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The 'New Political Economy' : Two Recent Books

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2000

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Lane, Edward - 2024

For more than 25 years, the Social Security Trust Fund has been projected to run out of money in 2033 (give or take a few years), potentially causing benefits to be severely reduced in the absence of corrective legislative action. Today (February 2024), projections are made by the Social...

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Austerity and Anarchy: Budget Cuts and Social Unrest in Europe, 1919-2008

Ponticelli, Jacopo; Voth, Hans-Joachim - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2012

Does fiscal consolidation lead to social unrest? Using cross-country evidence for the period 1919 to 2008, we examine … responses to budget cuts, countries with more constraints on the executive are less likely to see unrest after austerity … measures. Growing media penetration does not strengthen the effect of cut-backs on the level of unrest. We also find that …

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Austerity and Anarchy: Budget Cuts and Social Unrest in Europe, 1919-2008

Ponticelli, Jacopo; Voth, Hans-Joachim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Does fiscal consolidation lead to social unrest? Using cross-country evidence for the period 1919 to 2008, we examine … the executive are less likely to see unrest after austerity measures. Growing media penetration does not strengthen the … effect of cut-backs on the level of unrest. …

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Nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft durch Synergie - mögliche Kooperationen bei der Wasserver- und Entsorgung: Eine theoretische und empirische Untersuchung der Wasserversorgungsunternehm...

Ludin, Daniela; Rahmeyer, Fritz; Wörner, Daniela - 2001

Die Aufgabe der kommunalen Wasserversorgungsunternehmen besteht darin, die Verbraucher mit qualitativ hochwertigem Trinkwasser in ausreichender Menge zu versorgen. Auf der anderen Seite müssen die kommunalen Abwasserentsorgungsbetriebe das von den Grundstückseigentümern erzeugte Abwasser...

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Government Size and International Consumption Risk Sharing

Leibrecht, Markus; Scharler, Johann - 2009

We investigate the influence of government size on the exposure of consumption growth to country-specific fluctuations in output growth using a sample of OECD countries. To the extent that governments are less constrained on international financial markets, it appears conceivable that...

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Musn't grumble: Immigration, health and health service use in the UK and Germany

Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2013

A rise in population caused by increased immigration, is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant...

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A note on the appropriate measure of tax burden on Foreign Direct Investment to the CEECs

Bellak, Christian; Leibrecht, Markus; Römisch, Roman - 2005

In this note we show that tax-rate elasticities of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Central and East European Countries (CEECs) derived from statutory corporate income tax rates (STRs) are likely to be flawed. From a conceptual point of view STRs are problematic as they neither capture tax...

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Explaining Reform Deadlocks

Heinemann, Friedrich - 2004

Countries are often slow to adjust their economic structures to new necessities although this reform reluctance is costly in terms of growth and employment. This paper analyses the relevant factors that block or foster economic reforms. Theoretical considerations show that there are at least...

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The Drivers of Deregulation in the Era of Globalization

Heinemann, Friedrich - 2006

This paper treats the question to what extent globalization trends restrict a countryspecific regulation policy in industrial countries. The empirical analysis makes use of recently collected regulation indicators for four policy fields: financial market, product markets, labour markets and...

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