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Angeloni, Ignazio; Kashyap, Anil K.; Mojon, Benoît; … - 2003

We revisit recent evidence on how monetary policy affects output and prices in the U.S. and in the euro area. The response patterns to a shift in monetary policy are similar in most respects, but differ noticeably as to the composition of output changes. In the euro area investment is the...

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Capital quality improvement and the sources of growth in the euro area

Sakellaris, Plutarchos; Vijselaar, Focco W. - 2004

Capital quality improvement is a general phenomenon. Therefore quality correction is needed in price indexes. There is substantial evidence of biases in the official price indexes of capital equipment. We apply to euro area statistics estimates of these biases based on US data thus deriving...

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Financial factors in economic fluctuations

Christiano, Lawrence; Motto, Roberto; Rostagno, Massimo - 2010

We augment a standard monetary DSGE model to include a banking sector and financial markets. We fit the model to Euro Area and US data. We find that agency problems in financial contracts, liquidity constraints facing banks and shocks that alter the perception of market risk and hit financial...

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Housing, consumption and monetary policy

Musso, Alberto; Neri, Stefano; Stracca, Livio - 2010

The paper provides a systematic empirical analysis of the role of the housing market in the macroeconomy in the US and in the euro area. First, it establishes some stylised facts concerning key variables in the housing market, such as the real house price, residential investment and mortgage...

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Financing obstacles among euro area firms

Ferrando, Annalisa; Griesshaber, Nicolas - 2011

In this study we investigate the determinants of financing obstacles using survey data on a sample of around 5000 firms from the euro area countries. This completely new survey – started at the end of 2009 - gives us the opportunity to test whether firm characteristics such as size, age,...

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On the determinants of euro area FDI to the United States

Santis, Roberto A. De; Anderton, Robert; Hijzen, Alexander - 2004

The long-run determinants of euro area FDI to the United States during the period 1980-2001 are explained by employing … found to influence euro area FDI to the United States. Moreover, the inclusion of the Tobin's Q enhances the traditional …), and the real exchange rate are statistically significant determinants of euro area FDI to the United States. …

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Foreign direct investment and international business cycle comovement

Jansen, W. Jos; Stokman, Ad C. J. - 2004

This paper investigates the relationship between bilateral FDI positions and cross-country business cycle correlations … in the period 1982–2001. We find that countries that have comparatively intensive FDI relations also have more … synchronized business cycles during 1995–2001. Before 1995, we also find a positive association between FDI linkages and output …

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