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Estimating the shape of economic crises under heterogeneity
Dovern, Jonas; Jannsen, Nils - 2009
During the ongoing financial crisis the analysis of similar historical crises has gained more and more attention among economic researchers and forecasters. Existing studies, however, do not tackle the immense heterogeneity that is present in cross-country samples in a formal and consistent way....
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Spinning out of control: Iceland in crisis
2009
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Shifting into digital services: Does a crisis matter and for who?
van der Marel, Erik - 2020
How do trade patterns change after an external shock such as an economic crisis, and is this shift structural? This paper uses a Difference-in-Difference (DID) approach to investigate whether services trade became more digital after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008. It finds that the...
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Analyzing the Present Sustainability of Turkey’s Current Account Position
Oğuş, Ayla; Sohrabji, Niloufer - 2008
In this paper we assess the present sustainability of Turkey's current account position using the framework provided by … conclude that Turkey's internal structure and macroeconomic conditions (such as exports and the fiscal position) have improved … that are allowing Turkey to continue having large and increasing current account deficits. However, there is vulnerability …
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The Impact of the Crisis on Budget Policy in Central and Eastern Europe
Darvas, Zsolt - 2009
This paper describes the particular impacts of the financial and economic crisis on Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, studies pro-cyclicality of fiscal policies, discusses the impact of the crisis on fiscal policy, and the policy response of various governments. After drawing some...
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Europe’s Crises, Germany’s Leadership and Turkey’s EU Accession Process
Turhan, Ebru - In: CESifo Forum 17 (2016) 2, pp. 25-29
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The impact of the economic crisis on labour and education in Europe
Barakat, Bilal; Holler, Johannes; Prettner, Klaus; … - 2010
In summer 2007, the US subprime crisis emerged and economic growth in industrialised countries started to slow down. The situation deteriorated after the default of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 and despite massive government interventions, the United States and most European countries slid...
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Health and well-being in the crisis
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
The internet has become an important data source for the Social Sciences because these data are available without lags, can be regarded as involuntary surveys and hence have no observer effect, can be geo-labeled, are available for countries across the globe and can be viewed in continuous time...
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The Great Recession vs. the Great Depression. Stylised Facts on Siblings that Were Given Different Foster Parents
Aiginger, Karl - 2009
This paper compares the depth of the recent crisis and the Great Depression. We use a new data set, namely seven activity indicators, to compare the drop in activity in industrialised countries. This is done under the assumption that the recent crisis levelled off in mid-2009 for production and...
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