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Offsetting versus mitigation activities to reduce CO 2 emissions : a theoretical and empirical analysis for the US and Germany
Lange, Andreas; Ziegler, Andreas - 2012
This paper studies the voluntary provision of public goods that is partially driven by a desire to offset for individual polluting activities. We first extend existing theory and show that offsets allow a reduction in effective environmental pollution levels while not necessarily extending the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009552907
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Setting the bar – an experimental investigation of immigration requirements
Khadjavi, Menusch; Tjaden, Jasper D. - 2014
Many Western countries face the challenge of reconciling future labor demand with growing public opposition to immigration. The dynamics and underlying processes of setting immigration requirements remain unclear as research so far mainly focuses on context-specific empirical studies. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010384338
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Background considerations to a regulation of the US financial system : third time a charm? Or strike three?
Kregel, Jan A. - 2009
U.S. financial regulation has traditionally made functional and institutional regulation roughly equivalent. However, the gradual shift away from Glass-Steagall and the introduction of the Financial Modernization Act (FMA) generated a disorderly mix of functions and products across institutions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859805
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The Triffin dilemma again
Campanella, Edoardo - 2010
's double role of national and international currency. This is the Triffin dilemma. The paper shows how it works through three … examples: price of commodities, dollarization, and the international financial position of the US. And it makes a proposal to … solve these issues, creating a more stable monetary system. In particular, it suggests the creation of an international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008648332
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U.S. Domestic and International Financial Reform Policy : Are G20 Commitments and the Dodd-Frank Act in Sync?
Nolle, Daniel E. - 2014
in the international arena, including in particular by virtue of its membership in the G20. This analysis considers U ….S. domestic and international financial system reform commitments in sync?” While finding that, fundamentally, the answer is “yes … implementation measures, and to the discussion about the future international competitiveness of U.S. banks and nonbank financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067655
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Background Considerations to a Regulation of the U.S. Financial System : Third Time a Charm? Or Strike Three?
Kregel, Jan A. - 2009
U.S. financial regulation has traditionally made functional and institutional regulation roughly equivalent. However, the gradual shift away from Glass-Steagall and the introduction of the Financial Modernization Act (FMA) generated a disorderly mix of functions and products across institutions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160372
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U.S. Domestic and International Financial Reform Policy : Are G20 Commitments and the Dodd-Frank Act in Sync?
Nolle, Daniel E. - 2015
in the international arena, including in particular by virtue of its membership in the G20. This analysis considers U ….S. domestic and international financial system reform commitments in sync?” While finding that, fundamentally, the answer is “yes … implementation measures, and to the discussion about the future international competitiveness of U.S. banks and nonbank financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013037747
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The US and Irish Credit Crises : Their Distinctive Differences and Common Features
Connor, Gregory - 2010
Although the US credit crisis precipitated it, the Irish credit crisis is an identifiably separate one, which might have occurred in the absence of the U.S. crash. The distinctive differences between them are notable. Almost all the apparent causal factors of the U.S. crisis are missing in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147076
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The Failure of Northern Rock: A multi-dimensional Case Study
Congdon, Tim; Goodhart, Charles A.E.; Eisenbeis, Robert A. - 2009
In August 2007 the United Kingdom experienced its first bank run in over 140 years. Although Northern Rock was not a particularly large bank (it was at the time ranked 7th in terms of assets) it was nevertheless a significant retail bank and a substantial mortgage lender. In fact, ten years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689937
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New Paradigms in Monetary Theory and Policy?
Balling, Morten; Llewellyn, David T.; Orphanides, Athanasios - 2012
On 11-12 May 2011, SUERF and the Belgian Financial Forum, in association with the Brussels Finance Institute and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) organized the 29th SUERF Colloquium “New Paradigms in Money and Finance?” All the papers in the present SUERF Study are based on...
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