Luca Gattini

TL;DR: In this paper, a parsimonious model for forecasting and analysing euro area house prices and their interrelations with the macroeconomy is presented, where a quarterly vector error correction model is estimated over 1970-2009 using supply and demand forces central to the determination of house prices in equilibrium and their dynamics: housing investment, real disposable income per capita and a mixed maturity measure of the real interest rate.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the impact of energy price developments on output and consumer prices in the Eurozone and the role of monetary policy in reacting to energy price changes in the macroeconomy.

TL;DR: This article examined the structural features of the distributive trades sector which are likely to play an important role in determining price level and inflation differences across countries, while cross-border trade remains limited.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of FDI inflows on growth and their effect mediated by income levels and the quality of the institutional environment was investigated in 111 countries, stretching from developed economies to developing and emerging markets starting in 1980.

TL;DR: In this article, the behavior of private residential investments for the six largest European economies, namely: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands and the United Kingdom, was investigated using a common modelling structure based on an error correction approach and country specific models.