Applying an open-economy macroeconomic model, incorporating the monetary policy reaction function and uncovering interest parity, this paper finds that the expected real exchange rate and real output exhibit an inverted J-shape relationship, suggesting that expected real depreciation increases...

In this article we have tried to assess the possible relationships between shuttle trade and the expletory variables and the expletory variables, export (f.o.b.), import (c.i.f.) and CPI based real effective US dollar exchange rate. We employed monthly data of Turkey covering the years from...

One of the most important open macroeconomic issues, during the current global economic recession, concerns the sustainability of persistent budget and trade deficits as well as possible interactions between them. These deficits are most crucial due to severe debt servicing costs, faced by...

This paper tests the Purchasing Power Parity Theory of Exchange Rates dealing with Argentinean data for the period 1900-2006. This is equivalent to testing if the Real Exchange Rate is a stationary variable or if its components (the nominal exchange rate and the relative prices) are...

Ein konjunkturbezogenes Transfersystem für die Mitgliedsländer des Euroraums könnte einen Beitrag dazu leisten, zyklische Ungleichgewichte zwischen den Ländern auszugleichen. Ein solches System wird hier in der konkreten Form einer europäischen Arbeitslosenversicherung vorgeschlagen. Durch...

In recent years, the emergence of rising budget deficit is the main reason forcing economists to investigate the reasons for changes in fiscal balances. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the relationship between budget deficit and macroeconomic fundamentals using data from Azerbaijan....

This paper makes a quantitative assessment of possible reforms to the Chilean tax system. The simulations are based on a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model that is calibrated with the input-output matrix 2003. For each scenario is considered a cut effective rate of value...

This paper analyzes entry deterrence strategies at sequential multi-unit Englishtype repeated auctions, motivated by entry deterrence observed at a series of yearly auctions of fishing rights occurring since the early 1990s in the Chilean Sea Bass industrial fishery. It analyzes parametric...

Die Bundesregierung plant eine Anpassung des Einkommensteuertarifs in den Jahren 2013 und 2014, mit der die Wirkungen der kalten Progression ausgeglichen werden sollen. Diese entstehen vor allem durch den schnellen Anstieg der Grenz- und Durchschnittssteuersätze im unteren und mittleren...

Seit der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008/2009 sind die Staatsschulden in fast allen OECD-Ländern deutlich gestiegen. Die Europäische Schuldenkrise hat sich in den letzten Wochen wieder verschärft. Mit Zwangsanleihen und einmaligen Vermögensabgaben könnten Privathaushalte mit hohen...