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Cnossen, Sijbren - 2020

foster economic growth. The Member States of the European Union (EU) should be allowed to replace their defective VATs with a …

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Unconventional Monetary Policy Shocks in the Euro Area and the Sovereign-Bank Nexus

Hristov, Nikolay - 2020

We explore the effects of the ECB's unconventional monetary policy on the banks' sovereign debt portfolios. In particular, using panel vector autoregressive (VAR) models we analyze whether banks increased their domestic government bond holdings in response to non-standard monetary policy shocks,...

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Efficiency of European Universities : A Comparison of Peers

Herberholz, Lars - 2020

The European higher education landscape has become increasingly integrated causing competition among universities that is no longer bound to national borders. In view of this development, the present paper investigates the relative efficiency of 450 European universities between 2011 and 2014....

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The Euro Area Periphery Sovereigns' Fiscal Positions and Unconventional Monetary Policy

Hülsewig, Oliver - 2020

We explore the reaction of the euro area periphery sovereigns' fiscal positions to an unconventional monetary policy shock. We estimate panel vector autoregressive (VAR) models over the period 2010-2018, and identify the shock by imposing sign restrictions. Our results suggest that the...

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The Economic Effects of Brexit - Evidence from the Stock Market

Breinlich, Holger - 2018

Lancaster House speeches) were more closely correlated with potential changes to tariffs and non-tariff barriers on UK-EU trade … correlation between the share of EU migrants in different industries and stock market returns …

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A Tale of (Almost) 1001 Coefficients : Deep and Heterogeneous Effects of the Eu-Turkey Customs Union

Larch, Mario - 2019

In view of the deferred start of negotiations for the modernization of the Customs Union between the EU and Turkey (CU … additional increase in EU-Turkey manufacturing trade by 55-65% compared to the previously active Ankara Agreement. We also …

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Dual Labour Markets Revisited

Bentolila, Samuel - 2019

This paper provides an overview of recent research on dual labour markets. Theoretical and empirical contributions on the labour-market effects of dual employment protection legislation are revisited, as well as factors behind its resilience and policies geared towards correcting its negative...

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Switching from Worldwide to Territorial Taxation : Empirical Evidence of FDI Effects

Buettner, Thiess - 2019

This paper explores empirically whether and how FDI is affected if multinationals’ home countries change taxation of foreign earnings by switching from worldwide to territorial taxation. Our analysis employs data for German inbound FDI based on the ultimate investing country concept. We use a...

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Carbon Prices are Redundant in the 2030 EU Climate and Energy Policy Package

Aune, Finn Roar - 2019

In June 2018, an agreement between key EU institutions – the Commission, the European Parliament, and the European … Council – was reached after a long-lasting discourse over the 2030 EU climate and energy policy package. This paper offers a … comprehensive assessment of the EU package, with its three main targets: lower greenhouse gas emissions, higher renewable share in …

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International Food Commodity Prices and Missing (Dis)Inflation in the Euro Area

Peersman, Gert - 2019

This paper examines the causal effects of shifts in international food commodity prices on euro area inflation dynamics using a structural VAR model that is identified with an external instrument (i.e. a series of global harvest shocks). The results reveal that exogenous food commodity price...

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