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Drivers of Inflation:Hungary

Author/Editor: Estefania Cohn-Bech, Karim Foda, Agustin Roitman.

Release Date:February, 2023

Though high and rising inflation has been a challenge for most economies across Europe in 2022 and into 2023, it has accelerated in Hungary to the highest level in Europe. This paper examines how and more...



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News-based Sentiment Indicators

Author/Editor: Chengyu Huang, Sean Simpson, Daria Ulybina, Agustin Roitman.

Release Date:December, 2019

We construct sentiment indices for 20 countries from 1980 to 2019. Relying on computational text analysis, we capture specific language like “fear”, “risk”, “hedging”, “opinion”, and, more...



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Technology and the Future of Work

Author/Editor: Adrian Peralta-Alva, Agustin Roitman.

Release Date:September, 2018

This paper uses a DSGE model to simulate the impact of technological change on labor markets and income distribution. It finds that technological advances offers prospects for stronger productivity more...



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The Spillover Effects of Russia's Economic Slowdown on Neighboring Countries

Author/Editor: Ara Stepanyan, Agustin Roitman, Gohar Minasyan, Dragana Ostojic, Natan P Epstein.

Release Date:September, 2016

In the face of sharply lower oil prices and geopolitical tensions and sanctions, economic activity in Russia decelerated in late 2014, resulting in negative spillovers on Commonwealth of Independent more...



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The Spillover Effects of Russia's Economic Slowdown on Neighboring Countries

Author/Editor: Ara Stepanyan, Agustin Roitman, Gohar Minasyan, Dragana Ostojic, Natan P Epstein.

Release Date:November, 2015

In the face of sharply lower oil prices and geopolitical tensions and sanctions, economic activity in Russia decelerated in late 2014, resulting in negative spillovers on Commonwealth of Independent more...



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Pressure or Prudence? Tales of Market Pressure and Fiscal Adjustment

Author/Editor: Salvatore Dell'Erba, Todd D Mattina, Agustin Roitman.

Release Date:July, 2013

We study whether multiyear fiscal adjustment plans in 17 OECD countries during 1980-2011 have been associated with market pressure. We find that only a third (34 percent) of the consolidations more...



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The Economics of Political Transitions: Implications for the Arab Spring

Author/Editor: Padamja Khandelwal, Agustin Roitman.

Release Date:March, 2013

Over the past two years, ongoing political transitions in many Arab countries have led to social unrest and an economic downturn. This paper examines comparable historical episodes of political more...



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Precautionary Savings in a Small Open Economy Revisited

Author/Editor: Agustin Roitman.

Release Date:November, 2011

A common assumption in standard economic models is that agents are risk-averse and prudent, and it is often argued that prudence is necessary to generate precautionary savings. This paper shows that more...



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Oil Shocks in a Global Perspective : Are they Really That Bad?

Author/Editor: Tobias N. Rasmussen, Agustin Roitman.

Release Date:August, 2011

Using a comprehensive global dataset, we outline stylized facts characterizing relationships between crude oil prices and macroeconomic developments across the world. Approaching the data from more...



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Imperfect Information and Saving in a Small Open Economy

Author/Editor: Agustin Roitman, Christian Daude.

Release Date:March, 2011

Emerging markets are more volatile and face different types of shocks, in size and nature, compared to their developed counterparts. Accurate identification of the stochastic properties of shocks is more...



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