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Strategies for the International Protection of the Environment

Carraro, Carlo; Siniscalco, Domenico - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

This paper provides a general framework for studying the profitability and stability of international agreements to protect the environment in the presence of trans-frontier or global pollution. N countries are assumed to bargain on emission control. Each country decides whether or not to...

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Efficiency and Equity Effects of Taxing the Financial Sector: Lessons from a CGE Model for Belgium

Chisari, Omar; Estache, Antonio; Nicodème, Gaëtan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper assesses the effects of applying VAT or a sales tax on (intermediate or final) sales of the financial sector. It uses a CGE Model calibrated for a small open economy. It highlights the differentiated sectoral and redistributional effects of these taxes and shows the importance of the...

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On the Nature, Modeling, and Neural Bases of Social Ties

Ridderinkhof, Richard; Stallen, Mirre; Winden, Frans … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper addresses the nature, formalization, and neural bases of (affective) social ties and discusses the relevance of ties for health economics. A social tie is defined as an affective weight attached by an individual to the well-being of another individual (‘utility interdependence’)....

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Bargaining and Sustainability: The Argentine Debt Swap of 2005

Dhillon, Amrita; García-Fronti, Javier; Ghosal, Sayantan; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

When Argentine sovereign default in December 2001 led to a collapse of the peso, the burden of dollar debt became demonstrably unsustainable. But it was not clear what restructuring was feasible, nor when. Eventually, in 2005 after a delay of more than three years, a supermajority of creditors...

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The Sustainable Debts of Philip II: A Reconstruction of Spain's Fiscal Position, 1560-1598

Drelichman, Mauricio; Voth, Hans-Joachim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

The defaults of Philip II have attained mythical status as the origin of sovereign debt crises. The king failed to honour his debts four times during his reign. In this paper, we reassess the fiscal position of Habsburg Spain. New archival evidence allows us to derive comprehensive estimates of...

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Trigger Points and Budget Cuts: Explaining the Effects of Fiscal Austerity

Bertola, Giuseppe; Drazen, Allan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

We present and analyse an optimizing model which explains the counter-intuitive effects of fiscal policy in terms of expectations. If government spending follows an upward-trending stochastic process, which the public believes may fall sharply when it reaches specific `target points', then...

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Designing Democracies for Sustainability

Gersbach, Hans; Kleinschmidt, Tobias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

sustainability. We show that the dual democratic mechanism – rejection/support rewards (RSRs) for politicians and elections – can … achieve sustainability. RSRs stipulate that incumbents who are not re-elected, but obtain the majority support among young …

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Sustainability of Public Finances

Perotti, Roberto; Strauch, Rolf; von Hagen, Jürgen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

finances of its member states. Yet there is no clear definition of sustainability. The economist’s common use of the term …. In this study, we develop a concept of sustainability focusing on the controllability of public finances. In so doing, we … adopt the approach of the Maastricht Treaty, to assume sustainability as long as a country does not violate the double …

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From World Banker to World Venture Capitalist: US External Adjustment and The Exorbitant Privilege

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Rey, Hélène - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

the sustainability of the current global imbalances. …

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Current Account Sustainability: Selected East Asian and Latin American Experiences

Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria; Razin, Assaf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

forward a notion of current account sustainability and compares the experience of three Latin American countries – Chile … sustainability indicators and discusses their usefulness in predicting external crises. …

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