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Designing the new European Union : [this volume based on papers delivered at the second CESifo-Delphi conferences (Munich, November 2003, and Delphi, June 2004)]

Berger, Helge (ed.); Moutos, Thomas (contributor) - 2007 - 1. ed.

This volume is based on papers delivered at the second CESifo-Delphi Conferences (Munich, November 2003, and Delphi …, June 2004), which are jointly organized by CESifo and the Department of International and European Economic Studies of the … Athens University of Economics and Business. The CESifo-Delphi Conferences are organized every two years and involve a two …

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Designing the new European Union

Berger, Helge (contributor); Moutos, Thomas (contributor) - 2007 - 1st ed

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Product Quality, Informality, and Child Labour

Fotoniata, Eugenia; Moutos, Thomas - CESifo - 2011

This paper studies the interactions between the structure of product demand, relative wages, and the allocation of economic activity across two sectors. The agrarian sector produces a homogeneous good and consists of informal firms employing adults and children. The modern sector produces a...

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Capital Importers Pay More for their Imports

Adam, Antonis; Moutos, Thomas - CESifo - 2012

We examine the effects that a country’s net capital flows have on the (border) prices that a country pays for its imports of goods. Using data from 2000 to 2009 for 11 euro area countries we utilize a pricing-to-market specification to study exporters’ pricing behavior to the rest of the...

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Human Capital and the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle

Katsimi, Margarita; Moutos, Thomas - CESifo - 2007

In this paper we reexamine the Feldstein-Horioka finding of limited international capital mobility by using a broader view (i.e., including human capital) of investment and saving. We find that the Feldstein-Horioka result is impervious to this change.

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Inequality and Redistribution via the Public Provision of Private Goods

Katsimi, Margarita; Moutos, Thomas - CESifo - 2004

The relationship between inequality and redistribution is usually studied under the assumption that the government collects different amounts of taxes from each citizen (voter) but gives back the same amount (in cash or in kind) to everyone. In this paper we consider what happens if the...

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Some Macroeconomic Consequences of Basic Income and Employment Subsidies

Moutos, Thomas; Scarth, William - CESifo - 2003

Two macro models – one for a closed economy and the other for a small open economy – are used to examine the scope for income redistribution and employment creation. In particular, the introduction of both a guaranteed annual income (basic income) and an employment subsidy are examined, and...

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Do Excessive Wage Increases Raise Imports? Theory and Evidence

Malley, Jim; Moutos, Thomas - CESifo - 2001

This paper uses a model of trade in vertically differentiated products to examine the effects of “excessive wage” increases (i.e. above productivity) on the volume of commodity imports. The model predicts that for commodities, in which the country has comparative advantage in high quality...

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Turkish Delight for Some, Cold Turkey for Others?: The Effects of the EU-Turkey Customs Union

Adam, Antonis; Moutos, Thomas - CESifo - 2005

Following Turkey’s application for EU membership in 1987, a Customs Union (CU) between Turkey and the EU, mainly covering trade in manufacturing goods and processed agricultural products, came into effect in 1995. In addition to a large agricultural sector, Turkey also specializes in the...

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Inequality and the US Import Demand Function

Katsimi, Margarita; Moutos, Thomas - CESifo - 2006

In this paper we build a model of trade in vertically differentiated products and find that income inequality can affect the demand for imports even in the presence of homothetic preferences. The empirical importance of changes in inequality on the demand for imports is then assessed by...

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