Transformation tables for administrative borders in Germany
Transformation tables for administrative borders in Germany The state has the ability...
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National Culture and Housing Credit
Chrysovalantis Gaganis, Iftekhar Hasan, Fotios Pasiouras
Journal of Empirical Finance,
March
2020
Abstract
Using a sample of around 30 countries over the period 2001–2015, this study provides evidence that deeply rooted cultural differences are significantly associated with the use of mortgage debt. More detailed, we find that power distance and uncertainty avoidance have a negative impact on the value of the total outstanding residential loans to GDP. This finding is robust across various specifications and the use of alternative measures of mortgage debt. In contrast, trust has a positive and robust impact on all the measures of mortgage debt. Other dimensions of national culture like long-term orientation, individualism, and indulgence, also appear to matter; however, their impact depends on the control variables and the employed measure of mortgage debt.
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18.02.2020 • 3/2020
Presseeinladung zur IWH-Konferenz „Europas Finanzmarkt: Zwangsehe oder lose Bekanntschaft?“ am 26. Februar 2020
Ein Jahrzehnt nach der weltweiten Finanzkrise steht das Finanzsystem noch immer vor enormen Herausforderungen. Wie diese in Europa gemeistert werden können, ist Thema einer hochkarätig besetzten Tagung am Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH). Zur Eröffnung spricht Claudia Buch, Vizepräsidentin der Deutschen Bundesbank.
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Drawing Conclusions from Structural Vector Autoregressions Identified on the Basis of Sign Restrictions
Christiane Baumeister, James D. Hamilton
Abstract
This paper discusses the problems associated with using information about the signs of certain magnitudes as a basis for drawing structural conclusions in vector autoregressions. We also review available tools to solve these problems. For illustration we use Dahlhaus and Vasishtha's (2019) study of the effects of a U.S. monetary contraction on capital flows to emerging markets. We explain why sign restrictions alone are not enough to allow us to answer the question and suggest alternative approaches that could be used.
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Resolving the Missing Deflation Puzzle
Jesper Lindé, Mathias Trabandt
Abstract
We propose a resolution of the missing deflation puzzle. Our resolution stresses the importance of nonlinearities in price- and wage-setting when the economy is exposed to large shocks. We show that a nonlinear macroeconomic model with real rigidities resolves the missing deflation puzzle, while a linearized version of the same underlying nonlinear model fails to do so. In addition, our nonlinear model reproduces the skewness of inflation and other macroeconomic variables observed in post-war U.S. data. All told, our results caution against the common practice of using linearized models to study inflation and output dynamics.
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IWH Treuhand Database
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21.02.2019 • 4/2019
Einladung: Pressekonferenz zur Publikation „Vereintes Land – drei Jahrzehnte nach dem Mauerfall“ am 4. März 2019 in Berlin
Wie steht Deutschland 30 Jahre nach dem Fall der Berliner Mauer wirtschaftlich da? Eine neue Veröffentlichung des Leibniz-Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) zieht Bilanz, wie sich die Bundesrepublik im internationalen Vergleich entwickelt hat, wie es um die innere Einheit des Landes bestellt ist – und welche Herausforderungen noch zu meistern sind.
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Data
Transformation tables for administrative borders in Germany – data In order to...
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Population and labour market
Population and labour market Inhabitants are all people (Germans and foreigners) with permanent residence in federal territory (or in a Land). That does not include ...
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