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Revisiting Business Cycle Synchronisation in the European Union
Afonso, António - 2010
We assess the business cycle synchronization features of aggregate output in the 27 EU countries using annual data for …
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Short and Long-Run Behaviour of Long-Term Sovereign Bond Yields
Afonso, António - 2010
This study assesses the short and long-run behaviour of long-term sovereign bond yields in OECD countries, for the period 1973-2008. We employ a dynamic panel approach to reflect financial and economic integration, and to increase the performance and accuracy of the tests. Given the existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135912
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Economic Growth and the Labor Markets : Europe's Challenge
Wyplosz, Charles - 2010
This paper reviews the accumulated theory and evidence on the sources of European underperformance in terms of economic growth and unemployment. It takes the view that the main problem lies with labor market institutions, ranging from negotiation structures to hiring and firing costs,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136283
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Financial Stability Amidst the Pandemic Crisis : On Top of the Wave
Gortsos, Christos; Ringe, Wolf-Georg; Annunziata, Filippo; … - 2021
-2018 sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone, the impact on the stability of the EU financial system has been comparatively mild so far … of the GFC was fully activated. Finally, many EU Member States and the EU itself acted decisively, and proactively pumped …, national and EU institutions and agencies have orchestrated their efforts towards establishing an appropriate framework in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219020
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The Fiscal Forecasting Track Record of the European Commission and Portugal
Afonso, António - 2012
This study aims at explaining the deviation between the budget balance ratio forecasts and the outcomes in the Portuguese official forecasts and in the European Commission (EC) vintage forecasts. Therefore, we used data from the EC for the period 1969-2011 and also the Portuguese official...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097457
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The pressure is on : how geopolitical tensions impact institutional fiscal and external stability responses
Afonso, António; Alves, José; Monteiro, Sofia - 2024
coefficients for the EU for 27 economies between 2001Q4 and 2022Q3. While fiscal sustainability coefficients derive from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014517944
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The centralization-decentralization issue
Wyplosz, Charles - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350255
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Sovereign risk dynamics in the EU : the time varying relevance of fiscal and external (im)balances
Afonso, António; Alves, José; Monteiro, Sofia - 2024
Acknowledging the potential detrimental impact that twin-deficits may have on sovereign risk, this study uses a two-step approach to assess the impact of fiscal and external sustainability on sovereign risk dynamics for a panel of 27 European Economies between 2001Q4 and 2022Q3. To do so, we...
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The Euro and structural reforms
Alesina, Alberto - In: Europe and the euro, (pp. 57-93). 2010
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