Working Papers

The Working Paper series of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank is designed to disseminate and to provide a platform for discussion of either work of the staff of the OeNB economists or outside contributors on topics which are of special interest to the OeNB. To ensure the high quality of their content the contributions are subjected to an international refereeing process. The opinions are strictliy those of the authors and do in no way commit the OeNB.




2008


Working Paper 148
Comparing the New Keynesian Phillips Curve with Time Series Models to Forecast Inflation

Fabio Rumler and Maria Teresa Valderrama


Working Paper 147
Inequality and growth: Goal conflict or necessary prerequisite?

Cecilia García-Peñalosa


Working Paper 146
The Optimal Mix Between Funded and Unfunded Pensions System When People Care About Relative Consumption

Markus Knell


Working Paper 145
Transmission of business cycle shocks between the US and the euro area

Martin Schneider, Gerhard Fenz


Working Paper 144
Dating and forecasting turning points by Bayesian clustering with dynamic structure: A suggestion with an application to Austrian data.

Sylvia Kaufmann


Working Paper 143
Risk-Premia, Carry-Trade Dynamics, and Speculative Efficiency of Currency Markets

Christian Wagner


Working Paper 142
Testing the tax competition theory: How elastic are national tax bases in Western Europe?

Aleksandra Riedl and Silvia Rocha-Akis


Working Paper 141
The Real Consequences of Financial Market Integration when Countries Are Heterogeneous

Kerstin Gerling


Working Paper 140
Euroization: What Factors drive its Persistence?

Helmut Stix


Working Paper 139
Mr. Wicksell and the global economy: What drives real interest rates?