We estimate a New Keynesian DSGE model on French, German, Italian, and Spanish data. The main aim of this paper is to check for the respective sets of parameters that are stable over time, making use of the ESS procedure (“Estimate of Set of Stable parameters”) developed by Inoue and Rossi...

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) play a significant role in many countries. In this paper, I develop a model that shows the potential of SWF to stabilise autocratic regimes. A ruling elite might have an incentive to put part of their income into such an investment vehicle. The reason is that a SWF...

Abstract Recipients of public assistance and unemployment benefits face an effective marginal tax rate of (almost) 100%, since these payments decline in a ratio of one by one when own income is earned. The metaphor of an “unemployment trap” describes this labour supply disincentive quite...