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This technical note assesses strengths and weaknesses of the macroprudential policy framework in Austria and provides policy recommendations. Financial sector resilience in Austria has improved significantly since the global financial crisis, and the macroprudential policy framework has been...
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In der Europäischen Union, genauer in den 12 Mitgliedsländern der Euro-Zone, bestimmt die Europäische Zentralbank die Geldpolitik, und die zwölf Mitgliedsländer legen unabhängig voneinander die jeweiligen Fiskalpolitiken fest. Während bei den einen - und dazu zählt Deutschland - eine...
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This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...
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Coordination is a fundamental principle for economic policy in the EU. There is a consensus that soft coordination (exchange of information, general guidelines for economic policy) is useful. Whether stabilization policies should be coordinated is another matter. Against the background of the...
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David Saha and Jakob von Weizsäcker present the latest breakdown of the fiscal stimuli in the 13 largest EU economies and compare the total European package for 2009 to the US stimulus package. The authors estimate the size of the European stimulus packages to increase to 0.99% of GDP following...
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Kann die Institutionalisierung eines Makroökonomischen Dialogs im Anschluss an den Kölner Gipfel 1999 als Ausdruck einer keynesianischen Orientierung gewertet werden? Haben sich die damit verknüpften Hoffnungen auf eine bessere Abstimmung von Geld-, Lohn- und Fiskalpolitik nach fünf Jahren...
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