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the Tobin's Q-model of investment. By using the fixed effects panel estimator, stock market developments in the euro area …
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We model the impact of bank mergers on loan competition, banks' reserve holdings and aggregate liquidity. Banks compete …
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the Baltic countries were driven by different factors. Initially the process … of privatisation and low labour costs attracted investment into public utilities and manufacturing. Later, taking … the new millennium, the bulk of foreign investment was channelled to financial services. In line with FDI literature, the …
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This paper discusses a wide range of indicators of the degree of integration of the euro area banking system. It is concerned with volume data, a less developed field of research compared with studies on prices/rates. We first set out a methodological framework, a mixture of elementary and more...
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This paper identifies the empirical stylized features of price setting behaviour in Portugal using the micro-datasets underlying the consumer and the producer price indexes. The main conclusions are the following: 1 in every 4 prices change each month; there is a considerable degree of...
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Based upon a large fraction of the price records used for computing the French CPI, we document consumer price rigidity in France. We first provide a methodological discussion of issues involved in estimating average price duration with micro-data. The average duration of prices in the sectors...
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This paper reports the results of a survey conducted by the Banque de France during Winter 2003-2004 to investigate the price-setting behavior of French manufacturing companies. Prices are found to adjust infrequently; the median firm modifies its price only once a year. Price reviews are more...
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qualitative results are robust to imperfect issuer competition, imperfect acquirer competition, and to other factors affecting …
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