovers of policy uncertainty and financial market volatility
Thiem, Christopher - 2018
kategorieübergreifende Unsicherheits-Spillover-Effekte zwischen den USA und Japan. Dabei betrachten wir sowohl wirtschaftspolitische …-WPU-Spillover zwischen den USA und Japan sowohl zeit- als auch kategorieabhängig ist. Dabei fungieren im Laufe des Untersuchungszeitraums …-category spillovers of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and financial market volatility between the US and Japan. Our model includes …
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Sticky Prices vs. Sticky Information – A Cross-Country Study of Inflation Dynamics
Bredemeier, Christian; Goecke, Henry - 2011
six countries (US, UK, Germany, France, Canada, and Japan). We evaluate the models' abilities to match empirical second … betrachtet dazu die Inflationsdynamiken in sechs verschiedenen Ländern (USA, Großbritannien, Deutschland, Frankreich, Kanada und … Japan). Wir werten die Fähigkeiten der Modelle aus, empirische zweite Momente des Inflationsprozesses zu generieren. Bei …
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Health Effects of Temporary Jobs in Europe
Schaffner, Sandra; Ehlert, Christoph Richard - 2011
Over the last two decades, temporary employment has gained importance in the European Union. The implications of this development for the health of the workforce are not yet established. Using a unique individual-level data set for 27 European countries, this paper evaluates whether temporary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175073
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How Stable Are Monetary Models of the Dollar-Euro Exchange Rate? - A Time-varying Coefficient Approach
Beckmann, Joscha; Belke, Ansgar; Kühl, Michael - 2009
This paper examines the significance of different fundamental regimes by applying various monetary models of the exchange rate to one of the politically most important exchange rates, the exchange rate of the US dollar vis-à-vis the euro (the DM). We use monthly data from 1975:01 to 2007:12....
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(How) Do the ECB and the Fed React to Financial Market Uncertainty? – The Taylor Rule in Times of Crisis
Belke, Ansgar; Klose, Jens - 2010
We assess differences that emerge in Taylor rule estimations for the Fed and the ECB before and after the start of the subprime crisis. For this purpose, we apply an explicit estimate of the equilibrium real interest rate and of potential output in order to account for variations within these...
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Parasites and Raven Mothers: A German-Japanese Comparison on (Lone) Motherhood
Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - 2010
countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan … decades ago are happening only now in Japan. We analyze if and how the consequences in terms of family structures and … fertility rates that resulted in Germany can be transfered to Japan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273562
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Parasites and Raven Mothers: A German-Japanese Comparison on (Lone) Motherhood
Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2010
countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan … decades ago are happening only now in Japan. We analyze if and how the consequences in terms of family structures and … fertility rates that resulted in Germany can be transfered to Japan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008641788
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The Impact of Cohort Size and Local Labor Market Conditions on Human Capital Accumulation in Europe
Middendorf, Torge - 2007
Recent studies emphasize the impact of macroeconomic factors on educational attainment. They show that although individual factors like the educational level of one's parents play a decisive role in determining the human capital accumulation of the children, the cohort size as well as the local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264683
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Enlarging the EMU to the east: What effects on trade?
Belke, Ansgar; Spies, Julia - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to assess the implications of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) accession of eight Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) on their share in EMU-12 imports. Overcoming biases related to endogeneity, omitted variables and sample selection, our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264693
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A Regression on Climate Policy - The European Commission's Proposal to Reduce CO2 Emissions from Transport
Frondel, Manuel; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Vance, Colin - 2008
As part of its efforts to reach the targets of the Kyoto Protocol, the European Commission is currently considering a new directive to reduce the per-kilometer CO2 emissions of newly registered automobiles. This paper critically assesses this proposal with respect to its economic and...
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