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Testing for Parameter Stability in DSGE Models. The Cases of France, Germany, Italy, and Spain
Jerger, Jürgen; Röhe, Oke - 2012
properties of each single parameter in a DSGE model separately. In the case of France, Germany, and Italy our results point to … behavior for France, Italy, and Spain, while monetary policy in Germany seems to be stable over time. …
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Asymmetric monetary policy effects in EMU
Clausen, Volker; Hayo, Bernd - 2002
simultaneously estimated for France, Germany, and Italy. Extensive cross equation tests show that relatively large differences in … major EMU countries. However, monetary policy impulses show a relatively stronger effect on the output gap in Italy and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301283
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Regional interest rate pass-through in Italy
Montagnoli, Alberto; Napolitano, Oreste; Siliverstovs, … - 2012
This paper estimates the pass-through and speed of adjustment of Italian regional interest rates to changes in the money market rate for the period 1998Q1-2009Q4. Our main findings suggest that the markup for the lending rates that banks charge are generally higher in the South than in the...
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The effects of privatization and consolidation on bank productivity: comparative evidence from Italy and Germany
Fiorentino, Elisabetta; Vincenzo, Alessio De; Heid, Frank; … - 2009
directions since then: Italy privatized its publicly-owned banks while Germany has maintained a large share of state …
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Dynamic and distributional effects of environmental revenue recycling schemes: Simulations with a general equilibrium model of the Italian economy
Roson, Roberto - 2002
A dynamic general equilibrium model of the Italian economy is used to assess the impact of carbon taxation (or auctioned carbon permits), where additional revenue is used to cut either existing taxes on labour or on capital income. Simulation results do not support the existence of the so-called...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335683
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Labor taxes, wage setting and the relative wage effect
Brunello, Giorgio; Parisi, Maria Luisa; Sonedda, Daniela - 2002
Public finance solutions to high unemployment in Europe have often been advocated during the past years. With unemployment concentrated among the young and unskilled, it has been suggested that the reduction of social security contributions for low wage earnings, financed by a carbon tax, could...
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The Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities in Italy
de Dominicis, Laura; Arbia, Giuseppe; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2007
to take spatial dependence into account. Using data for Italy for the years 1991 and 2001, we apply exploratory spatial …
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The Italian block of the ESCB multi-country model
Angelini, Elena; D’Agostino, Antonello; McAdam, Peter - 2006
This paper documents the structure, estimation and simulation properties of the Italian block of the ESCB-multi-country model (MCM). The model is used regularly as an input into Eurosystem projection exercises and, to a lesser extent, in simulation analysis. The specification of the Italian...
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Does it pay to have the euro? Italy’s politics and financial markets under the lira and the euro
Fratzscher, Marcel; Stracca, Livio - 2009
’s prosperity. The paper focuses on olitical events in Italy over the past 35 years and asks whether the adoption of the euro in … 1999 has helped insulate Italy’s financial markets from the adverse consequences of its traditionally unstable political … system. We find that important political events have exerted a statistically and economically significant effect on Italy …
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EMU and the adjustment to asymmetric shocks: the case of Italy
Amisano, Gianni; Giammarioli, Nicola; Stracca, Livio - 2009
at a time-varying VAR model of Italy’s relative performance compared with the rest of the euro area, spanning from 1976 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605174