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Fiscal Decentralization and Fiscal Policy: An Economic Analysis
Baskaran, Thushyanthan - 2009
Es ist noch immer nicht endgültig geklärt, wie fiskalische Dezentralisierung die Höhe und Struktur der öffentlichen Ausgaben beeinflusst. Diese Dissertation analysiert daher zwei zusammenhängende Fragen. Erstens werden die Auswirkungen der fiskalischen Dezentralisierung auf die...
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Network effects, compatibility, and adoption of standards
Grajek, Michał - 2005
standard and international trade. The estimation results allow us to formulate some interesting policy conclusions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467122
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Asymmetrische Effekte der Geldpolitik auf die Industrie in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - eine Untersuchung auf Branchenebene
Hock, Thorsten - 2003
Die Arbeit setzt sich mit Unterschieden des geldpolitischen Transmissionsprozesses im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe der Bundesrepublik Deutschland auseinander. Dazu wird der Sektor nach der Systematik der BACH-Datenbank der europäischen Kommission in 10 Branchen eingeteilt. An eine kurze Betrachtung...
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Recent developments in real estate investment trusts in Spain
García-Vaquero Álvaro, Víctor; Roibás Millán, Irene
Artículo de revista ; Real estate investment trusts in Spain (SOCIMIs by their Spanish abbreviation) are instruments for investing in real estate assets which were regulated for the first time in Spain in 2009. They have grown rapidly in recent years to reach a relative size, approximated by...
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Essays in uninsurable income risk and household behavior.
Narita, Machiko - 2011
.S. homeownership rate by investigating the effect of each factor on the housing and mortgage decisions. The second paper assesses how … credit crunch caused the recent decline in the homeownership rate in the U.S. To answer this question, I develop a life … bust: the proportionally larger decrease in homeownership among non-college educated households. The fade-out of …
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State and Local Anti-Predatory Lending Laws: The Effect of Legal Enforcement Mechanisms
Bostic, Raphael W; Engel, Kathleen C; McCoy, Patricia A; … - 2007
Subprime mortgage lending has grown rapidly in recent years and with it, so have concerns about predatory lending. In response to evidence of predatory lending, most states have enacted new laws or expanded existing laws to address abuses in the subprime home loan market. The effect of these...
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Politische Ökonomik der Staatsverschuldung : Erklärungsmodelle und ihre empirische Überprüfung
Weisser, Stephan - 2006
Die Staatsverschuldung vieler industrialisierter Länder hat seit Anfang der siebziger Jahre drastisch zugenommen. Zwar waren die meisten Länderhaushalte in der Zeit vom Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis in die frühen siebziger Jahre durch eine deutliche Abnahme der Staatsverschuldung...
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The impact of the 2007-09 credit crunch on the funding of public sector infrastructure in the UK
Bailey, Stephen J.; Asenova, Darinka - 2009
The 2007-09 credit crunch has not only created problems for the UK’s public finances in meeting the costs of bailing out commercial banks and dealing with recession but also for providing better public services. This paper analyses the causes of the credit crunch, government policies to...
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Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing
Gulati, Mitu; Buchheit, Lee C. - 2010
There are three reasons for attempting to reach a common understanding of the responsibilities of sovereign borrowers and their lenders. First, the flow of capital to sovereign debtors is exceptionally important to the world economy. Industrialized countries rely on it to finance their budget...
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Essays on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Christie, Tamoya A. L. - 2011
This dissertation comprises two essays. The first essay explores how the size of government, as measured by the level of spending, affects growth. Theoretical models suggest a nonlinear relationship; however, testing this hypothesis empirically in cross-country studies is complicated by the...
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