On April 9, the European Central Bank reduced interest rates by half a percentage point; this was the first interest rate cut since the launch of the euro. Several model simulations were carried out for the euro area and for Austria, under the assumption that short-term interest rates will...

The year-2000 tax reform – together with the package of family-related measures – will result in medium-term income gains for private households and enterprises of ATS 32.5 billion. ATS 17 billion are accounted for by wage and income tax reductions due to the reform of the income-tax rates,...

The year-2000 tax reform – together with the "family package" – will reduce the tax burden on private households and enterprises by ATS 32.5 billion on a medium-term basis. ATS 17 billion result from the loss of wage and income tax revenues due to the reform of the income tax-rate table, ATS...

[fre] L'analyse statistique s'étend sur plusieurs céréales : blé, riz, maïs, orge, seigle, avoine, sorgho et millet. Elle traite pendant la période 1960-1980 de tous les pays du monde. Pour améliorer la présentation de la perception de l'intensité des facteurs observés, plusieurs...

This paper considers a model of oligopolistic competition and locational choice that incorporates the notion of regional industrial systems. Firms play a non cooperative game where the strategy set of firms is given by a set of existing industrial districts. Each firm is distinguished by its...

This paper is a first attempt to analyse the implications of the 2000 corporate tax reform on ownership concentration in Germany. The empirical results document a fall in ownership concentration and a decrease in the power of top institutional owners including the big banks. The description of...

Having experienced the worst financial and economic crisis of the past decades, the international community embarked on an ambitious reform agenda to secure strong, sustainable and balanced growth in a post-crisis world The most prominent issues on this agenda are the reform of financial...