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This paper examines the question whether joining EMU or the breach of the Stability and Growth Pact in 2003 had an impact on the deficit policy of member states. The empirical analysis gives no hint for an alteration of deficit policy after having joined EMU or after having breached the Pact in...
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This paper studies the interactions between monetary and fiscal policies in the euro area. The focus is on the union central bank, the German government, and the French government. The policy targets are price stability in the union, full employment in Germany, and full employment in France. The...
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Studies on EU enlargement mostly focus on its welfare-economic and much less so on its public-choice dimension. Yet … exploring theoretically and empirically how enlargement of multi-level systems like the EU affects satisfaction with democracy … towards a decline in SWD that shows up in a significant fall in PART with growth in EU-membership. -- European Union …
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This paper studies the interactions between monetary and fiscal policies in the euro area. It carefully discusses the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation. As to policy competition, the focus is on competition between the European central bank, the American...
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This paper studies monetary and fiscal policies in the euro area. It discusses the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation. As to policy competition, the focus is on competition between the European central bank, the German government, and the French government. As...
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Kaum eine ordnungspolitische oder regulatorische Frage hat in der deutschen Telekommunikationsbranche wohl in den letzten Jahren für so viel Aufruhr gesorgt, wie die Einführung des neuen §9a in das Telekommunikationsgesetz (TKG). Die neue Vorschrift sieht vor, dass die Bundesnetzagentur...
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Das Pay-TV ist eine Angebotsform des Fernsehens, die Ökonomen a priori positiv betrachten, weil sie auf der Basis des üblichen marktwirtschaftlichen Preismechanismus funktioniert, das grundsätzlich das Angebot nach der Nachfrage und damit nach den Präferenzen der Zuschauer steuert. Die...
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This paper examines the causes and effects of mobile number portability (MNP) and provides a survey of its implementation in Europe. We first examine the competitive effects and the costs of introducing MNP. Next, we discuss how to charge for MNP. We argue that a price cap regime starting from...
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