Title:Is the New Keynesian Phillips Curve Flat?
Author(s):STÖLTING, Sarah; KUESTER, Keith; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper provides Monte Carlo evidence that GMM estimates of the New Keynesian Phillips curve are biased towards finding too much price rigidity if cost-push shocks are auto-correlated. This result may reconcile GMM ...
Title:Is there a European Business Cycle?
Author(s):ARTIS, Michael J.Date:2003Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Working Paper
Title:Is there a European Business Cycle?
Author(s):ARTIS, Michael J.Date:2003Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:CESifo Working PaperAbstract:The paper uses quarterly GDP data for some 30 years up to and including 2001, to examine the identity and development of the European business cycle. Cycles are identified by using a band-pass filter version of the ...
Title:Just A Matter of Time: Empirical Evidence of the Causal Effect of Education on Fertility in Italy
Author(s):FORT, MargheritaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper assesses the causal effects of education on fertility, allowing for
heterogeneity in the effects while controlling for the self-selection of women into
education. Identification relies on exogenous variation ...
Title:Keeping up with the Medici! Three essays on social comparison, consumption and risk
Author(s):DIJK, OegeDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis investigates the influence of social comparison (i.e. comparing ones outcomes with others such as neighbours, colleagues, etc) on consumption and risk-taking. The first essay (joint with Robert H. Frank and ...
Title:La crisis del euro. De Atenas a Madrid
Author(s):BORRELL, José; MISSÉ, AndreuDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Tres años después de la quiebra de Lehman Brothers el panorama económico internacional parece desolador. Las primas de riesgo de España e Italia han llegado a superar los 400 puntos básicos, las perspectivas de crecimiento ...