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professional forecasters from four major European economies. Our estimates imply that inflation expectations in France, Germany and …
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How important is the enforcement of political rights in new democracies? We use the enfranchisement of the emancipated slaves following the American Civil War to study this question. Critical to our strategy, black suffrage was externally enforced by the U.S. Army in ten Southern states during...
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In this paper we evaluate the incidence of a large cut in the value-added tax (VAT) for French sit-down restaurants. In contrast to previous studies that focus on prices only, we estimate its effect on four groups: workers, firm owners, consumers and suppliers of material goods. Using a...
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Because the personal tax treatments of interest and dividend income likely affect the relative cost of debt and equity financing, a sharp change in tax treatment could affect firms' optimal leverage. This paper examines the effect of the 2003 equity income tax cut on firms' debt usage. Because...
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budget balance in France, Germany, Portugal, and Spain. We try to uncover past trends behind the development of public …
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budget balance in France, Germany, Portugal, and Spain. We try to uncover past trends behind the development of public …
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This study analyses whether expected budget deficits have an impact on interest rate swap spreads in France, Germany … the whole sample period (1994-2004). However, we find an increase in market discipline for Germany and France since the … signing of the Stability and Growth Pact, and for Germany also since the start of European monetary …
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budget balance in France, Germany, Portugal, and Spain. We try to uncover past trends behind the development of public …
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