Oil Prices, Economic Activity and Inflation: Evidence for Some Asian Countries [PDF]
In this paper we study the oil prices-macroeconomy relationship by means of studying the impact of oil price shocks on both economic activity and consumer price indexes for six Asian countries over the period 1975Q1-2002Q2.
Fernando Pérez de Gracia, Juncal Cunado
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Issue Attention in Public Opinion Polls: Pollsters as Agenda Responders and Agenda Setters
ABSTRACT Polling organizations, like other policy actors, must prioritize certain issues. We argue that, for normative and financial reasons, pollsters prioritize issues that are viewed as important by other institutions and the public, leading them to focus survey questions on issues that are on congressional and media agendas, and which are public ...
Qian Zhang +2 more
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QUARTERLY OUTLOOK ON MONETARY, BANKING, AND PAYMENT SYSTEM IN INDONESIA: QUARTER IV-2015
Indonesia ‘s economy in the fourth quarter 2015 was marked by maintained macroeconomic and financial system stability, with a starting economic growth momentum.
TM Arief Machmud +6 more
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Macroeconomic Effects of Structural Fiscal Policy Changes in Colombia [PDF]
In the past decade the Colombian Economic Authorities undertook a series of measures that reduced the structural fiscal deficit, decreased the Government currency mismatch and deepened the local fixed-rate public bond market.
Andrés González +2 more
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Bolivia during the global crisis 1998-2004: towards a ‘macroeconomics of microfinance [PDF]
The macroeconomic role of microfinance appears to have varied enormously between country cases, as notably exposed by the recent wave of macro-economic crises.
Marconi, R., Mosley, P.
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Macroeconomic effects of disruptions in global food commodity markets [PDF]
We use two approaches to examine the macroeconomic consequences of disruptions in global food commodity markets. First, we embed a novel quarterly composite global production index for the four basic staples (corn, wheat, rice and soybeans) in a standard
De Winne, Jasmien, Peersman, Gert
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The Mental Health of the Young in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
ABSTRACT We report on the wellbeing of the young in twenty‐eight countries located in Eastern Europe and Central Asia including fifteen post‐Soviet countries. We find no evidence of the decline in the mental health of the young relative to older people, which characterizes Western Europe and English‐speaking advanced economies. The mental health of the
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
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Learning rationality, the stability of equilibrium and macroeconomics [PDF]
A review of the literature concerning how individuals learn to form rational expectations and a discussion of the meaning of rationality in a macroeconomy characterized by highly decentralized markets.Macroeconomics ; Rational expectations (Economic ...
John B. Carlson
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The Dollar's Double Life: Not All Dollar Appreciations Are Born Equal for the Cross‐Currency Basis
ABSTRACT This paper revisits the relationship between the US dollar and cross‐currency basis (XCB) swap spreads. We show that the strength and direction of this relationship depend on the prevailing regime of the broad dollar. The evidence suggests that the well‐documented “dollar appreciates, basis widens” result holds primarily when the dollar is in ...
Daniel Felix Ahelegbey +2 more
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Financial Market Risk Perceptions and the Macroeconomy*
We provide evidence that financial market risk perceptions are important drivers of economic fluctuations. We introduce a novel measure of risk perceptions: the price of volatile stocks (PVSt), defined as the book-to-market ratio of low-volatility ...
Carolin E. Pflueger +2 more
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