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Do benevolent aspects have room explaining EU budget receipts?

Kauppi, Heikki; Widgrén, Mika - 2008

The member states have self-interested objectives and they use their voting power in the Council of Ministers (CM) to maximize their shares from the EU budget, whereas European Parliament (EP) uses its power to support benevolent objectives and equality between member states. Given the current...

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Which membership matters? External vs. internal determinants of institutional change in transition countries

Drautzburg, Thorsten; Melnykovska, Inna; Schweickert, Rainer - 2008

This paper analyses potential internal and external determinants of institutional change as measured by the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI) based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2005. We show that natural resources and capital inflows exert an...

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Emissions trading, CDM, JI, and more: The climate strategy of the EU

Klepper, Gernot; Peterson, Sonja - 2005

The objective of this paper is to assess the likely allocation effects of the current cli-mate protection strategy as it is laid out in the National Allocation Plans (NAPs) for the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The multi-regional, multi-sectoral CGE-model DART is used to simulate the...

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Rules for the global environment

Siebert, Horst - 2008

The paper looks at the global environment as a public good and as a sink for CO2-emissions. It discusses problems to be solved in institutional arrangements to protect global environmental media and looks at criteria for allocating the costs of emission reduction and emission rights. It analyzes...

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The determinants of allowance prices in the European emissions trading scheme: Can we expect an efficient allowance market 2008?

Rickels, Wilfried; Duscha, Vicki; Keller, Andreas; … - 2007

The European emissions trading scheme (EU-ETS) for CO2 is the largest existing emissions trading scheme in the world. The main reason for the implementation of this scheme is to reach the European Kyoto targets at minimal cost and to establish a price for emissions. The right to emit CO2...

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Firm size and innovation in European manufacturing

Vaona, Andrea; Pianta, Mario - 2006

The paper investigates the differences between small, medium-sized and large firms regarding their performance in the introduction of new products and processes. After a review of the relevant literature, two models are proposed and tested in search for different business strategies and...

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Innovation and productivity in European industries

Pianta, Mario; Vaona, Andrea - 2006

productivity and export success in European manufacturing industries and firm size classes. The empirical estimates are based on … product and process innovation, with the support of the efficiency gains provided by a grouped business structures. Conversely … productivity. When export success is considered, all countries have to rely on an innovation-based model of competitiveness. …

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Steuerharmonisierung oder Steuerwettbewerb?

Boss, Alfred - 2003

Eine Harmonisierung der Steuern auf Kapitaleinkommen wird häufig gefordert, weil sonst bei hoher Kapitalmobilität ein Steuersenkungswettlauf eintrete mit der Folge, dass der Staat seine eigentlichen Aufgaben nicht wahrnehmen kann. Tatsächlich sind die Indizien für ein "race to the bottom"...

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TAFTA - a dead horse or an attractive open club?

Siebert, Horst - 2005

A Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) has been proposed in the mid-1990s to revitalize the economic and political ties between the United States and the European Union. This paper discusses the expected economic gains from such a free trade area for its members with respect to trade in goods...

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Macroeconomic policy coordination in Europe: An agnostic view

Scheide, Joachim - 2003

Coordination is a fundamental principle for economic policy in the EU. There is a consensus that soft coordination (exchange of information, general guidelines for economic policy) is useful. Whether stabilization policies should be coordinated is another matter. Against the background of the...

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