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Deutsche Konjunktur im Aufschwung - aber Gegenwind von der Wirtschaftspolitik: Gemeinschaftsdiagnose, Frühjahr 2014
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Erwerbstätigen dürfte im Jahr 2014 noch einmal kräftig steigen. Die Konjunktur erhält allerdings Gegenwind von der Wirtschaftspolitik …Die deutsche Wirtschaft befindet sich im Frühjahr 2014 im Aufschwung. Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt wird in diesem Jahr …
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Commodity Price Shocks and the Business Cycle: Structural Evidence for the U.S.
Gubler, Matthias; Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2011
This paper develops a 9-dimensional SVAR to investigate the sources of the U.S. business cycle. We extend the standard set of identified shocks to include unexpected changes in commodity prices. Our main result is that commodity price shocks are a very important driving force of macroeconomic...
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Wie wirken die automatischen Stabilisatoren in der Wirtschaftskrise? Deutschland im Vergleich mit der EU und den USA
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009
Europäischen Union und in den USA in der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise. Dazu werden zwei Szenarien simuliert: erstens ein … absorbiert werden, verglichen mit 32 % in den USA. Im Fall des Beschäftigungsschocks ist der Unterschied zwischen Europa und den … USA deutlich größer: 48 % in der EU und lediglich 34 % in den USA. Unter der Annahme, dass nur die Nachfrage …
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Comparison of the counter cyclical payment program to a proposed counter cyclical revenue program
Richardson, James W.; Outlaw, Joe L. - 2007
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On the Macroeconomic Determinants of the Long-Term Oil-Stock Correlation
Conrad, Christian; Loch, Karin; Rittler, Daniel - 2012
Using a modified DCC-MIDAS specification, we endogenize the long-term correlation between crude oil and stock price returns with respect to the stance of the U.S. macroeconomy. We find that variables which contain information on current and future economic activity are helpful predictors for...
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Can East Asia Weather a US Slowdown?
Park, Cyn-Young - 2007
The expected slowdown in the economy of the United States (US) has ignited increasing concerns over the short-term growth prospect of East Asia. Historically, a US slowdown has often been associated with a global slowdown. East Asia has been particularly vulnerable to slowing US growth, given...
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Minimum wage increases under straightened circumstances
Addison, John T.; Blackburn, McKinley L.; Cotti, Chad - 2011
Do apparently large minimum wage increases in an environment of recession produce clearer evidence of disemployment effects than is typically observed in the new minimum wage literature? This paper augments the sparse literature on the most recent increases in the U.S. minimum wage, using three...
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Income inequality and redistribution in post-industrial democracies: Demographic, economic, and political determinants
Huber, Evelyne; Stephens, John D. - 2013
This article analyzes the determinants of market income distribution and governmental redistribution. The dependent variables are LIS data on market income inequality (measured by the Gini index) for households with a head aged 25 to 59 and the percent reduction in the Gini index by taxes and...
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Biden's economic agenda risks mid-term elections: An analysis of Biden's economic agenda and its effects on the American economy
Kunath, Gero; Matthes, Jürgen; Obst, Thomas - 2022
President Joe Biden faces some political and economic headwinds in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections this year. Current economic challenges include historically high inflation rates and signs of an impending recession. [...] This paper gives a critical overview of the political and economic...
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Dimensionen und Auswirkungen eines Freihandelsabkommens zwischen der EU und den USA
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Krüger, Finn; … - 2013
Das ifo Institut hat im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie die vorliegende … Evaluierungsstudie zu den Dimensionen und Auswirkungen eines Freihandelsabkommen zwischen der EU und den USA durchgeführt. Die Studie …
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