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A participatory approach to assess the effectiveness of responses to cope with flood risk
Ceccato, Lucia; Giannini, Valentina; Giupponi, Carlo - 2010
This work illustrates the preliminary findings of a participatory research process aimed at identifying responses for sustainable water management in a climate change perspective, in two river basins in Europe and Asia. The paper describes the methodology implemented through local workshops,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272443
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Which is the right dose of EU cohesion policy for economic growth?
Hagen, Tobias (contributor); Mohl, Philipp (contributor) - 2008
The current empirical literature on the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on the economic growth rates of the European … assumptions, this paper applies the method of generalized propensity score (GPS) to a sample of 122 NUTS-1 and NUTS-2 EU-15 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784703
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How does EU cohesion policy work? : evaluating its effects on fiscal outcome variables
Hagen, Tobias; Mohl, Philipp - 2009
The impact of EU Cohesion Policy has mainly been evaluated with regard to its growth effects. We extend the perspective … by investigating the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on public investments and budget deficits in order to learn more about … the channels through which this policy field works. Using a dataset of 27 EU countries for the time period 1982-2006, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881346
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Tax harmonisation in Europe : the determination of corporate taxable income in the EU member states
Oestreicher, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2007
the EU-wide activities of multinationals as proposed by the European Commission. Second, we estimate the consequences on … the effective levels of company tax burdens in selected EU member states if IFRS are considered as a tool for defining the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003480047
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Rivals or partners? : Evidence from Europe's international private equity deals
Tykvová, Tereza (contributor);  … - 2006
Cross-border private equity deals have increased substantially in recent years. This study looks at the issue of how European investors view their local counterparts in the portfolio companies’ home countries. If they regard them as rivals, they will target countries that lack a private equity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003404754
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What does Europe pay for clean energy? : Review of macroeconomic simulation studies
Dannenberg, Astrid (contributor); Mennel, Tim (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper analyses the macroeconomic costs of environmental regulation in European energy markets on the basis of existing macroeconomic simulation studies. The analysis comprises the European emssion trading scheme, energy taxes, measures in the transport sector, and the promotion of renewable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003447773
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Partisan politics in corporate tax competition
Osterloh, Steffen; Debus, Marc - 2009
This paper studies the effects of political factors, mainly partisanship, on corporate taxes in the past 30 years – a period of intensifying competitive pressure in Europe. Extending the Zodrow-Mieszkowski model by decision-makers who have ideological preferences yields the hypothesis that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003914213
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The impact of fiscal policy on private consumption and social outcomes in Europe and the CIS
Carmignani, Fabrizio - In: Journal of macroeconomics 30 (2008) 1, pp. 575-598
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003665344
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How does the domiciliation decision affect mutual fund fees?
Lang, Gunnar; Köhler, Matthias - 2011
In this paper, we analyze whether the domiciliation decision of mutual funds has an impact on fund fees. To explain the fee price-setting of mutual funds, we consider characteristics specific to funds, fund companies, and countries. We find that fees vary considerably across fund types and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510386
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The impact of the European Union fiscal rules on economic growth
Castro, Vitor - In: Journal of macroeconomics 33 (2011) 2, pp. 313-326
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