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of foreign exporting firms. The magnitude of these changes is greater when governments target domestic price inflation as … opposed to consumer price inflation. A positive shock to domestic labor productivity generates positive - although … quantitatively small - changes in the average productivity of all exporting firms when consumer price inflation is targeted. When …
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governments target domestic price inflation as opposed to consumer price inflation. A positive shock to domestic labor … consumer price inflation is targeted. When domestic price inflation is targeted, the same shock causes a fall in the average …
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We analyze the effects of world wars on the macroeconomic dynamics of the U.S., France, Germany, and the UK, by means of an estimated open-economy model. The model allows wars to affect the economy through capital depreciation, sovereign default, a military draft, household preferences, and...
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inflation-output tradeoffs in foreign recipient economies through the exchange rate and term premium channels. We also show that …
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It is frequently argued that credit rating agencies (CRAs) have acted procyclically in their rating of sovereign debt in the European Monetary Union (EMU). They are believed to have under-rated sovereign risk in the early years of EMU, when integrated financial markets provided easier access to...
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proposing a theory-based index of exchange market pressure within the euro area. We argue that the euro area entails an inherent …
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theory-based index of exchange market pressure within the euro area. We argue that the euro area entails an inherent policy …
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old theory of regional integration. At the beginning of the 21st century, the theoretical approach to regional integration …
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We examine asset class and factor premiums across inflationary regimes. As periods of high inflation and deflation are … relatively uncommon in recent history, we use a deep sample starting in 1875. Moderate inflation scenarios provide the highest … attractive. By contrast, real equity and bond returns are negative during a high inflation regime, and especially so during times …
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Population aging challenges the financing of social security systems in developed economies, as the fraction of the population in working age declines. The resulting pressure on capital-labor ratios translates into a pressure on factor prices and production. While European countries all face...
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