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<title>Abstract</title> Impact fees raise the price of new homes, which pay the fee directly, and existing homes, which serve as substitutes for new homes. I argue that such fees are excessive because the net economic benefit of additional homes is not included in the calculation and because more efficient...
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The United Kingdom is among world leaders in reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions, and a broad political consensus supports the target to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050. The UK’s strong institutional framework is an inspiration to countries around the world, and the country is...
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In many OECD countries debt has soared to levels threatening fiscal sustainability, necessitating its reduction over the medium to longer term. This paper uses stylised simulations in a small, calibrated macroeconomic model which features endogenous interactions between fiscal policy, growth and...
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Im Juni 2015 legten Jean-Claude Juncker, Donald Tusk, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Mario Draghi und Martin Schulz Vorschläge zur »langfristigen Stärkung der Währungsunion« vor. Sie sehen unter anderem auch die Einsetzung eines beratenden Europäischen Fiskalausschusses vor, der die Arbeit der...
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Nicht zuletzt im Zusammenhang mit dem geplanten Austritt Großbritanniens aus der EU stellt sich die Frage nach neuen Wegen bei der Finanzierung des EU-Budgets und der Verwendung der Mittel. Für Thiess Büttner, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, erscheint es sinnvoll, die obsoleten...
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Der Austritt des Vereinigten Königreichs aus der Europäischen Union beschäftigte am 24. April 2017 den Europaausschuss des Bundestags. In einer öffentlichen Anhörung nahmen einige Experten zum einen zu den finanziellen Auswirkungen und den wechselseitigen Verpflichtungen, zum anderen zu...
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The economic imbalances that characterize the world economy have unequally distributed costs and benefits. This raises the question how countries could run long-term external surpluses and deficits without significant opposition against the policies that generate them. We show that economic...
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This note assesses possible consequences of Brexit for the EU budget and the Common Agricultural Policy. It discusses the importance of the 'Brexit bill' and the loss of the British net contribution. Furthermore, it describes how the EU budget and spending on the Common Agricultural Policy can...
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