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The European Community's Trade and Trade-Related Industrial Policies
Xafa, Miranda - 1992
This paper examines the objectives and instruments of trade policy in the European Community (EC) from 1987 until mid-1992. It reviews the Community’s institutional setting and policy environment as background to recent trends in EC trade policies and trading arrangements. A discussion of key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396138
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ERM Money Supplies and the Transition to EMU
Masson, Paul R. - 1994
France and Germany separately. Second, the predictive power of the core-ERM aggregate relative to French and German inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398759
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European Fiscal Harmonization and the French Economy
Perraudin, W. R. M. - 1990
This paper examines the implications of European fiscal harmonization for the French economy using a general equilibrium model. The latter extends the overlapping generations simulation model of Auerbach and Kotlikoff in three ways. A well-developed external sector is included. Households face...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395833
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Asymmetry in the ERM : A Case Study of French and German Interest Rates Since Basle-Nyborg
Perraudin, W. R. M. - 1992
We study empirically daily French and German interest rate changes since the Basle-Nyborg agreement of September 1987. In particular, we ask whether the shock associated with German unification altered the degree of leadership of German monetary policy in the ERM. We conclude that Germany’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395835
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Fiscal Expectations Under the Stability and Growth Pact : Evidence From Survey Data
Poplawski-Ribeiro, Marcos - 2011
France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom during the period of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). Our findings … indicate that accuracy of financial expert deficit forecasts increased in France. Convergence between the European Commission …'s and market experts’ deficit forecasts also increased in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, particularly during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014412192
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Towards a Principal-Agent Based Typology of Risks in Public-Private Partnerships
De Palma, André - 2009
There is a strong economic rationale for close cooperation between the public and private sectors. This has resulted in a significant increase in the demand for the provision of public services through instruments combining public and private money such as public-private partnerships (PPPs or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403060
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Scaling up quality infrastructure investment in South Asia
Bizimana, Olivier; Jaramillo Echeverri, Laura; Thomas, Saji - 2021
South Asia needs large infrastructure investments to achieve its development goals, and public investment can also support the Covid-19 recovery. Regression estimates that account for the quantity and quality of investment suggest that public infrastructure was a key driver of productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012613693
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Highways to heaven : infrastructure determinants and trends in Latin America and the Caribbean
Cerra, Valerie; Cuevas, Alfredo; Goes, Carlos; … - 2016
Inadequate infrastructure has been widely viewed as a principal barrier to growth and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of infrastructure in the region and highlights key areas in which infrastructure networks can be enhanced. The public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715358
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Regulating local government financing vehicles and public-private partnerships in China
Jin, Hui; Rial, Isabel - 2016
In this paper, we argue that there is much room for China to strengthen its regulatory framework for public-private partnerships (PPPs). We show that infrastructure projects carried out through local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) were largely unregulated PPPs, and significant fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715383
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Financing infrastructure in India : macroeconomic lessons and emerging market : case studies
Walsh, James P.; Park, Chanho; Yu, Jiangyan - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009423185