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The political cconomy of corporate tax harmonization : why do European politicians (dis)like minimum tax rates?

Osterloh, Steffen (contributor); … - 2008

Setting minimum tax rates is a well discussed way of mitigating pressure from tax competition. This paper investigates which motives shape the support for a minimum corporate tax among politicians. We make use of a unique data base: a survey among members of the European parliament. Our results...

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Reforming the public administration : the role of crisis and the power of bureaucracy

Asatryan, Zareh; Heinemann, Friedrich; Pitlik, Hans - 2015 - This version: July, 2015

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Reforming the public administration : the role of crisis and the power of bureaucracy

Asatryan, Zareh; Heinemann, Friedrich; Pitlik, Hans - 2015 - This version: July, 2015

public administration reforms for a panel of EU countries using a novel reform indicator. The findings support the political … other EU countries, and for vertical learning associated with a particular type of EU transfers. …

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Reconciling insurance with market discipline : a blueprint for a European fiscal union

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2015

This contribution develops a blueprint for a European fiscal union. The proposal addresses the shortcomings of most other reform designs which do not offer a solution for insolvent or noncooperative euro countries. We suggest a design which combines fiscal insurance with an orderly procedure to...

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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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The EMU consolidation game - or: does 3.0 really mean 3.0?

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998

Within the economic profession, it is a widely held view that the fiscal criteria of the Maastricht treaty are arbitrary numbers without economic foundation. Much of this criticism seems to overlook an important aspect - the strategic dimension of the criteria. This paper focuses on one...

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EMU and fiscal discipline : the end of the depreciation threat

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998

Are the characteristics of the exchange rate regime relevant for the degree of fiscal discipline? What are the conclusions for fiscal behavior in Europe after the transition to EMU? These are the central questions that are analyzed in this paper from a theoretical point of view. After a general...

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Exchange rate regimes and fiscal discipline in OECD countries

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1999

not economic necessity have dictated the consolidation in the EU during the 90s. …

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Do fiscal rules constrain fiscal policy? : a meta-regression-analysis

Heinemann, Friedrich; Moessinger, Marc-Daniel; Yeter, … - 2016

We implement a meta-regression-analysis for the budgetary impact of numerical fiscal rules. Based on 30 studies published in the last decade, we offer a consensus estimate with respect to the level of statistical significance, provide suggestive evidence for the effect size, and identify study...

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The political economy of EU enlargement and the Treaty of Nice

Heinemann, Friedrich - 2000

The paper applies standard public choice reasoning to the negotiations on EU enlargement and the Treaty of Nice. The … present EU countries are respected. Decisive actors in the West are the members of the European Parliament, individuals in … post-entry position of new members. The Intergovernmental Conference is reinterpreted as an opportunity of EU-15 actors to …

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