This paper examines the regime changes in the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), making use of the duration model approach covering the complete European Monetary System (EMS) history. From the nonparametric (univariate) analysis, we find that the probability of maintaining the current...

This paper analyses the functioning of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). To that end, we apply the duration model approach to estimate an eclectic model that enables us to explicitly incorporate political and institutional factors into the explanation of European exchange rate...

This paper is devoted to the analysis of the past, present, and future of the European Monetary System (EMS). After examining its background, we review the structure and operation of the EMS, as well as the theoretical framework used to explain exchange-rate movements inside official fluctuation...

This paper examines the duration of fiscal consolidations among the fifteen EU Members States using data from the European Commission for the period 1960-2000. Using the duration model approach, we estimate the hazard and survivor functions of our series. Then we discuss what is the duration...

This paper analyses the duration of the central parities of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System (EMS). To that end, we apply the duration model approach to weakly data covering the EMS covering the complete EMS history.

In this paper we study the investment behavior of manufacturing firms using data from the Encuesta Económica al Sector Industrial compiled by the Statistical Office of Madrid's Regional Government. In the first part of the paper, we describe firms' investment behavior. We find that investment...

In this paper we analyze the role of replacement and innovation activity in shaping investment behavior and labor productivity in a panel of Spanish manufacturing firms from 1990 to 2001. Investment is concentrated about large investment episodes, or investment spikes, whose nature varies by...

El presente trabajo pretende, a partir de la Encuesta Económica al Sector Industrial (EESI) elaborada por el Instituto de Estadística de la CAM, analizar el estado y la evolución de la tecnología a nivel de establecimiento en el sector industrial madrileño. En primer lugar se presenta una...