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Ranking, Risk-Taking and Effort : An Analysis of the ECB's Foreign Reserves Management
Scalia, Antonio; Sahel, Benjamin - 2021
The investment of the ECB reserves in US dollars and yen, delegated to a network of portfolio managers in the …. Employing a new data set on individual portfolio variables during 2002-2009, we study this peculiar tournament and show the … existence of risk-shifting behaviour by reserve managers related to their year-to-date ranking: interim losers increase relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315986
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Bank lobbying : regulatory capture and beyond
Igan, Deniz; Lambert, Thomas - 2019
In this paper, we discuss whether and how bank lobbying can lead to regulatory capture and have real consequences through an overview of the motivations behind bank lobbying and of recent empirical evidence on the subject. Overall, the findings are consistent with regulatory capture, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103556
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Banks' maturity transformation : risk, reward, and policy
Bologna, Pierluigi - 2018
The aim of this paper is twofold: first, to study the determinants of banks' net interest margin with a particular focus on the role of maturity transformation, using a new measure of maturity mismatch; second, to analyse the implications for banks from the relaxation of a binding prudential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932580
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Inflation Dynamics with Labour Market Matching : Assessing Alternative Specifications
Christoffel, Kai Philipp; Costain, James S.; de Walque, … - 2010
This paper reviews recent approaches to modeling the labour market and assesses their implications for inflation dynamics through both their effect on marginal cost and on price-setting behaviour. In a search and matching environment, we consider the following modeling setups: right-to-manage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208182
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Liability-Creating Versus Non-Liability-Creating Fiscal Stabilization Policies : Ricardian Equivalence, Fiscal Stabilization, and Emu
Masson, Paul R. - 1998
This paper looks at theoretical and empirical issues associated with the operation of fiscal stabilizers within an economy. It argues that such stabilizers operate most effectively at a national, rather than local, level. As differing cycles across regions tend to offset each other for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400666
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Soft Exchange Rate Bands and Speculative Attacks : Theory, and Evidence From the ERM Since August 1993
Bartolini, Leonardo - 1998
We present a model of a “soft” exchange rate target zone and interpret it as a stylized description of the post-August 1993 ERM. Our central bank targets a moving average of the current and past exchange rates, rather than the exchange rate’s current level, thus allowing the rate to move...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400763
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Ghostbusting : Which Output Gap Measure Really Matters?
Billmeier, Andreas - 2004
This paper investigates various output gap measures in a simple inflation forecasting framework. Reflecting the cyclical position of an economy, an (unobservable) output gap has important implications for economic analysis. I construct and compare common output gap measures for five European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401222
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European Trade and Foreign Direct Investment U-Shaping Industrial Output in Central and Eastern Europe : Theory and Evidence
Walsh, Patrick P. - 1998
We examine industrial output in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania during 1989–95 in terms of pretransitional product trade orientation. The growth of EU-oriented output within sectors of industry, ex-post trade, and market liberalization, is modeled as foreign direct investment induced...
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Fiscal Deficits and Inflation
Catão, Luis - 2003
Macroeconomic theory postulates that fiscal deficits cause inflation. Yet empirical research has had limited success in … incorporates two key features of the theory. Unlike previous studies, we model inflation as nonlinearly related to fiscal deficits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403956
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the Simplest Test of Target Zone Credibility
International Monetary Fund - 1990
Under the assumption of no arbitrage exchange rate target zone credibility is tested by whether domestic interest rates fall within “rate-of-return bands” between the maximum and minimum home-currency rate of return on a foreign investment absent a devaluation. Under the assumption of...
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