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Attention to the economy plays a key role in canonical macro models, yet its empirical properties are not well understood. We collect novel measures of attention to the economy based on open-ended survey questions. Our measures are included in tailored panel surveys of German firms and...
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Nach Schätzungen des ifo Instituts werden die volkswirtschaftlichen Kosten der wegen der Corona-Epidemie erfolgenden partiellen Stilllegung der Wirtschaft bei einer Shutdown-Dauer – je nach zugrunde gelegtem Szenario – von zwei Monaten zwischen 255 und 495 Mrd. Euro betragen. Die...
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This study uses scenario calculations to estimate the economic costs of the partial closure of the economy due to the coronavirus epidemic. With a shutdown duration of two months, the costs reach between EUR 255 billion and EUR 495 billion, depending on the scenario, and reduce the annual growth...
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This paper presents scenarios of the shutdown costs in terms of lost value added for Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and UK. The shutdown phase will lead to considerable production losses and large declines in GDP this year. Lasting longer than a month, the losses within the...
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Die ökonomischen Kosten des Shutdown bestehen vor allem in der entfallenden Wertschöpfung während der Zeit der Produktionsunterbrechung und potenziellen Folgekosten in Form verzögerter Rückkehr zu normaler wirtschaftlicher Aktivität oder dauerhaften Beeinträchtigungen in Folge von...
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Die ökonomischen Kosten des Shutdown bestehen vor allem in der entfallenden Wertschöpfung während der Zeit der Produktionsunterbrechung und potenziellen Folgekosten in Form verzögerter Rückkehr zu normaler wirtschaftlicher Aktivität oder dauerhaften Beeinträchtigungen in Folge von...
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Die Coronakrise hält die deutsche Wirtschaft fest in ihrem Griff. Es ist davon auszugehen, dass die Ausbreitung der Pandemie und die damit verbundenen Gegenmaßnahmen, wie Ausgangsbeschränkungen und Schließung von Geschäften, Gastronomiebetrieben, Hotels sowie Stilllegung von Fabriken, zu...
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We survey samples of German firms and households to document novel stylized facts about the extent of information frictions among the two groups. First, firms' expectations about macroeconomic variables are closer to expert forecasts and less dispersed than households', consistent with higher...
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We survey samples of German firms and households to document novel stylized facts about the extent of information frictions among the two groups. First, firms' expectations about macroeconomic variables are closer to expert forecasts and less dispersed than households', consistent with higher...
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We leverage survey data from Germany, Italy, and the US to document several novel stylized facts about the extent of information frictions among firms and households. First, firms' expectations about the central bank policy rate, inflation, and aggregate unemployment are more aligned with expert...
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