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What Kind of EU Fiscal Capacity? Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment in Five European Countries in Times of Corona
Beetsma, Roel - 2020
Based on a conjoint survey experiment we explore the support among European citizens for a European Union (EU) budgetary assistance instrument to combat adverse temporary or permanent economic shocks hitting Member States. Suitably designed, there is quite substantial support for such an EU...
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To React or Not? Fiscal Policy, Volatility and Welfare in the EU-3
Malley, Jim - 2008
implications of countercyclical fiscal policy for France, Germany and the UK. The model incorporates real wage rigidity which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773638
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COVID-Induced School Closures in the US and Germany : Long-Term Distributional Effects
Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola - 2022
dropped on average by -55% in the US and -45% in Germany from the onset of the crisis to the summer of 2021. In the US …, schools were closed longer in richer than in poorer areas, while in Germany the regional variation is much smaller. However …, Germany exhibited substantial variation by grade level, with a strong U-shaped patterns that implies that children attending …
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Contractual and organizational structure with reciprocal agents
Englmaier, Florian; Leider, Stephen - 2008
Empirically, compensation systems generate substantial effort despite weak monetary incentives. We consider reciprocal motivations as a source of incentives. We solve for the optimal contract in the basic principal-agent problem and show that reciprocal motivations and explicit performance-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264451
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Do Multinationals Transplant Their Business Model?
Marin, Dalia - 2019
What determines whether or not multinational firms transplant the mode of organisation to other countries? We embed the theory of knowledge hierarchies in an industry equilibrium model of monopolistic competition to examine how the economic environment may affect the decision of multinational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860290
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Persistence, Non-Linearities and Structural Breaks in European Stock Market Indices
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2019
indices, namely the FTSE100 (UK), DAX30 (Germany), CAC40 (France), IBEX35 (Spain) and FTSE MIB40 (Italy), using fractional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012866377
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Taxing the Gender Gap : Labor Market Effects of a Payroll Tax Cut for Women in Italy
Rubolino, Enrico - 2022
in Italy since 2013. I combine social security data with several empirical approaches, leveraging the time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013293026
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On Time and Money Donations
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Ghinetti, Paolo; Turati, Gilberto - 2021
issue empirically, using survey data for Italy. Results suggest that, according to the theoretical predictions, proxies for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316768
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The Impact of Industrialization on Secondary Schooling During the Industrial Revolution : Evidence from 19th Century France
Franck, Raphael - 2023
This study explores the impact of industrialization on secondary schooling in 19th century France. As a source of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014262693
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Firms' Exports, Volatility and Skills : Evidence from France
Bas, Maria - 2019
’ export activity and job stability across employment skills. Relying on detailed firm-level data from France for the period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892069