This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of anticipated and unanticipated foreign price increases of imported raw materials for a small two-country monetary union, which is simultaneously characterized by asymmetric wage adjustments and asymmetric interest rate sensitivities of private...

This paper investigates the dynamic effects of monetary and fiscal policy in a monetary union, which is characterized by asymmetric interest rate transmission. This asymmetry gives rise to intertemporal reversals in the relative effectiveness of policy on member country outputs. The direction...

Summary The paper analyzes the dynamic effects of anticipated symmetric demand and supply side policies within the framework of a macroeconomic model of a small monetary union, which is characterized by asymmetric wage adjustment equations of Phillips’ curve type. It is shown that an...

Summary This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of oil price increases in a small two-country monetary union with asymmetric wage adjustment equations. Common oil price shocks lead during the adjustment process to temporary divergences in output and inflation and also to reversals in the...

Numerous econometric studies fail to detect a signicant and robust relationship between international aid and economic growth in the recipient countries. Dutch Disease effects might be responsible for this result.This paper examines the relation between aid and its effectiveness in a...

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of anticipated and unanticipated oil price increases in a small two-country monetary union, which is simultaneously characterized by asymmetric wage adjustments and asymmetric interest rate sensitivities of private absorption. Common external oil price...

Auf der Grundlage eines modifizierten Modells von Dornbusch (1976) mit kurzfristig nachfragebestimmtem Realeinkommen und einer vom Konsumentenpreisindex abhängigen nominalen Geldnachfrage wird gezeigt, daß durch fiskalpolitische Impulse kurzfristig wie langfristig erhebliche...

Probleme im Übergangsprozeß zur Europäischen Währungsunion Im Rahmen eines Drei-Länder-Modells für eine Währungsunion werden drei potentielle Probleme während des Übergangsprozesses zu einer gemeinsamen europäischen Währung diskutiert. Dazu zählen die Wahl eines verzerrten...