This paper examines the current state of price convergence amongst the eleven initial EMU member states. Special attention is given to possible changes in the convergence process during the euro cash changeover. We apply the convergence approach using both panel estimates of changes in the...

In a standard dynamic stochastic general equilibrium framework, with sticky prices, the cross sectional distribution of output and inflation across a population of firms is studied. The only form of heterogeneity is confined to the probability that the ith changes its prices in response to a...

Die vorliegende Arbeit liefert durch die Erprobung von verschiedenen Selektionskriterien neue Erkenntnisse in der Frage um die Persistenz von Fondsrenditen. Zur Analyse wird ein Sample bestehend aus aktiven US-Aktienfonds von Morningstar über den Zeitraum von 1996 bis 2005 analysiert. Durch die...

We establish some stylised facts for Germany’s business cycle at the level of the firm. Based on longitudinal firm-level data from the Bundesbank’s balance sheet statistic covering, on average, 55,000 firms per year from 1971 to 1998, we analyse the reallocation across individual producers...