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-national policy instruments were created to correct them. To explain these evolutions, we develop a two-region, two-sector model with … structural funds, modelled on the EU policy. In a numerical example calibrated to Portugal, we find that, to diminish the initial …
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-national policy instruments were created to correct them. To explain these evolutions, we develop a two-region, two-sector model with … structural funds, modeled on the EU policy. In a numerical example calibrated to Portugal, we find that, to diminish the initial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110806
This article examines how the shale oil revolution has shaped the evolution of U.S. crude oil and gasoline prices. It puts the evolution of shale oil production into historical perspective, highlights uncertainties about future shale oil production, and cautions against the view that the U.S....
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This article contributes to the debate about the impact of the U.S. fracking boom on U.S. oil imports, on Arab oil … have been in the absence of the fracking boom. I find no evidence that fracking was a major cause of the $64 decline in the … exchange reserves between mid-2014 and August 2015 would have been reduced by 27 percent in the absence of the fracking boom …
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Provided there are positive external benefits attached to the historic character of buildings, owners of properties in designated conservation areas benefit from a reduction in uncertainty regarding the future of their area. At the same time, the restrictions put in place to ensure the...
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national regional policy funds. The benchmark for the co-funding is that the EU bears 50% of total costs associated with … additionality degrees is largely in line with EU cohesion policy goals. Most notably, higher shares of EU funds are provided to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534011
This paper develops a simple model that can be used to estimate the effectiveness of Cohesion expenditure relative to similar but unsubsidized projects, thereby making it possible to explicitly test an important assumption that is often implicit in estimates of the impact of Cohesion policies....
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The EU’s cohesion policy should now be confluent with the goals of the Lisbon strategy by promoting growth and … degrees of innovation promotion by the EU from one region to another. Since regional-policy strategies should have been …-financing policy of innovation projects changed for the 2007-2013 program period compared with the 2000-2006 period. According to our …
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We use a public referendum on a new air traffic concept in Berlin, Germany as a natural experiment to analyze how the interaction of tenure and capitalization effects shapes the outcome of direct democracy processes. We distinguish between homevoters, i.e., voters who are homeowners, and...
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national regional policy funds. The benchmark for the co-funding is that the EU bears 50% of total costs associated with … additionality degrees is largely in line with EU cohesion policy goals. Most notably, higher shares of EU funds are provided to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147267