This article introduces an investor-oriented framework for the evaluation of renewable energy policy, applies these newly developed criteria to a qualitative comparison of the primary policy instruments, and offers recommendations to enhance the investor appeal of renewable energy in the United...

When policymakers look to trim fat from the federal government they too often ignore half the problem: the vast and complicated set of spending programs administered by the IRS. These programs are often referred to as tax expenditures, but this paper argues that they should be viewed just like...

We study the causal effects of austerity measures in the form of local fiscal rules on political participation and party preferences. We exploit an Italian reform - namely, the 2013 imposition of deficit targets in municipalities with fewer than 5,000 residents - to show that local fiscal rules...

Two and a half decades of clean energy policymaking focused primarily on environmental and economic sustainability have yielded considerable environmental and economic benefits. Along the way, however, other policy considerations, such as the social sustainability of the transition to a cleaner,...

Political economy theory expects that changes in macroeconomic governance are often catalyzed by institutional factors, such as partisanship, elections, or IMF conditionality. I challenge and contextualize this view by incorporating the role of technocratic advisors into a domestic policymaking...

Political economy theory expects politicians to use budget deficits to engineer an election-timed boom, known as the political business cycle. We challenge and contextualize this view by incorporating the financial constraints faced by governments into an electoral framework. We argue that the...

Italian Abstract: Prendendo spunto da un recente saggio di Giorgio Napolitano, l'articolo individua i motivi istituzionali dell'attuale crisi della zona euro che pongono a repentaglio la stessa sopravvivenza della moneta comune. In particolare l'articolo inquadra l'Unione economica e monetaria...

Paraguay faces a trade-off between building fiscal credibility and amending the existing fiscal rule to accommodate infrastructure investment and provide space for countercyclical policies. In this paper, we discuss several alternative fiscal rules for Paraguay and present simulations of debt...

Spanish Abstract: Este documento busca identificar las variables financieras que explican la situación de fracaso empresarial de la pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en Colombia. Para alcanzar este fin, se tomaron los resultados financieros de todas las empresas que están obligadas a reportar...