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Chander, Parkash - 2021

This paper presents a general framework for characterizing the optimal pattern of subsidies for poverty alleviation under budgetary constraints and suggests possible reforms for the existing pattern of subsidies. The government may subsidize or tax goods in order to meet its objectives. The...

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Consumer Response to Monetary Subsidies : A Structural Demand Analysis of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Oberg, Rudolf-Harri; Musalem, Andres - 2021

consumers would respond to subsidy designs with different spending restrictions. To simulate consumer behavior under different …) benefits relative to alternative subsidy designs. Our findings indicate that SNAP benefits can be effective in driving food … welfare implications associated with alternative subsidy designs, we find that, on average, consumers would be willing to …

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Fiscal consolidation in Europe : pre- and post-Maastricht

Kamps, Christophe - 2001

Based on a panel data model this paper investigates whether the effects of fiscal policy on national saving in Europe have changed after the Maastricht Treaty came into force. Recently Giavazzi, Jappelli and Pagano (2000) found evidence that national saving responds nonlinearly to fiscal policy...

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EU-Investitionsförderung für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen in Südeuropa: empfehlenswert?

Forstner, Bernhard; Koester, Ulrich - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 94 (2014) 9, pp. 666-670

Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen in den südeuropäischen EU-Ländern haben oft nur begrenzten Zugang zu Krediten. Der Präsident des Europäischen Parlaments, Martin Schulz, möchte diese Unternehmen fördern, um die Arbeitslosigkeit zu verringern. Auch der neue Präsident der EUKommission,...

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Fiscal policy instruments for inclusive labour markets : a review

Ernst, Ekkehard; Merola, Rossana; Reljic, Jelena - 2024

This study provides a critical assessment of various fiscal policy instruments - including direct public job creation, active labour market and care policies, social protection measures and tax reforms - and their effectiveness in supporting the most vulnerable groups in the labour market....

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Public policy responses to the COVID-19 epidemic : the case of family policy in the Czech Republic

Jahoda, Robert; Malý, Ivan; Špaček, David - In: Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice 29 (2021) 1, pp. 1-11

Families with dependent children are among the social groups most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper examines the development of measures applied by the Czech national government for compensating families with children during the COVID-19 crisis. It summarizes the aims of the measures...

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Fiscal Consolidation in Europe : Pre- and Post-Maastricht

Kamps, Christophe - 2005

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Economic Stability and Economic Governance in the Euro Area : What the European Crisis Can Teach on the Limits of Economic Integration

Lupo-Pasini, Federico - 2013

The recent European economic crisis has dramatically exposed the failures of the various institutional mechanisms in place to maintain economic stability in Europe, and has unveiled the difficulty in achieving international coordination on fiscal and financial stability policies. Drawing on the...

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Reforming the Air Passenger Duty as an Environmental Tax

Truby, Jon M. - 2014

In light of the UK Coalition Government's announced intention to reform APD (Air Passenger Duty), this article examines the design flaws making APD an inadequate environmental tax. By identifying the misconceived consequences and environmental inefficiencies of this blunt instrument, the need...

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Has the time for a European job guarantee policy arrived?

Antonopoulos, Rania - 2023

As country after country in the European Union is called to respond to the current challenge of our time - high inflation and declining real wages - governments must engage in a transformative agenda and go beyond emergency energy vouchers and income support cashtransfers. And if the goal is to...

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