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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265822
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When Does It Hurt? The Exchange Rate ""Pain Threshold"" for German Exports
Belke, Ansgar; Goecke, Matthias; Guenther, Martin - 2009
This paper deals with the impact of the $/Euro exchange rate on German exports in the period from 1995Q1 to 2008Q4. Our main aim is to identify pain thresholds for German exporters. We rely on a non-linear model according to which suddenly strong spurts of exports occur when changes of the EXR...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265824
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271135
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When does it hurt? The exchange rate pain threshold for German exports
Belke, Ansgar; Goecke, Matthias; Guenther, Martin - 2009
This paper deals with the impact of the $/¿ exchange rate on German exports in the period from 1995Q1 to 2008Q4. Our main aim is to identify pain thresholds for German exporters. We rely on a non-linear model according to which suddenly strong spurts of exports occur when changes of the EXR go...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271139
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Specialisation Patterns and the Synchronicity of Regional Employment Cycles in Europe
Belke, Ansgar; Heine, Jens Michael - 2004
This paper examines the degree of correlation of EU regional employment cycles and attempts to show whether these cycles reflect changing patterns of specialisation. By focusing on the regional level and by employing three different indicators of similarity of sectoral structure, it improves on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274208
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On the endogeneity of an exogenous OCA-criterion: The impact of specialisation on the synchronisation of regional business cycles in Europe
Belke, Ansgar; Heine, Jens Michael - 2001
This paper empirically assesses the impact of specialisation on the synchronisation of regional business cycles in two core countries of EMU, namely France and Germany. Several specialisation indices are introduced and some first stylised facts about interregional business cycle correlations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295593
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When does it hurt? The exchange rate "pain threshold" for German exports
Belke, Ansgar; Göcke, Matthias; Guenther, Martin - 2009
This paper deals with the impact of the $/€ exchange rate on German exports in the period from 1995Q1 to 2008Q4. Our main aim is to identify 'pain thresholds' for German exporters. We rely on a non-linear model according to which suddenly strong spurts of exports occur when changes of the EXR...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301368
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Regulierungsmodelle für die öffentliche Wasserversorgung und ihre Wettbewerbseffekte
Wackerbauer, Johann - In: ifo Schnelldienst 56 (2003) 21, pp. 9-16
Wasserwirtschaft stellt sich die Frage, wie sich eine Änderung des Ordnungsrahmens in Deutschland auf die Marktstruktur und die … Angebotsbedingungen auswirken würde. Die Wasserunternehmen in Deutschland haben in der Vergangenheit jährlich ca. 2,5 Mrd. € in einen … Liberalisierung der Wasserversorgung zu erwartenden Wirkungen auf die Wettbewerbssituation in Deutschland diskutiert. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011692082
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Entsorgungswirtschaft: Neue Zuversicht zum Jahresbeginn 2006
Wackerbauer, Johann - In: ifo Schnelldienst 59 (2006) 06, pp. 34-37
Zum Jahresbeginn 2006 verbesserte sich für die Entsorgungswirtschaft, die im Vorjahr von mehreren spektakulären Firmenübernahmen sowie von der Gebührenexplosion geprägt war, die Branchenkonjunktur. Im Verlauf des Jahres wird sowohl ein Anstieg der Umsätze um 3% als auch ein höheres...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011692517
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Entsorgungswirtschaft: Belebung der Branchenkonjunktur setzt sich fort
Wackerbauer, Johann - In: ifo Schnelldienst 59 (2006) 18, pp. 26-29
Nach einer Umsatzstagnation in den ersten Jahren des neuen Jahrzehnts zeichnet sich für die Entsorgungswirtschaft nunmehr eine erneute Belebung der Branchenkonjunktur ab. Die Mitgliedsunternehmen des Bundesverbandes Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung konnten in den ersten sechs Monaten dieses...
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