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fiscal policy convergence within the proposed WAM and EAM zones. The introduction of common currencies in West and East … Africa is facing stiff challenges in the timing of monetary convergence, the imperative of central bankers to apply common … panel GMM estimation with data from different non-overlapping intervals is employed. The implied rate of convergence and the …
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We explain how the external counterpart of the euro area M3 can be analysed by using the euro area balance of payments (b.o.p.). This is possible because the net external assets of the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) are present in two statistical frameworks that follow similar...
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We explain how the external counterpart of the euro area M3 can be analysed by using the euro area balance of payments (b.o.p.). This is possible because the net external assets of the monetary financial institutions (MFIs) are present in two statistical frameworks that follow similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012165260
In der Juliausgabe veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz von Georg Erber mit dem Titel „Irrungen und Wirrungen mit der Leistungsbilanzstatistik“. Dazu äußert sich Jan Priewe kritisch. Anschließend stellt Georg Erber in einer Erwiderung seine Sicht dar.
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In the current debate on the reasons and implications of the Greek and Irish euro crisis, the intra-European current account imbalances have gained rising attention. Whereas Greece and Ireland struggle for austerity in private and public spending, Germany is urged to reduce its current account...
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In the current debate on the reasons and implications of the Greek and Irish euro crisis, the intra-European current account imbalances have gained rising attention. Whereas Greece and Ireland struggle for austerity in private and public spending, Germany is urged to reduce its current account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094029
The move to monetary union in Europe led to convergence of interest rates among the participating countries. This was …
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We propose using a simple Taylor rule to evaluate business cycle convergence of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland … with the Eurozone. Our findings indicate an ongoing convergence of those CEE countries to the Eurozone, but with … instabilities and heterogeneity between the countries. Especially Poland has shown a high degree of convergence in recent years. But …
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We derive Taylor rates for those CEE-EU countries which are not part of the Eurozone. The degree of heterogeneity decreased tremendously over time (2005 - 2015). Nevertheless, the business cycles are still not fully synchronized. As a consequence, joining the Eurozone seems to be premature and...
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We investigate which variables have supported growth in the euro area over the last 30 years. This is a challenging task due to dimensionality problems: a large set of potential determinants, limited data, and the prospect that some variables could be non-stationary. We assemble a set of 35...
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