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How does EU cohesion policy work? : evaluating its effects on fiscal outcome variables

Hagen, Tobias; Mohl, Philipp - 2009

The impact of EU Cohesion Policy has mainly been evaluated with regard to its growth effects. We extend the perspective … by investigating the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on public investments and budget deficits in order to learn more about … the channels through which this policy field works. Using a dataset of 27 EU countries for the time period 1982-2006, we …

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Rivals or partners? : Evidence from Europe's international private equity deals

Tykvová, Tereza (contributor); … - 2006

Cross-border private equity deals have increased substantially in recent years. This study looks at the issue of how European investors view their local counterparts in the portfolio companies’ home countries. If they regard them as rivals, they will target countries that lack a private equity...

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Partisan politics in corporate tax competition

Osterloh, Steffen; Debus, Marc - 2009

This paper studies the effects of political factors, mainly partisanship, on corporate taxes in the past 30 years – a period of intensifying competitive pressure in Europe. Extending the Zodrow-Mieszkowski model by decision-makers who have ideological preferences yields the hypothesis that...

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How does the domiciliation decision affect mutual fund fees?

Lang, Gunnar; Köhler, Matthias - 2011

In this paper, we analyze whether the domiciliation decision of mutual funds has an impact on fund fees. To explain the fee price-setting of mutual funds, we consider characteristics specific to funds, fund companies, and countries. We find that fees vary considerably across fund types and...

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The financial well-being of older people in Europe and the redistributive effects of minimum pension schemes

Figari, Francesco; Matsaganis, Manos; Sutherland, Holly - 2011

This study analyses the financial well-being of elderly people across Europe. Using the European microsimulation model EUROMOD, which facilitates the identification of minimum pension schemes in a comparable way across countries, we show the extent to which these schemes serve to reduce the risk...

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Tax competition in Europe : Europe in competition with other world regions?

Streif, Frank - 2015 - This version: 16 November 2015

whether the decline in corporate tax levels in Europe is mainly driven by tax competition between EU member states or by …

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Balancing competition and cooperation : evidence from transatlantic airline markets

Bilotkach, Volodymyr; Hüschelrath, Kai - 2015

In the last two decades, airline alliances were not only successful in extending the size of their networks, but also received approvals by public authorities to intensify their cooperation through to merger-like revenue-sharing joint ventures (JVs). We empirically investigate the impact of the...

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Innovation, employment growth, and foreign ownership of firms : a European perspective

Dachs, Bernhard; Peters, Bettina - 2013

This paper examines how foreign-owned and domestically owned firms transform innovation into employment growth. The empirical analysis, based on the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse and Peters (2008) and CIS data for 16 countries, reveals important differences between the two groups: Due...

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Sovereign risk premia : the link between fiscal rules and stability culture

Heinemann, Friedrich; Osterloh, Steffen; Kalb, Alexander - 2013 - This version: March 2013

There is a growing empirical literature studying whether fiscal rules reduce borrowing costs. Nevertheless, it remains an open question whether these rules are effective genuinely or just because they mirror fiscal preferences of politicians and voters. In our analysis of European bond spreads,...

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Fiscal integration in the Eurozone : economic effects of two key scenarios

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Neumann, Dirk; Peichl, … - 2014

The 2008-09 crisis has shown that some euro area member countries were unable to sufficiently stabilize their economies which has given rise to a debate about deeper fiscal integration in Europe. In this paper, we analyze the redistributive and stabilizing effects of two scenarios of fiscal...

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