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A recurrent and indeed persistent problem in European economic history – a veritable deus ex machina -- from medieval to modern times, is Europe’s supposed ‘balance of payments’ problem in trade with the ‘East’. This supposed problem has often been couched in Mercantilist overtones:...
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This paper assesses the relevance of the exchange rate regime for stabilization policy. This regime question cannot be dealt with independently of other institutions, in particular how .fiscal policy is designed. We show that once .fiscal policy is taken into account, the exchange rate regime is...
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This paper assesses the relevance of the exchange rate regime for stabilization policy. This regime question cannot be dealt with independently of other institutions, in particular how fiscal policy is designed. We show that once fiscal policy is taken into account, the exchange rate regime is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791985
lessons for EMU? We study these questions based on regional data from the US, Canada, the UK and Italy, and national data from … will reduce the capacity of the members of EMU to smooth shocks via macroeconomic policy, the regime will promote smoothing …
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lessons for EMU? We study these questions based on regional data from the US, Canada, the UK and Italy, and national data from … will reduce the capacity of the members of EMU to smooth shocks via macroeconomic policy, the regime will promote smoothing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010756778
lessons for EMU? We study these questions based on regional data from the US, Canada, the UK and Italy, and national data from … will reduce the capacity of the members of EMU to smooth shocks via macroeconomic policy, the regime will promote smoothing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661432
This paper analyzes the effects of the implementation of a monetary union on the international transmission of monetary and fiscal policies. A dynamic three-country general equilibrium model, exhibiting monopolistic competition and sticky prices, is used to show how asymmetric monetary and...
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processes which have to be estimated by discretely sampled observations. Using daily exchange rate data prior to the Greek EMU … increased central bank intervention activities in the run-up to the Greek EMU entrance. Thus the modelling and estimation …
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-switching GARCH model this paper estimates the volatility processes of four EMU exchange rate returns vis-?-vis the German mark using … daily data for the time prior to Stage III of EMU. Statistical inference yields the dates at which financial markets began … to incorporate the expected EMU participation of each country into currency pricing. The data exhibits strong econometric …
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We disentangle different driving factors of sovereign bond market integration by studying yield co-movements of EMU … increased gradually in the course of the last 15 years in EMU countries, as well as the UK, the US and the German Länder. The …
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