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Redefining Europe's economic sovereignty

Leonard, Mark; Pisani-Ferry, Jean; Ribakova, Elina; … - 2019

Europeans like to believe the European Union has the collective economic size and capacity to determine its own economic destiny. But the behaviour of others global powers is increasingly calling this ability into question. China and the United States, especially, do not separate economic...

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Challenges for the euro area and implications for Latvia

Wolff, Guntram B. - 2012

This Policy Contribution reviews the major challenges faced by the euro area, and discusses recent initiatives and the way forward. Some implications are drawn out for Latvia's euro accession, which is likely to be beneficial on balance. The euro area faces three major challenges: (1) high...

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The growing intergenerational divide in Europe

Hüttl, Pia; Wilson, Karen; Wolff, Guntram B. - 2015

During the economic and financial crisis, the divide between young and old in the European Union increased in terms of economic well-being and allocation of resources by governments. As youth unemployment and youth poverty rates increased, government spending shifted away from education,...

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Promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and convergence in the European Union

Demertzis, Maria; Sapir, André; Wolff, Guntram B. - 2019

long-term growth and productivity weakness. Finally, the EU, especially the euro area, suffers from a lack of convergence … incompatible with Europe’s social market economy. convergence in the eu and in the euro area is a necessity: the European growth … rest of the EU. The EU supports convergence through its budget and technical support but the fundamentals of this paradox …

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Foreign direct investment in the enlarged EU : do taxes matter and to what extent?

Wolff, Guntram B. (contributor) - 2006

Foreign direct investment is of increasing importance in the European Union. This paper estimates the effect of taxes on foreign direct investment (FDI) flows and on three sub-components of these flows for the countries of the en- larged European Union. The model in the spirit of gravity...

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Foreign Direct Investment in the Enlarged EU : Do Taxes Matter and to What Extent?

Wolff, Guntram B. - 2016

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Is Brexit an opportunity to reform the European Parliament?

Kalcik, Robert; Wolff, Guntram B. - 2017

• The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union will have implications for the European Parliament. Seventy-three of its 751 members are elected in the UK. Brexit offers a political opportunity to reform the allocation of seats to member states. • The European Parliament is a...

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The implications of a no-deal Brexit : is the European Union prepared?

Wolff, Guntram B. - 2019

This Policy Contribution, based on a note written for the Bundestag EU Committee, explores the possible consequences of a no-deal Brexit for the European Union and assesses preparations on the EU side. It also provides guidance on the optimal strategy for the EU, depending on the choices made by...

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Heterogeneity in money holdings across euro area countries : the role of housing

Setzer, Ralph; Noord, Paul Joseph van den; Wolff, Guntram B. - 2010

In this paper we examine why monetary aggregates of euro area Member States have developed differently since the inception of the euro. We derive a money demand equation that incorporates housing wealth and collateral as well as substitution effects on real money holdings. Empirically, we show...

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Mere criticism of the ECB is no solution

Fratzscher, Marcel; Gropp, Reint; Kotz, Hans-Helmut; … - 2015

The eurozone remains in a deep, largely macro-economic crisis. A robust global economy and falling oil prices have … supported Europeś economy for some time, but by now it is clear that the eurozone will only be able to pull itself out of this …

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