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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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European Monetary Union reform preferences of French and German parliamentarians

Blesse, Sebastian; Boyer, Pierre C.; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2017 - This version: February 12, 2019

We analyze data from an author‐conducted survey of members of the French and German parliaments on European Monetary Union reform preferences. We consider three potential drivers of preferences: nationality, ideology, and personal characteristics. For European Monetary Union policies like...

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Opting-out Klauseln und der europäische Einigungsprozess : eine sezessionstheoretische Analyse

Berthold, Norbert; Neumann, Michael - 2002

Around the world many countries are about to break apart, stay together, join in federations or build supranational organisations. The political debate of the European constitution is embedded in this context. The question arises which policies have to be shifted to the central European level...

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Die föderale Ordnung in Deutschland : Motor oder Bremse des wirtschaftlichen Wachstums?

Berthold, Norbert; Drews, Stefan; Thode, Eric - 2001

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Arbeitsmarktpolitik in der Europäischen Währungsunion

Berthold, Norbert; Fehn, Rainer - 2000

While policymakers in Europe were busy implementing EMU during the past decade, persistently high unemployment, which should have been the main policy issue from a normative point of view, was essentially left untackled in most continental European countries. This poses the urgent question which...

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European Monetary Union reform preferences of French and German parliamentarians

Blesse, Sebastian; Boyer, Pierre C.; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2017

This study analyzes results from an original survey of members of the French and German parliaments (Assemblée Nationale, Sénat and Bundestag) on economic policies and institutions of the Eurozone. We find that French politicians are significantly more supportive of Eurobonds, a European...

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Die Reformperspektive der EU-Finanzverfassung nach den Beschlüssen zur Agenda 2000

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1999

A rational financial constitution of the EU should be able to fulfil redistributive objectives at minimum costs. The … and the pressure will increase to open new financial sources for the EU in form of a competence to issue debt and to …

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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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Arbeitsmarktpolitik in der Europäischen Währungsunion

Berthold, Norbert; Fehn, Rainer - 2000

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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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