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The economics of CO2 capture and storage in relation to the possibility of significant leakage of CO2 from geological reservoirs once this greenhouse gas has been stored artificially underground will be among the main determinants of whether CCS can significantly contribute to a deep cut in...
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This paper develops a two-block Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) to estimate the spillover of external shocks to the Maltese economy. The model focuses on five broad macroeconomic shocks hitting the euro area; an aggregate demand shock, two aggregate supply shocks which respectively proxy...
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This paper computes sectoral contributions to real labour productivity growth in Malta during the two decades since … 2000. The aim is to give an account of the sectoral developments affecting Malta's productivity growth in the twenty years … gains and resource reallocation. Real labour productivity growth in Malta averaged 1.2% between 2000 and 2019, double that …
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Malta after its accession to the European Monetary Union. In line with literature, results point at incomplete ERPT to …
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This paper outlines a stress testing framework for the household sector in Malta based on micro data. The analysis …
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We use household-level data from the Household Budgetary Survey to study the saving patterns of Maltese households. We first establish a set of key observations from the data, showing that the likelihood of saving rises with income, age and education. We then estimate a Logit model of the...
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Over the recent years Malta has experienced a remarkable increase in its labour force due to a large influx of …
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Malta with those for the euro area. This comparative report finds that in 2016 the median Maltese household held more real … of homeownership in Malta, the median net wealth in Malta was estimated to be significantly higher than in the euro area … macroeconomic and socio-demographic backgrounds, the survey results highlight heterogeneous developments between Malta and the euro …
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This paper presents an extensive analysis on the means of payment that consumers in Malta use to purchase different … understanding of the considerations that shape consumers' payment choices, based on a survey of 500 households in Malta. Thus, it … delivers essential information that should help the Central Bank of Malta and relevant payment systems stakeholders enhance …
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The paper applies two commonly used methods in the literature to estimate the shadow economy in Malta, the Currency …
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