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Multinational Banking in Europe: Financial Stability and Regulatory Implications Lessons from the Financial Crisis
Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Calzolari, Giacomo; Levi, Micol; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
distress. With a focus on Europe, it looks at how these banks’ foreign affiliates have been faring during the recent financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468703
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Structural Adjustment in European Retail Banking: Some Views from Industrial Organisation
Neven, Damien J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1989
This paper tries to assess how the current program of European integration will affect the structure of the European retail banking industry. It is argued that trade in banking services is, and will presumably remain, limited, while there is still concern about possible trade diversion. Next, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281299
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What Should we Expect from Innovation? A Model-Based Assessment of the Environmental and Mitigation Cost Implications of Climate-Related R&D
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Duval, Romain; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies complement carbon pricing (taxes or permit trading) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468637
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Trade, Strategic Innovation and Strategic Environmental Policy - a General Analysis
Ulph, Alistair Mitchell; Ulph, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
There has been much debate recently about the nature of environmental policy that will be set by governments concerned about the competitive advantage their industries might obtain in a world of fierce trade competition. Some claim governments will set environmental policies that are too lax,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136590
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Are the Costs of Cleaning Up Eastern Europe Exaggerated? Economic Reform and the Environment
Hughes, Gordon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990
Widespread concern has been expressed that the costs of reducing environmental pollution in Eastern Europe will divert …, the general level of exposure to major pollutants in Eastern Europe is not high by comparison with the OECD countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281413
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Centralization and Accountability: Theory and Evidence from the Clean Air Act
Boffa, Federico; Piolatto, Amedeo; Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper studies fiscal federalism when regions differ in voters’ ability to monitor public officials. We develop a model of political agency in which rent-seeking politicians provide public goods to win support from heterogeneously informed voters. In equilibrium, voter information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084457
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Environmental Regulation and the Location of Polluting Industries
Rauscher, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
regulation and to unacceptable standards of environmental quality? The paper attempts to answer this question in a non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792418
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On Income Inequality and Green Preferences
Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We derive conditions of individual preferences and technology that give rise to a negative correlation between income inequality and environmental protection. We present a class of models (which captures a static model as well as an overlapping-generations model) in which individuals differ in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662063
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Trade Law and Environmental Issues in Central and East European Countries
Rauscher, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
International trade and environmental regulation are interdependent. Central and East European Countries (CEECs) are … experience with existing international agreements. The major questions are: (i) how the capture of environmental regulation by … harmful tax competition in the field of environmental regulation; and (v) how international disputes can be resolved. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666939
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How Elections Matter: Theory and Evidence from Environmental Policy
List, John; Sturm, Daniel M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
In this Paper we explore to what extent secondary policy issues are influenced by electoral incentives. We develop a political agency model in which a politician decides on both a frontline policy issue, such as the level of public spending, and a secondary policy issue, such as environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789133