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The European Central Bank and the Euro : The First Year

Feldstein, Martin - 2000

The creation of the euro and the European Central Bank is a remarkable and unprecedented event in economic and … cyclical and inflation conditions vary substantially among countries. Labor market policies during this first year will … some advocate the euro despite its economic problems because of its assumed favorable effects on European political …

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The Euro and the Stability Pact

Feldstein, Martin - 2005

This paper begins by discussing the inherent conflict between the simultaneous existence of a single currency for the countries of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the independent fiscal policies of those countries. The Stability and Growth Pact was an attempt to reconcile that...

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Incentives in Markets, Firms and Governments

Acemoglu, Daron - 2003

Most government expenditure is on goods that yield primarily private benefits, such as education, pensions, and healthcare. We argue that markets are most advantageous in areas where high-powered incentives are desirable, but in areas where high-powered incentives stimulate unproductive...

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U.S. Budget Deficits and the European Economies : Resolving the Political Economy Puzzle

Feldstein, Martin - 1986

This paper, prepared for the annual meetings of the American Economic Association, discusses how the increases in the U.S. budget deficits since 1980 have affected the economies of Western Europe. The analysis emphasizes that U.S. deficits have not only affected these economies directly but have...

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The Fiscal Framework of Monetary Policy

Feldstein, Martin - 1982

This paper illustrates the importance of the fiscal framework for monetary analysis by discussing three separate issues. I begin by examining how the fiscal framework changes the macroeconomic equilibrium associated with different steady state rates of money growth. This includes a summary of...

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Capital Taxation

Feldstein, Martin - 1982

This paper is an introductory chapter to a book that brings together 22 of my papers written between 1965 and 1981. The chapter provides a summary of each paper and a more general discussion of the role of taxation in influencing the process of capita1 accumulation. The four sections of the book...

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The Future of Social Security Pensions in Europe

Feldstein, Martin - 2001

that any solution must be compatible with a European Union labor market in which individuals from any member country are …

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Economic Problems of Ireland in Europe

Feldstein, Martin - 2001

This paper uses the recent controversy between the European Union and the Irish Republic to discuss the more general relation between the European Union, the EMU and the member countries. Despite outstanding economic growth and budget surpluses, Ireland has been criticized by the European...

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The Political Economy of the European Economic and Monetary Union : Political Sources of an Economic Liability

Feldstein, Martin - 1998

EMU would be an economic liability. A single currency would cause at most small trade and investment gains but would raise average cyclical unemployment and would probably raise inflation, perpetuate structural unemployment, and increase the risk of protectionism. EMU is nevertheless being...

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Coordination in the European Union

Feldstein, Martin - 2013

This paper examines the sources of current conflict within the EU and the EMU. The topics discussed include the recent ECB policy of bond buying (the OMT policy), the attempts to advance the "European Project" of stronger political union (the fiscal compact, the banking union, and the proposals...

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