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New World Hantaviruses Activate IFNλ Production in Type I IFN-Deficient Vero E6 Cells

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2010
Background Hantaviruses indigenous to the New World are the etiologic agents of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS). These viruses induce a strong interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) response in human endothelial cells.
Joseph B. Prescott   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Income Inequality in OECD Countries: Data and Explanations

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2003
There is much disagreement about both the facts and the explanations of income inequality. Even if we confine attention to OECD countries, we find people arguing that there has been a great U-turn, with inequality rising sharply after its post war fall ...
A. Atkinson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Structural Balances and Revenue Windfalls: The Role of Asset Prices Revisited

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2007
In this paper we revisit one of the “missing links” between budget balances and the economic cycle, namely the impact of asset prices on fiscal revenues.
R. Morris, Ludger Schuknecht
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public Debt and Long-Term Interest Rates: The Case of Germany, Italy and the USA

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2006
The debate on the sustainability of public finances is closely related to the analysis of the financial and macroeconomic consequences of government debt accumulation.
Rolf R. Strauch   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Optimal Asset Structure of a Bank - Bank Reactions to Stressful Market Conditions

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2013
The aim of the paper is to propose a model of banks' asset portfolios to account for the strategic and optimising behavior of banks under adverse economic conditions.
G. Halaj
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of Covid-19 on the Indian Economy

open access: yesIndian Public Policy Review, 2020
Issue: Sep-Oct 2020 Amidst the economic slowdown triggered by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in India there have been many demands for the government to announce a large fiscal stimulus to support the economy.
I. Patnaik, Rajeswari Sengupta
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Potential Output from a Euro Area Perspective

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2014
This paper reviews potential output from a euro area perspective by summarising the developments according to international institutions and assessing the impact of the crisis.
R. Anderton   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Asset Prices and Fiscal Balances

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2002
The paper argues that there are important links between asset prices and public finances which can strongly affect the variability of fiscal balances.
Felix Eschenbach, Ludger Schuknecht
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Elusive Welfare Economics of Price Stability as a Monetary Policy Objective: Why New Keynesian Central Bankers Should Validate Core Inflation

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2006
The paper studies the inflation rate associated with optimal monetary and fiscal policy in a number of standard dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with nominal price rigidities.
W. Buiter
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Fiscal Costs of Financial Instability Revisited

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2002
This paper conducts a comprehensive analysis of the fiscal costs of financial instability (defined as major asset price changes and including, as extreme cases, financial crises). The study identifies three channels to fiscal accounts: 1) revenue effects
Felix Eschenbach, Ludger Schuknecht
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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