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In addition to its direct effects on the global trading and production structure, the ongoing process of globalisation may have important implications for the interaction of exchange rates and the overall economy. This paper presents evidence regarding possible changes in the role of exchange...
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This study seeks to determine the extent to which countries of the former Soviet Union are infected” by the Dutch Disease. We take a detailed look at the functioning of the transmission mechanism of the Dutch Disease, i.e. the chains that run from commodity prices to real output in...
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The study investigates the effect of changes in the exchange rate on output growth and inflation in the WAMZ economies …, inflation, exchange rate depreciation/ appreciation and money supply growth. Employing quarterly data series for the period 1981 … autoregressive (VAR) model to estimate the impulse response functions and variance decompositions for inflation and output in order …
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Bundesrepublik Deutschland empirisch bestimmt. Die Verbrauchsausgaben erweisen sich als konjunkturstabilisierende Kraft, während die … employment is analyzed by a reinterpretation of the Phillips curve. It is shown that the inverse link between the inflation rate …
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This paper details the methodological framework underlying the construction of the effective exchange rate (EER) indicators of the euro. This framework yields two sets of indicators - (i) one nominal and several real EER indices against a narrow reference group of euro area trading partners...
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Sooner or later all the accession economies will have to join the ERM2 - a mandatory framework for all those countries that face the challenge of joining the EU. Entering the eurozone will be an unprecedented achievement. The achievement will be all the more remarkable given the unique...
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This study examines the effects of bilateral exchange rate on trade flows in the WAMZ and assesses the role of complementarity trade structures in enhancing intra-WAMZ trade. The modified gravity model is used to assess whether efforts by WAMZ countries to facilitate transactions in national...
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Germany has suffered an inflationary shock broadly commensurate with that of the Euro Area as a whole, with energy … than lower fossil-fuel consumption. Germany did not come up with a formalised "social pact" to address the crisis, although … encourage the collective-bargaining parties to limit the pass through of higher current inflation into nominal wages. …
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This paper brings to the forefront the assumptions that we make when focusing on a particular type of explanation for bank profitability. We evaluate a broad field of research by introducing a general framework for a profit maximizing bank and demonstrate how different types of models can be...
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