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Using firm-level data from a large-scale European survey among 20 countries, we analyse the determinants of firms using short-time work (STW). We show that firms are more likely to use STW in case of negative demand shocks. We show that STW schemes are more likely to be used by firms with high...
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behaviour of the U.S. economy before and after the Great Recession. In a DSGE model with endogenous growth, negative demand …, when shocks are deep and persistent enough, like during the Great Recession, they call for a downward revision of potential … followed the Great Recession, as well as the V-shaped recoveries that followed the oil shock recessions. …
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We show that financial variables contribute to the forecast of GDP growth during the Great Recession, providing … additional insights on both first and higher moments of the GDP growth distribution. If a recession is due to an unforeseen shock … (such as the Covid-19 recession), financial variables serve policymakers in providing timely warnings about the severity of …
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We consider simple methods to improve the growth nowcasts and forecasts obtained by mixed frequency MIDAS and UMIDAS models with a variety of indicators during the Covid-19 crisis and recovery period, such as combining forecasts across various specifications for the same model and/or across...
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This paper presents a new dataset on the dynamics of non-performing loans (NPLs) during 88 banking crises since 1990. The data show similarities across crises during NPL build-ups but less so during NPL resolutions. We find a close relationship between NPL problems-elevated and unresolved...
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We evaluate the Friedman-Schwartz hypothesis that a more accommodative monetary policy could have greatly reduced the severity of the Great Depression. To do this, we first estimate a dynamic, general equilibrium model using data from the 1920s and 1930s. Although the model includes eight...
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