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New technology and increasing returns : the end of the antitrust century?

Basu, Kaushik - 2019

The advance of digital technology is changing the nature of markets, enhancing the capacity of corporations to extract more consumers' surplus and lower the wages paid to workers. The rise of new technology has also diminished the efficacy of traditional laws to regulate firms and corporations....

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Competition and artificial intelligence : an Australian policy perspective

Leigh, Andrew - 2024

Artificial intelligence has the potential to be a valuable competitive force in product and service markets. Yet AI may also pose competitive problems. I identify five big challenges that AI poses for competition. (1) Costly chips. (2) Private data. (3) Network effects. (4) Immobile talent. (5)...

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The transatlantic banking crisis : lessons and EU reforms

Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2009

of 2007/08 was not really a surprise –, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU …

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Current account imbalances and structural adjustment in the euro area: how to rebalance competitiveness

Zemanek, Holger; Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther - 2009

Low international competitiveness of a set of euro area countries, which have become evident by large current account deficits and rising risk premiums on government bonds, is one of the most challenging economic policy issues for Europe. We analyse the role of private restructuring and public...

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A policy agenda for diversity and minority integration

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010

The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and …

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European fiscal union : what is it?, does it work?, and are there really ‘no alternatives’?

Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2012

The view is widespread that there are just two options for the future of the Eurozone – either it is complemented by a fiscal union, or it will fall apart. In this paper, we discuss five possible elements of a fiscal union, of which three are in the centre of the current debate on fiscal union...

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The Nordic welfare model in an open European labor market

Bratsberg, Bernt; Røed, Knut - 2015

Is it possible to sustain an ambitious and redistributive Nordic welfare state in a Europe with open borders? Drawing on longitudinal administrative records spanning four decades, we first present discouraging historical evidence showing that labor migrants from low-income source countries tend...

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European universities during the crisis : a public policy perspective, with a brief excursion to the US

Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2015

The crisis slowed down the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy (for the EU to become the most competitive region in … seems to have been well-preserved in the EU Member States. This is in contrast to the US with its substantial higher private … maneuver of Governments of EU Member States to deal with universities (as with other public expenditures) was severely limited …

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Labour mobility and labour market adjustment in the EU

Arpaia, Alfonso; Kiss, Áron; Palvolgyi, Balazs; … - 2015

. First, the paper develops stylised facts of mobility at the national and sub-national levels in the EU. Then, it explores … significantly when a country joins the EU. While euro area membership seems not to be associated with an overall rise in the …

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Reforming the benefit system to ‘make work pay’ : options and priorities in a weak labour market

Immervoll, Herwig - 2012

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