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Environmental Regulation and Revealed Comparative Advantages in Europe : Is China a Pollution Haven?
Marconi, Daniela - 2014
between China and the major fourteen EU countries (EU14). Using industry level data on bilateral trade, air pollution, water … RCAs, such as labor costs, on average our EU14 countries have kept or improved their advantages with respect to China in … both water polluting industries (such as paper and agro-based industries) and air polluting industries (such as basic …
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Organised Vat Fraud : Features, Magnitude, Policy Perspectives
Borselli, Fabrizio - 2011
trade in goods among EU countries. Within the EU-27, organized VAT fraud is estimated to amount to between €20 billion and … €35 billion a year. The EU institutions and Member States have put forward several measures to tackle this problem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117968
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The Tax System and the Financial Crisis
Ceriani, Vieri - 2011
This paper investigates the effects of the tax system on the economic factors that triggered the financial crisis. We examine three cases in which the tax regime interacted with these factors, reinforcing them. First, we focus on the taxation of residential building: while the importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124763
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The Quality of Public Services in Italy
Bripi, Francesco - 2011
disposal, water and gas supply, and childcare). The analysis shows in general that Italy lags behind noticeably compared with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125807
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Recent Estimates of Sovereign Risk Premia for Euro-Area Countries
Di Cesare, Antonio - 2012
This paper examines the recent behavior of sovereign interest rates in the euro area, focusing on the 10 year yield spreads relative to Germany for Italy and other euro area countries. Both previous analyses and the new evidence presented in the paper suggest that, in recent months, for several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099594
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Retail Sector Concentration and Price Dynamics in the Euro Area : A Regional Analysis
Ciapanna, Emanuela - 2012
We conduct a regional analysis of the relationship between market concentration and price dynamics in the grocery retail sector, focusing on a sample of five categories of goods belonging to the 12 COICOP aggregation and on a panel of countries that includes Germany, Spain, Finland, Italy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109099
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Organised VAT Fraud : Features, Magnitude, Policy Perspectives
Borselli, Fabrizio - 2012
trade in goods among EU countries. Within the EU-27, organised VAT fraud is estimated to amount to between €20 billion and … €35 billion a year. The EU institutions and Member States have put forward several measures to tackle this problem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109102
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Principali Risultati dell’Household Finance and Consumption Survey : l’Italia Nel Confronto Internazionale (Main Results of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Italy in t...
Gambacorta, Romina - 2013
The paper presents the main results of the Eurosystem's Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) with an emphasis on the data for Italy in the international context. The paper examines households' socio-demographic characteristics, assets and income distribution, participation in real and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082376
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Exports from the European Regions During the Crisis and in the Long Run
Bentivogli, Chiara - 2013
This paper compares the return to pre-crisis levels and the long-term performance of exports in the main Italian regions compared with some European regions with a similar production structure. The results show that the intensity and timing of recovery in the cyclical component of exports were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083986
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Le statistiche monetarie, bancarie e finanziarie dell’Eurosistema : riflessioni sui risultati e sulle tendenze (The Eurosystem's Monetary, Banking and Financial Statistics: Some Re...
De Bonis, Riccardo - 2013
This paper summarizes the results attained by the Eurosystem in harmonizing the statistics used for the conduct of monetary policy. Since the creation of the euro area, in January 1999, significant progress has been made in the harmonization of data on banks' balance sheets, central banks and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087483