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Implementing the United States' domestic and international climate mitigation goals : a supportive fiscal policy approach

Parry, Ian W. H. - 2021

The United States has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050, meet sectoral objectives (e.g., for carbon free power, electric vehicles) and encourage greater mitigation among large emitting countries and of international transportation emissions. Fiscal policies at the national, sectoral, and...

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Indirect Taxeson International Aviation

Strand, Jon - 2006

This paper examines the case for internationally coordinated indirect taxes on aviation (as a source of general revenue-not (necessarily) as a source of development finance). The case for such taxes is strong: the tax burden on international aviation is currently limited, yet it contributes...

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International Corporate Governance Spillovers : Evidence from Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

Albuquerque, Rui - 2013

corporate control promotes the adoption of better corporate governance practices around the world …

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Network determinants of cross-border merger and acquisition decisions

Didier, Tatiana; Herrador, Sebastián; Pinat, Magali - 2019

This paper assesses whether cross-border M and A decisions exhibit network effects. We estimate exponential random graph models (ERGM) and temporal exponential random graph models (TERGM) to evaluate the determinants of cross-country M and A investments at the sectoral level. The results show...

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Bank lobbying : regulatory capture and beyond

Igan, Deniz; Lambert, Thomas - 2019

In this paper, we discuss whether and how bank lobbying can lead to regulatory capture and have real consequences through an overview of the motivations behind bank lobbying and of recent empirical evidence on the subject. Overall, the findings are consistent with regulatory capture, which...

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Fintech and payments regulation : analytical framework

Tanai Khiaonarong; Goh, Terry - 2020

, and effective regulation. Recent developments suggest that regulatory approaches and their legal foundations need to … augment entity-based regulation with increasing focus on activities and risks as market structure changes. This paper draws on …

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Risk taking and interest rates : evidence from decades in the global syndicated loan market

Lee, Seung Jung; Liu, Lucy Qian; Stebunovs, Viktors - 2017

We study how low interest rates in the United States affect risk taking in the market of crossborder leveraged corporate loans. To the extent that actions of the Federal Reserve affect U.S. interest rates, our analysis provides evidence of a cross-border spillover effect of monetary policy. We...

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Financial Regulation and the Current Account

Wieladek, Tomasz - 2012

This paper examines the relationship between financial regulation and the current account in an intertemporal model of … the current account where financial regulation affects the current account through liquidity constraints. Greater … tested with an interacted panel VAR model where the coefficients are allowed to vary with the degree of financial regulation …

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Central Bank Independence and Macro-Prudential Regulation

Valencia, Fabian - 2012

We consider the optimality of various institutional arrangements for agencies that conduct macro-prudential regulation …

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Financial Frictions, Investment, and Institutions

Yafeh, Yishay - 2010

Financial frictions have been identified as key factors affecting economic fluctuations and growth. But, can institutional reforms reduce financial frictions? Based on a canonical investment model, we consider two potential channels: (i) financial transaction costs at the firm level; and (ii)...

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