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Application of regionally varying additionality degrees in the practice of EU cohesion policy

Nam, Chang-woon; Wamser, Georg - 2010

The additionality principle says that the funds of the European Union should not replace, but be an addition to national regional policy funds. The benchmark for the co-funding is that the EU bears 50% of total costs associated with regional projects eligible for EU support. In some regions,...

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On the optimal design of place-based policies : a structural evaluation of EU regional transfers

Blouri, Yashar; Ehrlich, Maximilian von - 2017

We quantify general equilibrium effects of place-based policies in a multi-region framework with mobility, trade and agglomeration economies. Using detailed data on EU transfers, we infer the local effects of different transfer types on productivity, income and transportation cost. Based on...

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EU cohesion policy on the ground : analyzing small-scale effects using satellite data

Bachtrögler, Julia; Dolls, Mathias; Krolage, Carla; … - 2022

We present a novel approach for analyzing the effects of EU cohesion policy on local economic activity. For all municipalities in the border area of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland, we collect project-level data on EU funding in the period between 2007 and 2013. Using night light emission...

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Carbon Leakage and capacity-based allocations : is the EU right?

Meunier, Guy; Ponssard, Jean-Pierre; Quirion, Philippe - 2012

based allocation (Australia, California, New Zealand) and capacity based allocation (EU). This paper characterizes the best … output and capacity based allocation is proved to be the optimal second best policy. The EU scheme for 2013-2020 is discussed …, using cement as a case study. -- cap and trade ; output based allocation ; subsidization of capacity ; climate policy …

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Measures against carbon leakage : combining output-based allocation with consumption taxes

Böhringer, Christoph; Rosendahl, Knut Einar; … - 2024

pricing. A common policy measure against leakage is output-based allocation of emissions allowances, whose effectiveness could … analysis to derive optimal combinations of output-based allocation and consumption taxes for different assumptions on the … analytical finding is that output-based allocation and consumption taxes are complements rather than substitutes, i.e., the …

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Fiscal aspects of central bank independence

Sims, Christopher A. - 2001

Most macroeconomic models treat the central bank and the trea-sury as a unified entity. The balance sheet of the central bank is therefore implicitly treated as an accounting fiction. While this is often realistic, the central bank balance sheet has implications for central bank independence....

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Going NUTS : the effect of EU structural funds on regional performance

Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; Ehrlich, Maximilian von; … - 2008

The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states to allow them to catch up with the EU average. Under the Objective 1 scheme, NUTS2 regions with a GDP per capita level below 75% of the EU average qualify for structural funds transfers from the central EU budget....

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Money can't buy EU love : European funds and the Brexit referendum

Fidrmuc, Jan; Hulényi, Martin; Tunali, Çiğdem Börke - 2016

We explore the role of the transfers that UK regions received from the European structural and cohesion funds, as well as other economic and social factors, in determining the support for the Remain vote in the Brexit referendum. We find that past European transfers have played virtually no role...

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Coordinating sectoral policymaking : searching for countervailing mechanisms in the EU legislative process

Steunenberg, Bernard - 2003

In contrast to parliamentary systems, the Council of Ministers, the main legislative body of the European Union, consists of different formations in which national ministers with similar sectoral portfolios participate. This decision-making structure has led to a loss of coherence . In this...

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Smart hedging against carbon leakage

Böhringer, Christoph; Rosendahl, Knut Einar; … - 2019

combine an emission trading system (ETS) with output-based allocation (OBA) of allowances to exposed industries. We first show …

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