Building on the growing evidence on the importance of large data sets for empirical macroe-conomic modeling, we estimate a large-scale FAVAR model for 18 OECD member countries. We quantify the global effects of economic policy uncertainty shocks and check whether the signs, the magnitude, and...

Building on the growing evidence on the importance of large data sets for empirical macroeconomic modeling, we estimate a large-scale FAVAR model for 18 OECD member countries. We quantify the global effects of economic policy uncertainty shocks and check whether the signs, the magnitude, and the...

Im Zuge der Finanzkrise haben Ratingagenturen die Bonität einiger europäischer Staaten vermehrt abgewertet, wodurch sich das wirtschaftliche Umfeld der in diesen Ländern tätigen Unternehmen gewandelt hat und die betroffenen Aktienmärkte Verluste verzeichneten. Aus diesem Grund ist in...

This research note discusses the Euro crisis in Greece in light of the referendum of July the 5th. It lays out the social and political costs of a GREXIT, but also of a continuing austerity policy. It proposes a reform policy fostering growth in Greece and discusses the role of conditionality....