Confidence and economic activity in Europe

Saccal, Alessandro (2021): Confidence and economic activity in Europe.

Abstract

This work supplies additional empirical evidence of responses in real economic activity to shocks in confidence. A structural vector autoregression (SVAR) featuring confidence, real consumption and real output is constructed with respect to the Euro area and eight European nations. Results are mixed: responses exhibit reversibility and irreversibility, suggesting the formulation of a theoretical mechanism capable of formalising such a variety. The potential causes behind confidence in the same nations are moreover evaluated through a panel data regression. Results indicate aversion towards output, inflation, unemployment, monetary independence and financial openness, but favour population, exchange rate rigidity and the accumulation of sovereign debt.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: confidence; economic activity; Europe.
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C32 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes ; State Space Models; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C33 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E37 - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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