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Infrastructure investment in Europe and international competitiveness

Revoltella, Debora; Brutscher, Philipp-Bastian; … - 2016

Infrastructure investment in Europe has been adversely affected by the economic crisis, undermining both the immediate recovery and longer-term growth potential. This paper discusses recent trends before focusing on how transport infrastructure - arguably the hardest hit sector during the crisis...

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Competitiveness of the European economy

Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sandra M.; Stehrer, Robert - 2015

This paper examines developments in market share, export structure and revealed comparative advantage within the EU and …

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The role of economic policy in climate change adaptation

Konrad, Kai A.; Thum, Marcel - 2012

This paper assesses the role of the public sector in adaptation to climate change. We first offer a definition and categorisation of climate change adaptation. We then consider the primary economic principles that can guide the assignment of adaptation tasks to either the private or the public...

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Project finance in Europe : an overview and discussion of key drivers

Pinto, João M.; Alves, Paulo P. - 2016 - Current draft: July 2016

This paper examines the pricing of project finance (PF) and non-project finance (non-PF) loans and examines the factors that influence the borrower's choice between project financing and corporate financing. Using a sample of 210,273 syndicated loans closed between 2000 and 2014, we find that PF...

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Intangible investment in the EU and US before and since the Great Recession and its contribution to productivity growth

Corrado, Carol; Haskel, Jonathan; Jona-Lasinio, Cécilia; … - 2016

lagged behind in the EU. Second, the sources of growth analysis including only national account intangibles (software, R … intangibles accounting for 80% and 20% in the EU while both account for 50% in the US, over 2000-2013. Extending the asset … deepening increases. The contribution of tangibles is reduced both in the EU and the US (60% and 40% respectively) while …

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Credit guarantee schemes for SME lending in Western Europe

Chatzouz, Moustafa; Gereben, Áron; Lang, Frank; Torfs, … - 2017

This report discusses the activity of credit guarantee schemes (CGSs) in Western Europe and presents an analysis based on a novel survey, conducted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group , among 18 credit guarantee organisations in 13 countries and 33 banks operating in 17 countries. The...

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What finance for what investment? : survey-based evidence for European companies

Ferrando, Annalisa; Preuss, Carsten - 2018

financing sources and tangible and intangible investment types for a representative sample of EU28 firms in 2016. We provide new …

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