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European Fiscal Union: What Is It? Does It Work? And Are There Really 'No Alternatives'?

Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2012

The view is widespread that there are just two options for the future of the Eurozone - either it is complemented by a fiscal union, or it will fall apart. In this paper, we discuss five possible elements of a fiscal union, of which three are in the centre of the current debate on fiscal union...

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Anhaltender Strukturwandel zur Teilzeitbeschäftigung

Brenke, Karl - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 42, pp. 2-12

sie in überdurchschnittlichem Maße zugelegt und ist derzeit stärker verbreitet als im EU-Durchschnitt. Offenbar handelt es … Deutschland wie generell in der EU hinsichtlich der Gründe für eine Teilzeitbeschäftigung: Bei Frauen sind es vor allem familiäre …

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What do we really know about fiscal sustainability in the EU? A panel data diagnostic

Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2007

We assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU15 over the period 1970-2006 using stationarity and … policy was sustainable both for the EU15 panel set, and within subperiods (1970-1991 and 1992-2006). …

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Business cycle synchronization and insurance mechanisms in the EU

Afonso, António; Furceri, Davide - 2007

In this paper we provide a positive exercise on past business-cycle correlations and risk sharing in the European Union, and on the ability of insurance mechanisms and fiscal policies to smooth income fluctuations. The results suggest in particular that while some of the new Member States have...

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Is the EU ready for the next generation of investment? The case of France and Germany

Nonnis, Alberto; Roth, Felix; Bounfour, Ahmed - 2024

This paper presents a puzzling finding: although France invests twice as much in intangible capital vis-à-vis Germany, both countries have similar LPG rates over the studied period from 1995 until 2020. We find that this difference in investments is driven by France's four- and...

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Ostöffnung, EU-Mitgliedschaft, Euro-Teilnahme und EU-Erweiterung: Wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen auf Österreich

Breuss, Fritz - 2006

opening, Austria's accession to the EU and its currency union, EU enlargement). With some of these steps occurring in parallel …, its effects have similarly overlapped. Eastern opening since 1989 and Austria's EU membership since 1995 (and its … some 100,000 to 150,000 new jobs. The EU enlargement of 2004 has similarly benefiting Austria more than other EU 15 …

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Towards a New EMU

Breuss, Fritz - 2013

towards a more centralised fiscal policy at EU/Euro area level within a new EMU economic governance. Besides the improvement …

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Koordination raumwirksamer Politik: Politik zur Entwicklung ländlicher Räume als 2. Säule der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik

Weingarten, Peter; Fährmann, Barbara; Grajewski, Regina - In: Koordination raumwirksamer Politik: Mehr Effizienz und …, (pp. 23-49). 2015

Regionalpolitik charakterisiert werden. Die ausgeprägten vertikalen (EU-Bund-Bundesländer) und horizontalen Verflechtungen und das … agricultural, environmental and regional policies. The distinct vertical (EU-national-state levels) and horizontal intertwining and …

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Macroeconomic effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany and the European Monetary Union and economic policy reactions

Herr, Hansjörg; Nettekoven, Zeynep Mualla - 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic hitting the world in 2020 also caused a high death toll in Germany and in the European Monetary Union (EMU) at large. The health crisis worldwide and the precautions against Covid-19 rapidly induced a demand and supply recession simultaneously. The Covid-19 crisis was...

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Between high ambition and pragmatism: Proposals for a reform of fiscal rules without treaty change. expert study commissioned by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Dullien, Sebastian; Paetz, Christoph; Repasi, René; … - 2022

This study examines major reform proposals of EU fiscal rules from an economic and legal perspective. We disassemble … final reform package. We show that quite far-reaching reforms of EU fiscal rules are feasible without treaty change as … reconcile with the EU treaties. …

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