 | Cross-Cutting Themes in Employment Experiences during the Crisis Author/Editor: Athanasios Vamvakidis, Francis Vitek, Mwanza Nkusu, Reginald Darius, Alun H Thomas, Edouard Vidon. Release Date:November, 2010 The human cost of the recent global crisis is reflected in its impact on the labor market. Explaining why economies with similar downturns had very different employment trends can help design more...
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 | A New Index of Currency Mismatch and Systemic Risk Author/Editor: Romain Ranciere, Aaron Tornell, Athanasios Vamvakidis. Release Date:November, 2010 This paper constructs a new measure of currency mismatch in the banking sector that controls for bank lending to unhedged borrowers. This measure explicitly takes into account the indirect exchange more...
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| Chinas Economic Growth: International Spillovers Author/Editor: Athanasios Vamvakidis, Vivek B Arora. Release Date:July, 2010 This paper presents some facts on China’s role in the world economy and measures the impact of China’s growth on growth in the rest of the world in the short and long term. more...
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| Convergence in Emerging Europe : Sustainability and Vulnerabilities Author/Editor: Athanasios Vamvakidis. Release Date:July, 2008 The emerging European economies have been converging rapidly towards the more advanced European economies in recent years. However, large external imbalances in parts of the region have raised more...
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| Regional Wage Differentiation and Wage Bargaining Systems in the EU Author/Editor: Athanasios Vamvakidis. Release Date:February, 2008 The theoretical literature has argued that a centralized wage bargaining system may result in low regional wage differentiation and high regional unemployment differentials. The empirical literature more...
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| Economic Growth in Croatia : Potential and Constraints Author/Editor: David Moore, Athanasios Vamvakidis. Release Date:August, 2007 This paper examines the factors and constraints that affect recent and potential growth in Croatia, as well as policies that can influence it. On current productivity trends, it estimates Croatia's more...
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| External Debt and Economic Reform : Does a Pain Reliever Delay the Necessary Treatment? Author/Editor: Athanasios Vamvakidis. Release Date:March, 2007 Recent literature argues that conflict in shifting adjustment costs between different socioeconomic groups delays necessary reforms and finds that such reforms often follow economic crises. This more...
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| Forecasting Inflation in Indonesia Author/Editor: Uma Ramakrishnan, Athanasios Vamvakidis. Release Date:June, 2002 A reliable inflation-forecasting model is central for a sound monetary policy framework. In this paper, we study the domestic and international transmission effects on inflation in Indonesia and more...
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| The Impact of U.S. Economic Growthon the Rest of the World : How Much Does it Matter? Author/Editor: Athanasios Vamvakidis, Vivek B Arora. Release Date:August, 2001 This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the impact of economic growth in the United States on growth in other countries. Using panel data estimation, the paper finds a significant positive more...
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| Explaining Investment in the WAEMU Author/Editor: Athanasios Vamvakidis. Release Date:July, 1998 This paper estimates an empirical model for investment in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), a region with relatively low investment shares, using annual data for the period more...
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