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Population Ageing, Government Budgets, and Productivity Growth in Politico-Economic Equilibrium
Gonzales-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2007
We analyze the effect of changes in fertility and longevity on taxes, the composition of government spending, and productivity. To that purpose, we introduce politics in an OLG economy with endogenous growth due to human and physical capital accumulation. Population ageing shifts political power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430063
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Fiscal storms: Public spending and revenues in the aftermath of natural disasters
Noy, Ilan; Nualsri, Aekkanush - 2008
Recent research in both the social and natural sciences has been devoted to increasing our ability to predict disasters, prepare for them and mitigate their costs. Curiously, we appear to know very little about the fiscal consequences of disasters. The likely fiscal impact of a natural disaster...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285309
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The effect of trade openness on optimal government size under endogenous firm entry
Hanslin, Sandra - 2008
This paper analyzes the effect of trade liberalization on government spending in a general equilibrium model with a continuum of industries supplying tradable and nontradable goods under monopolistic competition. Trade liberalization is modeled as the opening up of product markets between two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315478
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Trade openness, gains from variety and government spending
Hanslin, Sandra - 2010
This paper investigates empirically the effect of import diversity on government size and provides evidence for the love of variety effect on government spending described in Hanslin (2008). I argue that crowding out of firms is an important cost of public good provision. However, due to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315489
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Further Evidence on Defence Spending and Economic Growth in NATO Countries
Ozun, Alper; Erbaykal, Erman - 2011
while for five countries no causal relationships were found. On the other hand, Turkey differs from other countries in that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500182
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Turkey's accession to the EU: What will the Common Agricultural Policy cost?
Grethe, Harald - 2004
accession negotiations with Turkey. Various recent analyses assess the cost of applying the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU … (CAP) to Turkey without taking into account the specific structure of the agricultural sector in Turkey, which would … to Turkey, if Turkey should accede in 2014. The analysis is based on macroeconomic projections from the literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343385
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Temporary star or emerging tiger? Turkey's recent economic performance in a global setting
Öniş, Ziya; Bayram, İsmail Emre - 2008
East Asian experience as the principal benchmark for comparison, this paper examines whether Turkey is on its way to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273648
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Brain drain from Turkey: return intentions of skilled migrants
Güngör, Nil Demet; Tansel, Aysit - 2011
, economic instability in Turkey, prior intentions to stay abroad and work experience in Turkey also increase non-return. Female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273650
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Global crisis, national responses: the political economy of Turkish exceptionalism
Öniş, Ziya; Güven, Ali Burak - 2010
emerging market countries. Underlying this policy exceptionalism were the constraints posed by Turkey's pre-existing policy and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273655
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The emergence of the regulatory state: The political economy of Turkish banking reforms in the age of post-Washington consensus
Bakır, Caner; Öniş, Ziya - 2009
The new era of Post-Washington Consensus (PWC) promoted under the auspices of multilateral organizations such as IMF and the World Bank centres on the need to develop strong regulatory institutions, especially the realm of banking and finance in developing countries. By focusing on the Turkish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273659