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Essays on International Trade and Development
Heid, Benedikt - 2014
This volume was prepared by Benedikt Heid while he was working at the ifo Institute and the University of Bayreuth. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. It includes six self-contained...
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Empirical Studies on Public Debt and Fiscal Transfers
Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2016
This volume includes five self-contained chapters in the fields of public debt and fiscal transfer schemes. After an introduction to the topic, chapter 2 shows that the institutional setting of fiscal policy making needs to be considered when assessing the sustainability of fiscal policy. Using...
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Effectiveness of Climate Policies: Empirical Methods and Evidence
Dieler, Julian - 2016
estimations by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Therefore decision-makers should be provided with thorough … contribution in the area of fuel demand estimation. Especially in case of analyzing micro-data an often encountered problem in … demand estimation is the large number of zero-observations which poses problems for standard regression methods. The study …
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The enigmatic dollar-euro exchange rate and the world's biggest forex market: Performance, causes, consequences
Priewe, Jan - 2016
Foreign exchange markets are the biggest financial markets on the globe, the dollar-euro market is the biggest among them with a daily turnover of $1.3 trillion. This market is the interface of the euro bloc and the dollar bloc which use mainly one of the major currencies, comprising 45-60% and...
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Reserve accumulation - objective or by-product?
de Beaufort Wijnholds, Johannes Onno; Søndergaard, Lars - 2007
This paper examines whether the level of reserves in emerging market countries has become excessive. It presents a discussion of “adequacy” versus “excessive” levels of reserves, and presents calculations of reserve adequacy for a large number of emerging market countries. Two categories...
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The sustainability of China's exchange rate policy and capital account liberalisation
Cappiello, Lorenzo; Ferrucci, Gianluigi - 2008
This paper deals with two related issues: the sustainability of China’s exchange rate regime and the opening up of its capital account. The exchange rate discussion deliberately passes over the issue of the “equilibrium” value of the renminbi and its alleged undervaluation – typically at...
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The changing role of the exchange rate in a globalised economy
di Mauro, Filippo; Rüffer, Rasmus; Bunda, Irina - 2008
In addition to its direct effects on the global trading and production structure, the ongoing process of globalisation may have important implications for the interaction of exchange rates and the overall economy. This paper presents evidence regarding possible changes in the role of exchange...
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Statistics and indicators for financial stability analysis and policy
Israël, Jean-Marc; Sandars, Patrick; Schubert, Aurel; … - 2013
Timely and accurate data are key to the preparation of macro-prudential policy recommendations and decisions by the ESRB, as well as to monitoring policy decisions in terms of their impact on, or transmission to, the financial and non-financial economy. This paper illustrates the work that has...
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The impact of regulating occupational pensions in Europe on investment and financial stability
Amzallag, Adrien; Kapp, Daniel; Kok, Christoffer - 2014
This study examines the European Commission’s 2011 call for advice to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) on the improvement of the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) Directive (the “IORP Directive”). Specifically, it uses both the...
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Financial stability challenges in EU candidate and potential candidate countries
Ramon-Ballester, Francisco; Pulst, Daniela; Posch, Michaela - 2015
This paper reviews financial stability challenges in countries preparing for EU membership, i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. The paper has been prepared by an expert group of staff from the European...
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