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Large fluctuations in energy prices have been a distinguishing characteristic of the U.S. economy since the 1970s. Turmoil in the Middle East, rising energy prices in the U.S. and evidence of global warming recently have reignited interest in the link between energy prices and economic...
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If labour market policies aimed at people with disabilities are effective, we should observe no significant difference in labour market outcomes between disabled and non-disabled individuals. This Paper examines the impact of disability status on labour market outcomes using matching methods...
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Using a newly developed measure of global real economic activity, a structural decomposition of the real price of crude oil in four components is proposed: oil supply shocks driven by political events in OPEC countries; other oil supply shocks; aggregate shocks to the demand for industrial...
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institutional measures. We establish the double causality between institutional strength and a more equal distribution of income and …
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Alan Walters has suggested that the European Monetary System will prove dynamically unstable when capital controls are removed. The argument is analysed within a model that includes overlapping contracts. It is found that the short-run effects predicted by Walters only arise when the credibility...
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We consider "robust stability" of a rational expectations equilibrium, which we define as stability under discounted … exhibit robust stability. We consider a variety of interest-rate rules, including instrument rules, optimal reaction functions … Honkapohja (2003, 2006) deliver robust learning stability. In contrast, many proposed alternatives become unstable under learning …
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This paper documents some stylized facts on evolving UK Phillips curves, and shows how these differ from their US versions. We interpret UK Phillips curve dynamics in a positive theory of monetary policy - how policy-maker attitudes on the Phillips curve have evolved since the 1950s - rather...
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make an attempt to explain the dynamic stability of the system. This attempt gives a central place to movements in desired …
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This Paper explores the local stability properties of the steady state in the two-sector neo-classical growth model …
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leads to the stability and uniqueness of the symmetric equilibrium. …
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