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Alho, Kari E. O. - 2001

decline during the 1980s and 1990s with a simultaneous secular worsening in the EU unemployment situation. The aim of the … paper is to present a systematic description of the role of unemployment in the convergence process, which is an issue … level of income per capita, or its change over time, into four components: productivity, unemployment, participation rate …

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The inter-institutional distribution of power in EU codecision

Napel, Stefan; Widgrén, Mika - 2004

This paper analyzes the a priori influence of the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of Ministers (CM) on legislation of the European Union adopted under its codecision procedure. In contrast to studies which use conventional power indices, both institutions are assumed to act...

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Structural reforms in the EU and the political myopia in economic policies

Alho, Kari E.O. - 2006

The paper considers economic reforms in the EU using an economic-political model which captures the possible myopia in economic policies, and analyses reforms in taxation, the welfare state, and in the labour and product markets. We show that high taxes and an extensive welfare state are likely...

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Productivity, employment and taxes: Evidence on the potential trade-offs and impacts in the EU

Alho, Kari E.O.; Nikula, Nuutti - 2006

The paper considers time series evidence on the relationships, and possible trade-offs, between productivity and employment, and on the impact of taxes in this connection. First, a theoretical model is built for an open economy leading to the identification of technology, non-technology and tax...

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Productivity, employment and taxes: A SVAR analysis of the trade-offs and impacts

Alho, Kari E.O.; Nikula, Nuutti - 2007

The paper considers time series evidence on the relationships, and possible trade-offs, between productivity and employment, and on the impact of taxes in this connection. First, a heoretical model is built for an open economy leading to the identification of technology, non-technology and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284954