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Chances and risks of a European unemployment benefit scheme

Dolls, Mathias - 2016

The Eurozone debt crisis has revived the debate about deeper fiscal integration in the European Economic and Monetary … Union (EMU). Some observers argue that fiscal risk sharing is necessary to make the Eurozone more resilient to macroeconomic …

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Financial sector and output dynamics in the euro area countries

Kappler, Marcus; Schleer, Frauke; Semmler, Willi; … - 2013

The financial and economic crisis has drawn attention to the need for a better understanding of destabilising effects that arise in the financial sector and spill over to the real economy. In turn, weakening economic conditions are likely to feed back to the financial sector, thus giving rise to...

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Fiscal investment climate and the cost of capital in Germany and the EU

Evers, Lisa; Spengel, Christoph; Braun, Julia - 2015

Encouraging private investment in the EU is currently a primary goal of the European Commission. However, the effectiveness of public policies to stimulate private investment - such as a European Fund for Strategic Investments, which was recently proposed by the president of the European...

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Europe's digital future : focus on key priorities

Bertschek, Irene; Ohnemus, Jörg - 2016

Customised products and services, flexible working arrangements, productivity growth, and increasing prosperity - these are just some of the advantages promised by a digitised and connected economy. Business managers and politicians are keen to reap the potential benefits of the digital...

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Cartel enforcement in the EU : leniency programmes and the appeals process

Hüschelrath, Kai - 2015

Fighting cartels is a major priority of EU competition policy. Acting in concert with national competition authorities in the EU, the European Commission (EC) has made considerable efforts to promote competitiveness by detecting and punishing cartels. These efforts are visible not only in the...

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Reforming the financing of the European Union : a proposal

Fuest, Clemens; Heinemann, Friedrich; Ungerer, Martin - 2015

In this paper we propose a reform of the EU financing system. The two most important elements of our proposal are i) to make the contribution of taxpayers to the EU budget more visible by showing an EU VAT share on receipts and ii) to increase the power of the European Parliament in the...

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Capital markets union in Europe : why other unions must lead the way

Acharya, Viral V.; Steffen, Sascha - 2016

In 2016, the Eurozone is still coping with the consequences of two financial crises that revealed the shortcomings of … elusive. Risks in the banking system and a severe banking sector debt-overhang played a major role in both crises as Eurozone … firms are heavily reliant on bank financing. To foster economic growth in the Eurozone, the European Commission suggested …

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Public support to the European auto industry : an integrated analysis

Grigolon, Lauray; Leheyda, Nina; Verboven, Frank - 2013

Public intervention in the automotive industry has a long, global history. In Europe, both, individual member states and the European Union (EU), often allocate public resources to automobile manufacturers through a wide variety of instruments and institutions. This willingness to offer support...

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Public funding of innovation projects : is it zime for a more flexible approach?

Rammer, Christian; Klingebiel, Ronald - 2012

Increasing investment in innovation has been a major goal of research and innovation policy in Europe over the past decade. Yet to secure competitive advantage and achieve growth, R&D investment has to be translated into successful innovations, and this is first and foremost the task of firms....

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FIRE for the euro : a strategy for stabilizing government bond markets

Heinemann, Friedrich - 2012

The aggravating turbulences in the market for euro government bonds have so far precluded any recovery from the debt crisis. The key problem is that structural reforms and consolidation measures have long impact lags and are not able to stop an acute self-fulfilling crisis of confidence. In the...

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