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Japanese growth and stagnation: A Keynesian perspective
Nakatani, Takeshi; Skott, Peter - 2006
This paper uses a modi.ed Harrodian model to understand both the long period of rapid Japanese growth and the recent period of stagnation. The model has multiple steady-growth solutions when the labour supply is highly elastic, and government intervention, we argue, took the Japanese economy...
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The Swedish Experience of Fiscal Reform: Lessons for Portugal
Jonung, Lars - 2014
that gradually emerged in Sweden after the deep economic crisis of the early 1990s. By now, Swedish public finances stand … out among the strongest in Europe. Recent Swedish macroeconomic performance has been impressive. As Sweden and Portugal … are small open economies in the periphery of Europe, Sweden may serve as a fiscal model for Portugal. Policy lessons are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208695
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An Empirical Investigation of the Strategic Use of Debt
Pettersson, Per - 1999
In this paper I test two models of strategic debt behavior. The general idea is that if a government anticipates the possibility of defeat in the next election it will try to use the debt strategically in order to influence the policy of its successor. Previous empirical studies have either...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321712
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LINDA - Longitudinal INdividual DAta for Sweden
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - 2000
This paper presents LINDA - a register-based longitudinal data set for Sweden. LINDA consists of a large panel of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321802
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Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Swedish Household Data
Andersson, Björn - 2001
This paper provides empirical evidence on life-cycle patterns in the asset allocation of Swedish households. Data on household portfolio allocation are collected from the HINK surveys for the period 1982-1992, and portfolio shares of different asset categories are regressed on age, period, and...
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The gender gap in workplace authority in Sweden 1968 - 2000: A family affair?
Bygren, Magnus; Gähler, Michael - 2007
We assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317967
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On the role of capital gains in Swedish income inequality
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2011
Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321442
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Sustainability of Public Debt and Budget Deficit: Panel cointegration analysis for the European Union Member countries
Prohl, Silika; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006
In this study, we analyse the sustainability of fiscal policy of EU member countries within the panel cointegration and error-correction frameworks. Unlike the previous empirical papers in this area, we apply the test for panel cointegration between the primary budget deficit and the public debt...
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Die Deutsche Wiedervereinigung und die europäische Schuldenkrise im Lichte der Theorie optimaler Währungsräume
Schnabl, Gunther; Zemanek, Holger - 2011
Der Beitrag analysiert die inner-europäischen Leistungsbilanzungleichgewichte auf der Grundlage der Theorie der optimalen Währungsräume. Wir zeigen, dass die deutsche Wiedervereinigung nicht nur zur EWS-Krise 1992/93 führte, sondern auch der Ursprung der derzeitigen europäischen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305581
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Symmetrische Regeln und asymmetrisches Handeln in der Geld- und Finanzpolitik
Hoffmann, Andreas; Schnabl, Gunther - 2011
Das Papier untersucht auf der Grundlage der monetären Überinvestitionstheorien von Wicksell (1898), Mises (1912) and Hayek (1929, 1935) das Scheitern von geld- und finanzpolitischen Regeln zur Kontrolle von übermäßigem Geldmengenwachstum und ausufernder Staatsverschuldung. Es zeigt...
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