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Efficiency Losses from Overlapping Economic Instruments in European Carbon Emissions Regulation

Böhringer, Christoph; Koschel, Henrike; Moslener, Ulf - 2006

Energy markets and energy-intensive industries in all EU member states – especially in Germany – are subject to a diverse set of policies related to climate change. We analyse the potential efficiency losses from simultaneous application of emission taxes and emissions trading in qualitative...

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Cross-section analysis of health spending with special regard to trends in Austria

Hofmarcher, Maria M. - 1999

During the 90s the increase in health spending which compared to the overall growth had taken place at a rather rapid pace experienced a worldwide slow-down. In relation to overall economic growth and the expansion of other countries' health care systems, Austria's system grew below average- a...

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Besteuerungsprinzipien und effektive Unternehmenssteuerbelastungen in der Europäischen Union

Elschner, Christina; Heckemeyer, Jost Henrich; Spengel, … - 2009

Dieser Beitrag untersucht umfassend die Unternehmensbesteuerung in der Europäischen Union im Zeitraum von 1998 bis 2007. Das innereuropäische Steuergefälle wird unter Rückgriff auf zwei zentrale Maßgrößen - die Kapitalkosten und die effektive Durchschnittssteuerbelastung - abgebildet. Die...

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Voting power derives from the poll distribution: Shedding light on contentious issues of weighted votes and the constitutional treaty

Paterson, Iain - 2006

Analysis of the Constitutional Treaty of the European Union shows that there is a serious discrepancy between the voting power gradient of Member States computed by the Shapley-Shubik and Banzhaf indices. Given the lack of compelling arguments to choose between these indices on purely axiomatic...

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Grenzen und Reichweiten Nationaler Innovationssysteme und forschungspolitische Implikationen

Spielkamp, Alfred - 1997

given by different sponsors (the federal government, the Länder and the European Union). Recent theory stresses the …

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Die Theorie der optimalen Währungsräume und die politische Reformfähigkeit: Ein vernachlässigtes Kriterium

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998

In diesem Beitrag wird neben einem kurzen Überblick über die Argumentationsweise und Probleme der Theorie optimaler … vor allem der Lohnflexibilität, aus. Aus dieser Erweiterung der Theorie der optimalen Währungsräume resultiert Skepsis …In this paper, a short survey is given on the contents and some problems of the theory of optimal currency areas. In …

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Modelling of foreign trade in applied general equilibrium models: theoretical approaches and sensitivity analysis with the GEM-E3 model

Schmidt, Tobias F. N.; Koschel, Henrike - 1998

The specification of the world closure, i.e. the way of closing the domestic economy model by incorporating the external sector, is a crucial component for those models in which production and consumption is not specified endogenously for all countries. This paper looks explicitly at the...

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Allokationseffekte der Besteuerung im Rahmen des Fremdvergleichsgrundsatzes und des Einheitsprinzips

Schröer, André - 2002

können; dieses gilt auch, wenn die Implikationen der Theorie der MNU ignoriert werden. Daher ist es aus ökonomischer … follows the OECD standard of the arm?s length principle. In contrast to the theory of the multinational enterprise …

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Climate Policy and the Problem of Competitiveness: Border Tax Adjustments or Integrated Emission Trading?

Löschel, Andreas; Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria; Mennel, Tim - 2008

In the absence of an international agreement on climate policy, unilateral carbon abatement creates two problems: It tends to have a detrimental effect on domestic competitiveness, and it leads to an increase in carbon emissions abroad (leakage). This paper analyses two policies that have...

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Liberalization of the Postal Service Market in Europe: Entry with Universal Service and Partial Coverage

Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst - 2008

In the advent of postal market liberalization in several European countries we expect that the incumbent operators anticipate entry by competitors who are not required to offer universal service, i.e. coverage of the entire country and uniform pricing. The market for postal service exhibits...

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