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Business cycle, interest rate and money in the euro area: A common factor model
Cendejas, José Luis; Castañeda, Juan E.; Muñoz, … - In: Economic Modelling 43 (2014) C, pp. 136-141
underlying growth rates, that is, accelerations and decelerations of the variables. The variables mentioned share a significant …
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Persistence in entrepreneurship and its implications for the European entrepreneurial promotion policy
Millán, José María; Congregado, Emilio; Román, … - In: Journal of Policy Modeling 36 (2014) 1, pp. 83-106
By considering entrepreneurs who hire employees – employers – and entrepreneurs without personnel – own-account workers – as related but distinct groups within entrepreneurship, this work analyzes the roles of different factors in entrepreneurship survival in Europe from a new...
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Measuring and predicting heterogeneous recessions
Çakmaklı, Cem; Paap, Richard; van Dijk, Dick - In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 37 (2013) 11, pp. 2195-2216
This paper examines the usefulness of a more refined business cycle classification for monthly industrial production (IP), beyond the usual distinction between expansions and contractions. Univariate Markov-switching models show that a three regime model is more appropriate than a model with...
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Household debt and labor market fluctuations
Andrés, Javier; Boscá, José E.; Ferri, Javier - In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 37 (2013) 9, pp. 1771-1795
The co-movements of labor productivity with output, total hours, vacancies and unemployment have changed since the mid 1980s. This paper offers an explanation for the sharp break in the fluctuations of labor market variables based on endogenous labor supply decisions following the mortgage...
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Time-varying expected momentum profits
Kim, Dongcheol; Roh, Tai-Yong; Min, Byoung-Kyu; Byun, … - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 49 (2014) C, pp. 191-215
time-varying momentum profits through the differential effect of leverage and growth options across business cycles. …
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The Fall of the Labor Income Share in Advanced Economies
Estrada, Ángel; Valdeolivas, Eva - In: Ensayos Económicos 1 (2014) 70, pp. 47-81
The share of labor income in GD P is a key determinant of very important economic variables, such as competitiveness, inflation, human capital accumulation, demand and income distribution. The simplest economic models predict that the share of labor income will fluctuate around a stable value of...
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Energy price shocks and medium-term business cycles
Schwark, Florentine - In: Journal of Monetary Economics 64 (2014) C, pp. 112-121
Energy price shocks pose sudden challenges to economies. This paper examines how oil price shocks have influenced the U.S. economy over the last decades and especially focuses on the productivity slowdown in the years following an oil price shock. We extend the existing literature by considering...
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The Quality of the Recent High-Growth Episode in Sub-Saharan Africa
Martinez, Marcelo; Mlachila, Montfort - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
The paper explores the quality of the recent high-growth episode in sub-Saharan Africa by examining the following two … questions: (i) what has been the nature and pattern of SSA growth over the past 15 years and how does it compare with previous … episodes? (ii) has this growth had an impact on socially desirable outcomes, for example, improvements in health, education and …
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Koniunktura gospodarcza a aktywność innowacyjna przedsiębiorstw przemysłu spożywczego w Polsce
Świadek, Arkadiusz - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 13 (2013) 28
The food industry is, according to the International Classification of Production in OECD countries, one of the low technology sectors. The present study has confirmed that there was a positive and significant correlation between the economic situation and the innovation activity in this...
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Are firms paying more for performance?
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John; Stokes, Lucy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
base pay within the PRP sector. We show that there was some growth in the share of total pay accounted for by bonuses in …
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