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This paper discusses and proposes random selection as a component in decision-making in society. Random procedures have played a significant role in history, especially in classical Greece and the medieval city-states of Italy. We examine the important positive features of decisions by random...
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Gordon Tullock has been one of the most important founders and contributors to Public Choice. Two innovations are typical "Tullock Challenges". The first relates to method: the measurement of subjective well-being, or happiness. The second relates to digital social networks such as Facebook,...
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This paper analyzes whether hosting the most prestigious European cultural event, the European Capital of Culture, has an impact on regional economic development or the life satisfaction of the local population. Concerning the economic impact, we show that European Capitals are hosted in regions...
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This paper discusses the introduction of new own resources to finance the EU budget. Currently roughly two thirds of … criticised for leading to political debates that emphasise the cost of EU spending rather than on the benefits, and for … contributing to the framing of discussions on the EU budget in terms of net balances, rather than value added through common …
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trade policy scenarios that may arise from new geopolitical risks. We describe the EU’s recent decline in importance as an … international trading partner, while for the EU itself global trade dependency has increased. We show that this dependence is highly … economic impact of several policy-driven de-globalization scenarios for Europe, for individual EU member states, different …
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From the earliest announcement of the European Green Deal, the current EU political cycle has been defined by an … engage stakeholders, including various external shocks, the EU has put forward and largely passed an unprecedented … legislative agenda, which was meant to have, and is having, deep impacts on the EU economy and society at large. Much has changed …
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