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Income and happiness across Europe : do reference values matter?
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Georgellis, Yannis; … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003624017
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International energy R&D spillovers and the economics of greenhouse gas atmospheric stabilization
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele; … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003624058
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Which conflicts can the European neighbourhood policy help resolve?
Thorvaldur Gylfason; Wijkman, Per Magnus - 2012
the European Union's neighbourhood? In the spirit of Montesquieu and Monnet, the basic hypothesis of the EU is that closer … prosperity and detente. The EU has a strong motive in this, since conflicts in its neighbourhood spill-over into the EU itself …, strong intraregional trade, and the prospect of accession to the EU. It concludes that the EU's Member States must give …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571288
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The economics of investor protection : ISDS versus national treatment : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy, May 2015
Kohler, Wilhelm; Stähler, Frank - 2016 - Version of February 16, 2016
This paper scrutinizes the effects of investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS) and national treatment provisions in a two-period model where foreign investment is subject to domestic regulation and a holdup problem. It shows that ISDS can mitigate the holdup problem and increases aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431559
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Phasing out nuclear power in Europe
Aune, Finn Roar; Golombek, Rolf; Hallre, Hilde - 2015
We explore the impact of an EU-wide nuclear phase-out by 2030 provided the EU energy and climate policy for 2030 is …. Whereas the 2030 EU target for the renewable share in final energy demand is (at least) 27 percent, we find that after a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281296
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European identity and redistributive preferences
Costa-Font, Joan; Cowell, Frank A. - 2015
How important is spatial identity in shifting preferences for redistribution? This paper takes advantage of within-country variability in the adoption of a single currency as an instrument to examine the impact of the rescaling of spatial identity in Europe. We draw upon data from the last three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286518
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On the roles of different foreign currencies in European bank lending
Krogstrup, Signe; Tille, Cédric - 2015
We draw on a new data set on the use of Swiss francs and other currencies by European banks to assess the patterns of foreign currency bank lending. We show that the patterns differ sharply across foreign currencies. The Swiss franc is used predominantly for lending to residents, especially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011344732
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Climate policies : a burden or a gain?
Bréchet, Thierry; Tulkens, Henry - 2013
That climate policies are costly is evident and therefore often creates major fears. But the alternative (no action) also has a cost. Mitigation costs and damages incurred depend on what the climate policies are; moreover, they are substitutes. This brings climate policies naturally in the realm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722000
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Short run effects of bleaker prospects for oligopolistic producers of a non-renewable resource
Grimsrud, Kristine M.; Rosendahl, Knut Einar; … - 2014
In a non-renewable resource market with imperfect competition, both the resource rent and current prices influence a large resource owner's optimal supply. New information regarding future market conditions that affect the resource rent will consequently impact current supply. Bleaker demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229857
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The crisis and regional resilience in Europe : on the importance of urbanization and specialization
Steven, Brakman; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2014 - This version:, March 2014
Using a rich data set on the EU regions, we analyze the relevance of two possible determinants of a region's resilience … that started in 2008, as our shock and then analyze how the NUTS II EU regions differ in their resilience to the crisis in … terms of unemployment and real GDP per capita. In prior research it has been well established that (EU) regions differ in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337597