 | Unemployment and Structural Unemployment in the Baltics Author/Editor: Christian Ebeke, Greetje Everaert. Release Date:August, 2014 While the unemployment rate in the Baltics has fallen sharply from its crisis-peaks, it remains close to double digits. This paper estimates the structural component of the jobless rate in the three more...
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| Credit Quality in Developing Economies: Remittances to the Rescue? Author/Editor: Christian Ebeke, Boileau Loko, Arina Viseth. Release Date:August, 2014 This paper analyzes the link between remittances inflows and nonperforming loans (NPLs) in a large sample of developing countries. Theoretical transmission channels include risk coping, exchange rate more...
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| Emerging Market Local Currency Bond Yields and Foreign Holdings in the Post-Lehman Period - a Fortune or Misfortune? Author/Editor: Christian Ebeke, Yinqiu Lu. Release Date:February, 2014 The paper shows that foreign holdings of local currency government bonds in emergingmarket countries (EMs) have reduced bond yields but have somewhat increased yieldvolatility in the post-Lehman more...
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| Fiscal Policy over the Election Cycle in Low-Income Countries Author/Editor: Christian Ebeke, Dilan Ölçer. Release Date:June, 2013 Focusing on Low-Income Countries, we investigate the behavior of fiscal variables during and after elections. The results indicate that during election years, government consumption significantly more...
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 | Workers' Remittances: An Overlooked Channel of International Business Cycle Transmission? Author/Editor: Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Christian Ebeke, Sampawende J -A Tapsoba. Release Date:October, 2012 This paper shows that remittance flows significantly increase the business cycle synchronization between remittance-recipient countries and the rest of the world. Using both aggregate and bilateral more...
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| Remittances Channel and Fiscal Impact in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Author/Editor: Yasser Abdih, Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Christian Ebeke. Release Date:April, 2012 This paper identifies a remittances channel that transmits exogenous shocks, such as business cycles in remittance-sending countries, to the public finances of remittance-receiving countries. Using more...
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| Are Foreign Aid and Remittance Inflows a Hedge against Food Price Shocks? Author/Editor: Jean-Louis Combes, Christian H Ebeke, Mireille Ntsama Etoundi, Thierry Yogo. Release Date:March, 2012 This paper explores the role of foreign aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of the effects of food price shocks. Using a large sample of developing countries and mobilising dynamic panel more...
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