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The paper analyzes the relation between institutional quality, such as corruption, in a country and its monetary regime. It is shown that a credibly fixed exchange rate to a low inflation country, like a currency board, can reduce corruption and improve the fiscal system. A monetary union,...
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investment behaviour is to anticipate the implementation of a climate policy by roughly 10 years. Investing in innovation ahead …
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When investment is irreversible, theory suggests that firms will be "reluctant to invest." This reluctance creates a … wedge between the discount rate guiding investment decisions and the standard Jorgensonian user cost (adjusted for risk). We …
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encroacher's valuation of the asset is increasing in the asset owner's investment. Due to incomplete property rights, the … encroacher and asset owner engage in a contest over the control of the asset after investment has taken place. A standard result … is that the asset owner will underinvest in the asset relative to the first-best level of investment when property rights …
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demonstrates the neutrality properties of the reform with respect to investment, firm financial decisions and organizational choice …. Tax rates are chosen to prevent income shifting from labor to capital income. The reform decisively strengthens investment …
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There is a lack of clear evidence of the ways in which dividend taxation affects dividend distributions and investment …
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The role of product market reforms in achieving the objective of higher employment and growth has recently received much attention amongst academics. The aim of this paper is to analyse some of the channels through which cross-market effects come about and to assess their policy relevance. The...
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The paper studies the interaction between cyclical uncertainty and investment in a stochastic real option framework … of the link between cyclical uncertainty and investment is quantified using simulations of the model. The chief …
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to invest compared to autarky. The investment levels remain inefficient though. With generation facilities over-investment … occurs sometimes, while systematic under-investment occurs for transportation facilities. Free-riding reduces the incentives … investment. …
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sufficient investment is left after mergers to further develop firms' internal drug development capability. We evaluate the …
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