We analyse the relationship between the debt to GDP ratio and real per capita GDP growth for the euro area members by distinguishing between periods of sustainable and non-sustainable debt. Thresholds are theory-based and depend on the macroeconomic framework. If the interest rate exceeds...

This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area in terms of capital stocks and gross investment flows. Panel techniques accounting for international spillovers are employed. While private and public capital stocks are cointegrated, the...

This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area in terms of capital stocks and gross investment flows. Panel techniques accounting for international spillovers are employed. While private and public capital stocks are cointegrated, the...

This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area in terms of capital stocks and gross investment flows. Panel techniques ac-counting for international spillovers are employed. While private and public capital stocks are cointegrated, the...

Die Investitionstätigkeit der Unternehmen ist ein Motor der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung. Trotz günstiger Finanzierungsbedingungen hielten sich die Firmen in den vergangenen Jahren in Deutschland und im Euroraum aber weitgehend zurück, wenn es darum ging, in ihre Produktionsanlagen zu...

This paper explores the long-term relationship between public and private investment in the euro area. A stock-flow approach is proposed to control for the integration properties of the variables. Panel econometric techniques including international spillovers are employed. Private and public...

Diese Arbeit untersucht die langfristige Beziehung zwischen öffentlichen und privaten Investitionen in der Eurozone im Rahmen eines Strom-Bestands-Modells. Mit diesem Ansatz lassen sich die unterschiedlichen Integrationseigenschaften der beteiligten Variablen erfassen. Die Ergebnisse basieren...

We investigate hysteresis and persistence behaviour in the course of unemployment in EU countries and US states by means of first and second generation panel unit root tests. While the former tests assume independent cross sections, the latter control for dependencies. The first generation tests...