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The Bail-Out! Positive Political Economics of Greek-type Crises in the EMU
Fahrholz, Christian; Wójcik, Cezary - CESifo - 2010
analysis suggests that, given EMU’s present political-economic set-up, i) the bail-out was unavoidable, ii) the lengthy process … with a future moral hazard problem. Based on our analysis, we suggest that the EMU’s institutional design could be improved … processes as well as the conditions and parameters on which the scope and limits of fiscal redistribution in EMU depends. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671732
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Whither Public Interest : The Case of Greece's Public Finances
Moutos, Thomas - 2010
During the last three decades there has been an almost continuous undermining of the public interest by private interests operating either outside or inside Greek public administration. The result of this infiltration has been a gradual loss of bureaucratic autonomy to pursue the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141505
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Whither Public Interest: The Case of Greece's Public Finances
Moutos, Thomas; Tsitsikas, Christos - CESifo - 2010
During the last three decades there has been an almost continuous undermining of the public interest by private interests operating either outside or inside Greek public administration. The result of this infiltration has been a gradual loss of bureaucratic autonomy to pursue the public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572540
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The Eurozone Needs Exit Rules
Fahrholz, Christian - 2013
This paper argues that the key issue for defining and solving the Eurozone's (EZ) difficulties lies in readjusting the relationship between the centre and the periphery of the EZ. Our argument proceeds in two steps. Firstly, the basic finance problem of a centre-periphery system is captured by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090745
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A Politico-Economic Analysis of Minimum Wages and Wage Subsidies
Adam, Antonis - 2010
In this paper we construct a political economy model in which minimum wages are determined according to the wishes of the median voter. Using the minimum wage scheme as the status quo, we show that the replacement of minimum wages by wage subsidies guaranteeing the same (pre-tax) level of income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760615
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The Modality of Fiscal Consolidation and Current Account Adjustment
Adam, Antonis - 2015
In this paper we argue that supply-side adjustments (i.e. the reallocation of productive resources between the traded and non-traded sectors) can be an important determinant of the output costs of current account adjustment. The argument relies on the fact that tax evasion is more prevalent in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013018270
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(Post-) Materialist Attitudes and the Mix of Capital and Labour Taxation
König, Tobias - 2013
Social values shape policy outcomes. We examine the role of postmaterialism, a widely used concept in the social sciences, for the mix of capital and labour taxation chosen by a society. Following political scientist Inglehart, we define the degree of postmaterialism as the relative importance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012753487
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The Eurozone Needs Exit Rules
Fahrholz, Christian; Wójcik, Cezary - CESifo - 2012
This paper argues that the key issue for defining and solving the Eurozone’s (EZ) difficulties lies in readjusting the relationship between the centre and the periphery of the EZ. Our argument proceeds in two steps. Firstly, the basic finance problem of a centre-periphery system is captured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553271
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Tax Structure and Government Expenditures Under Tax Equity Norms
König, Tobias - 2013
We augment a standard tax model by concerns about tax equity: people get upset when labour is taxed more heavily than capital. Even the slightest concern for tax equity invalidates the common recommendation for small open economies that capital should remain tax-exempt. This holds for exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094226
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The Bail-Out! Positive Political Economics of Greek-Type Crises in the EMU
Fahrholz, Christian - 2013
analysis suggests that, given EMU's present political-economic set-up, i) the bail-out was unavoidable, ii) the lengthy process … with a future moral hazard problem. Based on our analysis, we suggest that the EMU's institutional design could be improved … processes as well as the conditions and parameters on which the scope and limits of fiscal redistribution in EMU depends. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094281