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An Analysis of The Shadow Economy in Malta: A Currency Demand and MIMIC Model Approach (2022)
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The Shifting Structure of the Maltese Economy: Evidence from Chain-Linked Data (2021)
A hedonic assessment of the relative importance of structural, locational and neighbourhood factors on advertised rents in Malta (2021)
An analysis of the distribution and price determinants of Airbnb rentals in Malta (2021)
Well-being disparities during the COVID-19 outbreak: Evidence from Malta (2021)
Optimal factor taxation in a scale free model of vertical innovation (2021)
The Long-Lasting Legacy of Rent Controls: Perspectives on the Private Rental Market in Malta within the Context of a Dual Market (2021)
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Measuring the effects of structural reforms in Malta (2020)
Are the European Commission’s Business and Consumer Survey Results Coincident Indicators for Maltese Economic Activity? (2020)
Optimal Factor Taxation in a Scale Free Model of Vertical Innovation (2020)
Real convergence in Malta and in the EU countries after the financial crisis (2020)
How do estimates of inflation persistence in Malta compare with other EU countries? (2020)
The use of the Eurosystem’s monetary policy instruments and its monetary policy implementation framework between the first quarter of 2018 and the fourth quarter of 2019 (2020)
The use of the Eurosystem’s monetary policy instruments and its monetary policy implementation framework between the first quarter of 2018 and the fourth quarter of 2019 (2020)
The Determinants of Well-Being During a Time of Economic Growth: The Case of Selected European Union Member States (2020)
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From a deficit to a surplus country – The case of Malta (2019)
Estimates of input-output multipliers for the Maltese economy based on the symmetric input-output table for 2010 (2019)
Time variation, asymmetry and threshold effects in Malta's Phillips curve (2019)
A reassessment of external demand’s contribution to Malta’s economic growth (2019)
SMEs as drivers of economic growth: The case of Malta (2019)
Wealth Effects on Consumption in Malta: Evidence from Household Level Data (2019)
Income and Wealth Inequality in Malta (2019)
Understanding low wage growth in the euro area and European countries (2019)
Comparing Fiscal Consolidation Multipliers across Models in Europe (2019)
Population Projection Revisions and Their Impact on Economic Growth – The Case of Malta (2019)
The evolution of Malta's Tourism Sector (2019)
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Constructing an index to examine house price misalignment with fundamentals in Malta (2018)
Fiscal compact and debt consolidation dynamics (2018)
Estimating the impact of structural reforms to increase the female participation rate in Malta (2018)
What makes pension reforms sustainable? (2018)
About Local Projection Impulse Response Function Reliability (2018)
Structural policies in the euro area (2018)
Constructing a Financial Condition Index for a small-open economy: The case of Malta (2018)
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Empirical estimates of Okun’s law in Malta (2017)
Low inflation in the euro area: causes and consequences (2017)
The impact of pension age changes - the case of Malta (2017)
A sectoral supply-side model to assess the impact of labour market reforms in Malta (2017)
Comparing state pension reforms in EU countries before and after 2008 (2017)
Did Malta’s accession to the EU raise its potential growth? A focus on the foreign workforce (2017)
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Saving and investment behaviour in the euro area (2016)
A multivariate filter to estimate potential output and NAIRU for the Maltese economy (2016)
The adjustment of Maltese firms to the post-crisis economic environment: evidence from a firm-level survey (2016)
Labour market modelling in the light of the financial crisis (2016)
The role of asymmetries and banking sector indicators in the interest rate pass-through in Malta (2016)
Drivers of low inflation in Malta after the crisis (2016)
Sectorial ULCs as Measures of Competitiveness: An Analysis of Southern Euro Area Economies (2016)
Determinants of labour productivity in Malta: Evidence from a Firm-level Survey (2016)
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Evaluating the possible impact of pension reforms on elderly poverty in Europe (2015)
The social sustainability of pensions in Europe (2015)
Pension reforms in the 1990s and during the financial crisis: More of the same? (2015)
Assessing the impact of the reforms in Europe on the sufficiency of pensions (2015)
Public debt, population ageing and medium-term growth (2015)
Structural changes in the Maltese economy (2015)
Pension reforms since the financial crisis could have a serious impact on the future retirement incomes of young Europeans (2015)
Assessing potential output growth of the Maltese economy using a production function approach (2015)
The financial crisis and differences in state pension generosity across EU countries (2015)
Convergence or divergence? How the financial crisis affected European pensioners (2015)
Pension policy design changes in EU countries since the mid-1990s (2015)
Comparing fiscal multipliers across models and countries in Europe (2015)
Results of the 2014 Wage Dynamics Network for Malta (2015)
Analysing correlation between the MSE index and global stock markets (2015)
2014
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A reassessment of the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe (2014)
British tourism demand elasticities in Mediterranean countries (2014)
Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe: a pension wealth approach (2014)
The demand for currency in Malta (2014)
Introducing explicit pension age changes as in the UK is not the end of the line (2014)
French and German tourism in the Mediterranean - a market share analysis (2014)
Pension policy design: The core issues (2014)
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Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe (2013)
Adapting the Hodrick-Prescott filter for very small open economies (2013)
Pension reform sustainability in the EU: A pension wealth-based framework (2013)
How best to measure pension adequacy (2013)
Reforms across Europe linking pension benefits to contributions may push some elderly into poverty (2013)
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Punching Above One’s Weight – Forbes Middle East – Promotional Country Report – Malta (September 2021)
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