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Enhancing objectivity and decision relevance : a better framework for evaluating cohesion policies
Heinemann, Friedrich; Asatryan, Zareh; Bachtrögler, Julia - 2024
By international comparison as well as compared to other EU policies, the EU‘s Cohesion Policy (CP) evaluation system is far developed and institutionalized. This paper analyses the remaining gaps and shortcomings in the CP evaluation system against principles established by the OECD and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014566802
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Die Europäische Investitionsbank : subsidiärer Finanzintermediär oder Umverteilungsinstrument?
Heinemann, Friedrich - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000138864
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Die Europäische Investitionsbank : subsidiärer Finanzintermediär oder Umverteilungsinstrument?
Heinemann, Friedrich - 1992
Die Europäische Investitionsbank (EIB) mobilisiert in quantitativ bedeutendem Ausmaß Finanzmittel für EG-Politikfelder außerhalb des EG-Haushalts. Die von der Bonität des Schuldners abhängige implizite Zinssubvention ist wohlfahrtstheoretisch nicht zu rechtfertigen. Es ist zu vermuten,...
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Direct, spillover and welfare effects of regional firm subsidies
Siegloch, Sebastian; Wehrhöfer, Nils; Etzel, Tobias - 2021
in East Germany after reunification. We show that a 1-percentage-point decrease in the subsidy rate leads to a 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507883
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Evidence-based policy or beauty contest? : an LLM-based meta-analysis of EU cohesion policy evaluations
Asatryan, Zareh; Birkholz, Carlo; Heinemann, Friedrich - 2024
Independent and high-quality evaluations of government policies are an important input for designing evidence-based policy. Lack of incentives and institutions to write such evaluations, on the other hand, carry the risk of turning the system into a costly beauty contest. We study one of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014574916
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The distributional effects of place-based policies in the EU
Lang, Valentin - 2024
This chapter examines the distributional effects of place-based policies in the EU. In a first step, it characterizes existing income inequalities in the EU and distinguishes between their interregional and intraregional dimensions. A key result is that inequalities within European regions make...
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The importance of EU cohesion policy for economic growth and convergence
Ehrlich, Maximilian von - 2024
This chapter discusses factors that contributed to different economic dynamics across European regions and the prevailing disparities. The impact of EU Cohesion Policy in reducing disparities is studied based on the empirical evidence on the effects of EU regional policy. With more than thirty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014577539
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Quasi-Monte Carlo methods in stochastic simulations : an application to fiscal policy simulations using an aggregate disequilibrium model of the West German economy 1960 - 1994
Franz, Wolfgang (contributor) - 1998
Different stochastic simulation methods are used in order to check the robustness of the outcome of policy simulations with a macroeconometric model. A macroeconometric disequilibriummodel of the West German economy is used to analyze a reform proposal for the tax system. The model was estimated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000654506
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Entry regulation and entrepreneurship : empirical evidence from a German natural experiment
Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2010
The amendment to the German Trade and Crafts Code in 2004 offers a natural experiment to asses the causal effects of this reform on the probabilities of being self-employed and transition into and out of self-employment, using cross-sections (2002-2006) of German microcensus data. This study...
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Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und Mindestlöhnen : zur Reform des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
In diesem Beitrag werden die Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und eines Mindestlohnes für Deutschland …In this contribution employment effects of wage subsidies and a minimum wage are analyzed for Germany. Existing studies … general minimum wage for Germany. The magnitude of the negative employment effects depends on the minimum wage level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905958