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[Background] This report presents results of an impact evaluation of a market-based energy access intervention implemented by the Energising Development (EnDev) programme in rural Kenya. The EnDev Kenya intervention seeks to establish and enhance self-sustaining markets for modern energy...
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The current state of Latvia can be best described in medical terms: the patient is pale, but alive. The financial woes have been successfully resolved, but economic, social and political challenges remain. The crisis is continuing to affect the fabric of social and political life in Latvia. This...
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Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) can be characterised as a complicated set of legislation and institutions governing monetary and fiscal responsibilities.The measures of fiscal responsibility are to be guided by the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), which sets rules for fiscal policy and makes a...
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This thesis consists of four essays in empirical macroeconomics. The first three essays examine the conduct of monetary policy during a disinflationary and deflationary era, with the policy interest rates close to or at the zero bound.The questions of interest include the potency of the interest...
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The Euro area faces zero inflation paired with low economic growth, at a time when the effective lower bound on nominal interest rates and large budget deficits are constraining conventional monetary and fiscal policy. In this article, we discuss the theoretical and empirical evidence on...
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With hindsight the debate over whether Europe constitutes an optimal currency area overlooked the elephant in the room. Following Robert Mundell’s considerations, the expert debate in the 1990s focused on the question of whether Europe’s capital and labor markets were sufficiently integrated...
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Am 29. März 2017 notifizierte die britische Regierung ihren Austrittswillen nach Art. 50 des EU-Vertrages bei der EU. Der Brexit ist somit offiziell eingeleitet. Am 29. April haben die Staats- und Regierungschefs beim Europäischen Rat nach Art. 50 EUV die Leitlinien für die Verhandlungen...
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Die Reform der Handwerksordnung des Jahres 2004 brachte insbesondere durch die Abschaffung der Meisterpflicht für mehr als die Hälfte der Gewerbezweige des Handwerks eine umfassende Liberalisierung der Zugangsbedingungen. Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert unter Verwendung von Daten des...
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Förderprogramme werden häufig damit zu rechtfertigen versucht, dass induzierte Mehreinnahmen bei Steuern und Beitragen dazu führen können, dass die zu erwartenden (fiskalischen) Erträge der Förderung deren unmittelbaren (fiskalischen) Kosten übertreffen. Ziel des Gutachtens ist die...
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