This paper examines the effect of government ideology on monetary policy in a quarterly data set of 15 OECD countries in the period 1980.1-2005.4. Our Taylor-rule specification focuses on the interactions of a new time-variant indicator for central bank independence and government ideology. The...

We use real-time annual data on the fiscal balance, government current spending, current revenues and net capital outlays as published at a half yearly frequency in the OECD Economic Outlook for 25 OECD countries. For each fiscal year t we have a number of forecasts, a first release, and...

We use real-time annual data on the fiscal balance, government current spending, current revenues and net capital outlays as published at a half yearly frequency in the OECD Economic Outlook for 25 OECD countries. For each fiscal year t we have a number of forecasts, a first release, and...

Der Zusammenbruch des Rats für gegenseitige Wirtschaftshilfe hat zu erheblichen ökonomischen Verwerfungen geführt. Der verstärkte Zugang zu den stabileren Märkten der OECD-Länder ist deshalb von großer Bedeutung für die ehemals sozialistischen Staaten Mittel- und Osteuropas sowie der...