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South-North convergence from a new perspective

Hübler, Michael - 2013

-North convergence based on North-South technology diffusion through intermediate goods trade is guaranteed if the knowledge effect … dominates the productivity effect. Moreover, a larger Southern market expands the area of convergence and can prevent divergence … convergence is desirable for both, the South and the North. …

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Regional convergence and economic performance : a case study of the West German Laender

Buscher, Herbert S.; Felder, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 1999

In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as … convergence was insufficient in the sense that no gains have been achieved with respect to a stronger harmonization of the …

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How does EU cohesion policy work? : evaluating its effects on fiscal outcome variables

Hagen, Tobias; Mohl, Philipp - 2009

The impact of EU Cohesion Policy has mainly been evaluated with regard to its growth effects. We extend the perspective by investigating the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on public investments and budget deficits in order to learn more about the channels through which this policy field works....

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Which indicators of absorptive capacity enhance import-induced South-North convergence in labor intensities?

Hübler, Michael; Glas, Alexander - 2013

-North labor intensities (South-North convergence) for 31 industrialized source and eight emerging recipient countries. We find …

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Econometric evaluation of EU Cohesion Policy : a survey

Hagen, Tobias; Mohl, Philipp - 2009

. Its main purpose is to promote the development of the EU and to support convergence between the levels of development of … the various European regions. Investigating the impact of European Cohesion Policy on economic growth and convergence is a …

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Fiscal policy and growth with complementarities and constraints on government

Misch, Florian; Gemmell, Norman; Kneller, Richard - 2011

This paper considers the implications of complementarity in private production and constraints on government for optimal fiscal policy. Using an endogenous growth model with public finance, it derives three central results which modify findings in the literature under standard assumptions....

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Sovereign bond market reactions to fiscal rules and no-bailout clauses : the Swiss experience

Feld, Lars P.; Kalb, Alexander; Moessinger, Marc-Daniel; … - 2013

We investigate the political determinants of risk premiums which sub-national governments in Switzerland have to pay for their sovereign bond emissions. For this purpose we analyse financial market data from 288 tradable cantonal bonds in the period from 1981 to 2007. Our main focus is on two...

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Using surveys of business perceptions as a guide to growth-enhancing fiscal reforms

Misch, Florian; Gemmell, Norman; Kneller, Richard - 2013

This paper assesses the merits of using surveys of business perceptions of growth constraints as a guide to growth-enhancing fiscal policy reforms. Using endogenous growth models in which the government levies an income tax to provide public inputs to the production of private firms, the paper...

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Sovereign risk premia : the link between fiscal rules and stability culture

Heinemann, Friedrich; Osterloh, Steffen; Kalb, Alexander - 2013 - This version: March 2013

There is a growing empirical literature studying whether fiscal rules reduce borrowing costs. Nevertheless, it remains an open question whether these rules are effective genuinely or just because they mirror fiscal preferences of politicians and voters. In our analysis of European bond spreads,...

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Cyclically neutral generational accounting

Bonin, Holger; Patxot, Concepció; Souto, Guadalupe - 2013

This paper introduces a methodological innovation into Generational Accounting. By incorporating cyclically-adjusted balances into the forward-looking budget projections underlying the concept we isolate pure policy effects, which render comparisons of the fiscal sustainability indicators...

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