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Non-fundamental exchange rate volatility and welfare
Straub, Roland; Tchakarov, Ivan - 2004
We lay out an empirical and a theoretical model to analyze the effects of non-fundamental exchange rate volatility on … of the conditional exogenous exchange rate volatility on the conditional mean of the endogenous variables in our open … empirically. In the second part, we investigate the effect of non-fundamental exchange rate volatility in a stochastic open …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636551
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Inflation trends in Asia : implications for central banks
Garcia, Juan Angel; Poon, Aubrey - 2019
Trend inflation estimates for 12 of the largest Asian economies over 1995-2018 offer important insights on inflation dynamics and inflation expectations. The disinflationary shocks that hit the region since 2014 were partly transitory, but their effects have been different depending on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012132591
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Tracking global economic uncertainty : implications for the euro area
Bobasu, Alina; Geis, André; Quaglietti, Lucia; Ricci, … - 2021
This paper sheds light on the impact of global macroeconomic uncertainty on the euro area economy. We build on the methodology proposed by Jurado et al. (2015) and estimate global as well as country-specific measures of economic uncertainty for fifteen key euro area trade partners and the euro...
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Inflation volatility in small and large advanced open economies
Mozzanica, Mirco Balatti - 2020
Inflation volatility is clearly important for structural analysis, forecasting and policy purposes, yet it is often … overlooked in the literature. This paper compares in ation volatility among advanced open economies with in ation targeting …, the volatility of in ation was similar among countries, even when controlling for monetary policy activity and other …
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The operational target of monetary policy and the rise and fall of reserve position doctrine
Bindseil, Ulrich - 2004
Before 1914, there was little doubt that central bank policy meant first of all control of short term interest rates. This changed dramatically in the early 1920s with the birth of “reserve position doctrine” (RPD) in the US, according to which a central bank should, via open market...
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Inflation, factor substitution and growth
Klump, Rainer - 2003
Recent empirical studies on the inflation-growth-relationship underline that inflation has negative growth effects already under relatively modest rates. Most contributions to monetary growth theory, however, have difficulties in explaining such a pattern. It is shown in this paper that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009635886
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Public finances and long-term growth in Europe
De Ávila, Diego Romero; Strauch, Rolf - 2003
In Lisbon the European Council proclaimed a European growth strategy. It considers an average economic u0093growth rate of around 3 percent as a realistic prospect for the coming yearsu0094 and assigns public finances an important role in the process of achieving this goal. This paper addresses...
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The role of product market regulations in the process of structural change
Messina, Julián - 2003
The sectoral allocation of labor differs considerably across developed economies, even in the presence of similar patterns of structural change. A general equilibrium model that captures the stylized facts of structural change is presented. In this framework, product market regulations raise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009639850
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Structural reform waves and economic growth
Marrazzo, Pasquale Marco; Terzi, Alessio - 2017
At a time of slow growth in several advanced and emerging countries, calls for more structural reforms are multiplying. However, estimations of the short- and medium-term impact of these reforms on GDP growth remain methodologically problematic and still highly controversial. We contribute to...
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The role of factor substitution and technical progress in China's great expansion
Manu, Ana-Simona; McAdam, Peter; Willman, Alpo - 2018
We offer a macroeconomic assessment of China’s Reform Period, highlighting several neglected channels underlining its great expansion. Estimating the supply side of the post-Reform economy reveals the relatively high (above unity) value of the elasticity of factor substitution and the...
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