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A Cluster Analysis on Sustained Global Competitiveness for European Countries
Kolluru, Mythili - 2020
The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) developed by Xavier Salai-Martín, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, has been measuring the factors that drive the growth and prosperity since 2005. This paper focuses on grouping the European nations according to global competitiveness. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828745
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Tax Competition and Tax Structure in Open Federal Economies : Evidence from OECD Countries with Implications for the European Union
Goodspeed, Timothy - 2008
Tax competition arguments suggest that a government that operate in an open economy (such as local governments) should not and will not rely on non-benefit taxes, such as the income tax. Yet we observe reliance on income taxes by local governments in many countries, and such reliance changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014089728
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Tax competition and tax structure in open federal economies : evidence from OECD countries with implications for the European Union
Goodspeed, Timothy J. - 1999
Tax competition arguments suggest that governements that operate in an open economy (such as local governments) should not and will not rely on non-benefit taxes, such as the income tax. Yet we observe reliance on income taxes by local governments in many countries, and such reliance changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428264
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Tax competition and tax structure in open federal economies : evidence from OECD countries with implications for the European Union
Goodspeed, Timothy J. - 1999 - Revised: March, 1999
Tax competition arguments suggest that governements that operate in an open economy (such as local governments) should not and will not rely on non-benefit taxes, such as the income tax. Yet we observe reliance on income taxes by local governments in many countries, and such reliance changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443043
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The Sharing Economy and Consumer Protection Regulation : The Case for Policy Change
Koopman, Christopher; Mitchell, Matthew D.; Thierer, Adam D. - 2018
traditional forms of regulation. Continued application of these outmoded regulatory regimes is likely to harm consumers. We argue … that the Internet, and the rapid growth of the sharing economy, alleviates the need for much of this top-down regulation … dramatically — or when new technology or competition alleviates the need for regulation — then public policy should evolve and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014036638
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Centralized fiscal spending by supranational unions
Simon, Jenny; Valasek, Justin - 2013 - This version: June 28, 2013
We study fiscal spending by supranational unions, where participation is voluntary and countries bargain over contributions to and the allocation of a central budget. We explore the link between the allocation and nations ́contributions that occurs since bargaining power is endogenous, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765517
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Economic Stability and Economic Governance in the Euro Area : What the European Crisis Can Teach on the Limits of Economic Integration
Lupo-Pasini, Federico - 2013
The recent European economic crisis has dramatically exposed the failures of the various institutional mechanisms in place to maintain economic stability in Europe, and has unveiled the difficulty in achieving international coordination on fiscal and financial stability policies. Drawing on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085690
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The European Institutions as an Interest Group : The Dynamics of Ever-Closer Union
Vaubel, Roland - 2009
The institutions of the European Union are gaining more and more power at the expense of national and local governments, as well as individuals and private businesses. There would appear to be no reverse gear in this process, while objections from the general public, as expressed in periodic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204158
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Towards a fiscal union? : on the acceptability of a fiscal transfer system in the eurozone
Hebous, Shafik; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2015
There is a large, but yet growing debate about the need to complement the European monetary union with a stronger fiscal union. This paper reviews the potential trade-offs between effectiveness, moral hazard problems, and permanent redistribution. In particular, we contribute to the question of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317737
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On enhanced cooperation
Bordignon, Massimo; Brusco, Sandro - 2003
Should a subset of member states of a federation be allowed to form a sub-union on some policy issue? When centralization is not politically feasible, allowing an enhanced cooperation agreement among a subset of countries permits the latter to gain benefits which would otherwise be lost....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508107