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Rising longevity, increasing the retirement age, and the consequences for knowledge-based long-run growth

Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020

rising longevity is fulfilled for the United States, nearly met for the average OECD economy, but missed by the EU and by …

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The effect of early childhood education and care services on the social integration of refugee families

Gambaro, Ludovica; Neidhöfer, Guido; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2020

Devising appropriate policy measures for the integration of refugees is high on the agenda of many governments. This paper focuses on the social integration of families seeking asylum in Germany between 2013 and 2016. Exploiting regional differences in early childhood education and care (ECEC)...

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Better off without the euro? : structural VAR assessment of European monetary policy

Fritsche, Jan Philipp; Harms, Patrick Christian - 2020

Modern OCA theory has developed different conclusions on when forming a currency union is beneficial. An important pragmatic question in this context is: Did delegating monetary policy to the ECB increase stress in the individual euro area countries? An SVAR analysis reveals that monetary stress...

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Breaking borders? : the European Court of Justice and internal market

Spengel, Christoph; Fischer, Leonie; Stutzenberger, Kathrin - 2020

Upon more than 400 judgements on direct taxation, the case law of the European Court of Justice has considerably shaped Member States' tax systems. Based on Member States' tax law adjustments in the context of four landmark rulings on corporate income taxation, we analyse whether case law is a...

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Political budget cycles in European public procurement

Havlik, Annika - 2020

This paper studies whether political budget cycles occur in public procurement in the European Union. Using project- level data from Tenders Electronic Daily (2008-2018), I analyze different steps along the procurement process, namely the publication of the contract notice, the awarding of the...

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Earnings of university dropouts across Europe

Berlingieri, Francesco; Bolz, Theresa - 2020

This paper investigates relative earnings of individuals leaving tertiary education without a degree across 18 European countries employing survey data on adult workers. We find that, on average, university dropouts earn 8% more than those never enrolling into tertiary education, but 25% less...

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The political economy of euro area sovereign debt restructuring

Heinemann, Friedrich - 2021

The establishment of a sovereign debt restructuring mechanism (SDRM) is one of the important issues in the academic debate on a viable constitution for the European Monetary Union (EMU). Yet the topic seems to be taboo in official reform contributions to the debate. Against this backdrop, the...

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Market concentration in Europe : evidence from antitrust markets

Affeldt, Pauline Luise; Duso, Tomaso; Gugler, Klaus; … - 2021 - This draft: January 20, 2021

concentration only for EU wide and worldwide services markets. In contrast, the correlation is negative in national markets. This …

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Designing a European Monetary Fund: what role for the IMF?

Jost, Thomas; Seitz, Franz - 2021

The so-called Troika, consisting of the EU-Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary … (strongly politicized) European Commission will replace the Troika in the future, following decisions of the EU Summit of … aggravate the institutional problems. It has led to a common European fiscal response ("Next Generation EU"). This rescue and …

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Reporting behavior and transparency in European banks' country-by-country reports

Dutt, Verena K.; Nicolay, Katharina; Spengel, Christoph - 2021

The public CbCR requirement for EU financial institutions leaves leeway to the reporting firms as regards the … calculating and presentation of the data. Based on a sample of CbCRs published by EU-headquartered multinational bank groups, we … important in light of the proposal for a public CbCR for large multinational firms in the EU. …

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