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Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe

Alesina, Alberto - 2019

We examine the relationship between immigration and attitudes toward redistribution using a newly assembled data set of immigrant stocks for 140 regions of 16 Western European countries. Exploiting within-country variations in the share of immigrants at the regional level, we find that native...

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The Euro and Structural Reforms

Alesina, Alberto - 2008

This paper investigates whether or not the adoption of the Euro has facilitated the introduction of structural reforms, defined as deregulation in the product markets and liberalization and deregulation in the labor markets. After reviewing the theoretical arguments that may link the adoption of...

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The European Union : A Politically Incorrect View

Alesina, Alberto - 2004

In this paper, we present our view of the recent evolution of European integration. We first briefly describe the main features of the institution and decision making process in the European Union, with particular attention to the debate between federalists and super nationalists. We then...

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What Does the European Union Do?

Alesina, Alberto - 2001

We construct a set of indicators to measure the policy-making role of the European Union (European Council, Parliament, Commission, Court of Justice, etc.), in a selected number of policy domains. Our goal is to examine the division of prerogatives between European institutions and national...

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Currency Unions

Alesina, Alberto - 2000

What is the optimal number of currencies in the world? Common currencies affect trading costs and, thereby, the amounts of trade, output, and consumption. From the perspective of monetary policy, the adoption of another country's currency trades off the benefits of commitment to price stability...

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On the Feasibility of a One or Multi-Speed European Monetary Union

Alesina, Alberto - 1993

This paper addresses two questions: (1) Is a twelve country monetary union in Europe feasible; (2) Can monetary union … upon at "how many speeds" Europe will proceed. Our discussion of feasibility shed some light on the political economy of … the recent (Fall of 1992) turmoil in the monetary system of Europe …

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The European Central Bank : Reshaping Monetary Politics in Europe

Alesina, Alberto - 1991

policy in Europe. The twelve governors of the national Central Banks of the EEC have recently proposed a statute for the ECB …

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Is Europe an Optimal Political Area?

Alesina, Alberto - 2017

complex picture. While Europe has experienced both systematic economic convergence and an increased coordination across …

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Fairness and Redistribution : U.S. versus Europe

Alesina, Alberto - 2003

Different beliefs about how fair social competition is and what determines income inequality, influence the redistributive policy chosen democratically in a society. But the composition of income in the first place depends on equilibrium tax policies. If a society believes that individual effort...

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