This paper analyses Delta CoVaR proposed by Adrian and Brunnermeier (2008) as a tool for identifying/ranking systemically important institutions and assessing interconnectedness. We develop a test of significance of Delta CoVaR that allows determining whether or not a financial institution can...

This paper provides concordance procedures for product-level trade and production data in the EU and examines the implications of changing product classifications on measured product adding and dropping at Belgian firms. Using the algorithms developed by Pierce and Schott (2012a, 2012b), the...

The rarity with which firms reduce nominal wages has been frequently observed, even in the face of considerable negative economic shocks. This paper uses a unique survey of fourteen European countries to ask firms directly about the incidence of wage cuts and to assess the relevance of a range...

The Regulation on the Single Supervisory Mechanism mandates the European Central Bank to exercise prudential supervision on the banks located in the Euro area, whether directly by the Bank’s own services for the significant banks, or indirectly by the national prudential supervisors but under...

This paper employs fifteen dynamic macroeconomic models maintained within the European System of Central Banks to assess the size of fiscal multipliers in European countries. Using a set of common simulations, we consider transitory and permanent shocks to government expenditures and different...

Dieser Bericht gliedert sich wie folgt: Kapitel 2 gibt zunächst einen Überblick über das Untersuchungsdesign dieses Evaluationsprojektes und führt Definitionen ein, um die Verständlichkeit für den verbleibenden Text zu vereinfachen. In Kapitel 3 wird die Literatur zum Wagniskapitalmarkt in...

Auch wenn die europäischen Finanzen und die Haushaltslage der EU-Mitgliedstaaten nicht mehr das beherrschende Thema in der medialen Berichterstattung darstellen, darf dies nicht dazu verleiten anzunehmen, dass die Probleme der öffentlichen Finanzen in der Europäischen Union gelöst seien. Die...

[Introduction ...] Overall, this report is structured as follows: the next chapter (2) briefly outlines the relevance of regional trade indicators for determining the competitiveness of a region. In chapter 3, the methodology for the calculation of regional trade performance indicators is...