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The political economy under monetary union: has the euro made a difference?
Fratzscher, Marcel; Stracca, Livio - 2008
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has transformed Europe and has created an integrated pan-European economy. Much … political economy channel of EMU as the monetary union implies that member states had to transfer or at least curtail their … impact of political shocks on the domestic economy of member states but magnified the transmission of political shocks within …
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Where next for monetary policy? Lessons from the financial crisis and the pandemic
Minford, Patrick - 2023
Monetary developments of recent decades began with much promise with inflation targeting by independent central banks; the financial crisis of 2007 ushered in a period of great monetary instability. There are lessons for a return to more stability. Central banks need to stabilize money supply...
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Finland and Its Northern Peers in the Great Recession
Suni, Paavo; Vihriälä, Vesa - 2016
exceptional negative shocks in combination with a too weak capacity of the economy to improve its cost competitiveness in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037669
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The lessons from QE and other "unconventional" monetary policies: Evidence from the Bank of England
Lyonnet, Victor; Werner, Richard A. - 2011
indicates that QE as defined and announced in March 2009 had no apparent effect on the UK economy. Meanwhile, it is found that a …
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The macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy
Afonso, António; Sousa, Ricardo M. - 2009
We investigate the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy using a Bayesian Structural Vector Autoregression approach. We build on a recursive identification scheme, but we: (i) include the feedback from government debt (ii); look at the impact on the composition of output; (iii) assess the...
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Fiscal Policy And Growth in Developing Asia
Abdon, Arnelyn May; Estrada, Gemma Esther; Lee, Minsoo; … - 2014
In this paper we empirically explore the relationship between fiscal policy and economic growth in developing Asia. The region's overall level of taxes and government spending are substantially lower than those prevailing in advanced economies. Nevertheless, there are conceptual grounds why...
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The Resource Curse and Fiscal Policy Volatility
Bleaney, Michael; Halland, Håvard - 2009
Using data from 1980 to 2004, we show that greater fiscal policy volatility acts as a transmission mechanism for the resource curse. Resource exports dominate political and institutional variables as determinants of fiscal policy volatility, with fiscal policy volatility being a significant...
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Warum die Volkswirtschaften der Eurozone den USA und Großbritannien seit der Finanzkrise hinterherhinken: Zur Rolle von Unterschieden in der Geld- und Fiskalpolitik
Heimberger, Philipp - 2016
Wirtschaftsräume wird in zwei Dimensionen analysiert; zum einen anhand eines Überblicks zur Geldpolitik der EZB nach dem Ausbruch der … Wachstum und Beschäftigung, was die Eurozonenwirtschaft im Zusammenspiel mit der über weite Strecken zögerlichen Geldpolitik … der Finanzkrise zu einer rascheren und umfassenderen Erholung von Wirtschaftswachstum und Beschäftigung …
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Makroökonomische Politik in Deutschland, Großbritannien und Schweden
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 87 (2007) 11, pp. 732-741
Großbritannien und Schweden haben den Abschwung 2000/2001 weitaus besser bewältigt als Deutschland. Gleichzeitig verkörpern diese beiden Länder grundsätzlich verschiedene Kapitalismusmodelle. Wie unterschied sich der makroökonomische Politik-Mix in den drei Ländern? Sollten...
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The timing of central bank communication
Ehrmann, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel - 2005
This paper explores whether there are systematic patterns as to when members of the decision-making committees of the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank communicate with the public, and under what circumstances such communication has the ability to move financial...
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