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Racial income and wealth gaps in the United States are large and persistent. Recently, central bankers and politicians have put forward the suggestion that monetary policy can be used to reduce these inequalities. We investigate the distributional effects of monetary policy in a unified...
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This article discusses the economic effects of a potential cut-off of the German economy from Russian energy imports. We show that the effects are likely to be substantial but manageable. In the short run, a stop of Russian energy imports would lead to a GDP decline in range between 0.5% and 3%...
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In diesem Artikel werden die wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen eines möglichen Stopps russischer Energieimporte auf die deutsche Wirtschaft diskutiert. Wir zeigen, dass die Auswirkungen wahrscheinlich substanziell, aber handhabbar sein werden. Kurzfristig würde ein Stopp der russischen...
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Ein Ende der Gaslieferungen aus Russland ist in letzter Zeit deutlich wahrscheinlicher geworden. Die russischen Liefermengen wurden bereits substantiell reduziert, und die Unsicherheit über künftige Lieferungen und die Versorgungslage im Winter ist groß. In dieser Studie fragen wir, was die...
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An end to gas supplies from Russia has recently become much more likely. Russian supply volumes have already been substantially reduced, and uncertainty about future supplies and the winter supply situation is high. In this study, we ask what the economic consequences would be of a complete halt...
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This article discusses the economic effects of a potential cut-off of the German economy from Russian energy imports. We show that the effects are likely to be substantial but manageable. In the short run, a stop of Russian energy imports would lead to a GDP decline in range between 0.5% and 3%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296331
COVID-19 is spreading and has reached the state of a worldwide pandemic and health systems are or will be tested in how they can deal with it. So far, during this early phase of the pandemic, outcomes in terms of case-fatality rates (CFR) differ widely across countries. We explore how...
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The COVID19 crisis has hit labor markets. School and child-care closures have put families with children in challenging situations. We look at Germany and quantify the macroeconomic importance of working parents. We document that 26 percent of the German work force have children aged 14 or...
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Dieser Artikel diskutiert die Herausforderungen für die Wirtschaftspolitik in Europa in der Corona-Krise. Dabei wird insbesondere auf Grundprinzipien für die Ausrichtung der Wirtschaftspolitik, die Erfordernis einer klaren politischen Kommunikation, die Notwendigkeit einer...
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Für den Einsatz von Kurzarbeit gibt es aus Arbeitgebersicht unterschiedliche Gründe. Neben der Personalbindung geht es den Betrieben vor allem darum, ihre Arbeitsprozesse aufrechtzuerhalten und ihre Liquidität in der Krise zu sichern. Das Motiv, die wirtschaftlichen Einbußen solidarisch...
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