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Alleviating adverse implications of EU climate policy on competitiveness : the case for border tax adjustments or the clean development mechanism?

Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria (contributor); … - 2008

Ambitious unilateral EU environmental policy has raised concerns about adverse competitiveness implications for … measures to address these concerns in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS): border tax adjustments (BTA) and the Clean … policy on energy-intensive and export-oriented industries. The regulatory protection of these industries via subsidies for EU …

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Developing supra-European emissions trading schemes : an efficiency and international trade analysis

Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria (contributor); … - 2007

Given the coexistent EU priorities concerning the competitiveness of European industries and international emissions … regulation at the company level, this paper assesses the efficiency and competitiveness implications of linking the EU Emissions … equilibrium approach shows that the aggregate welfare impacts of linking the EU ETS are rather limited. We further find that the …

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The EMU consolidation game - or: does 3.0 really mean 3.0?

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998

Within the economic profession, it is a widely held view that the fiscal criteria of the Maastricht treaty are arbitrary numbers without economic foundation. Much of this criticism seems to overlook an important aspect - the strategic dimension of the criteria. This paper focuses on one...

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Die Theorie der optimalen Währungsräume und die politische Reformfähigkeit : ein vernachlässigtes Kriterium

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998

Währungsunion. Hintergrund für diese Erweiterung ist das in Deutschland, aber auch in manchen anderen EU-Staaten, zu beobachtende …

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EMU and fiscal discipline : the end of the depreciation threat

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998

Are the characteristics of the exchange rate regime relevant for the degree of fiscal discipline? What are the conclusions for fiscal behavior in Europe after the transition to EMU? These are the central questions that are analyzed in this paper from a theoretical point of view. After a general...

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European Monetary Union reform preferences of French and German parliamentarians

Blesse, Sebastian; Boyer, Pierre C.; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2017 - This version: February 12, 2019

We analyze data from an author‐conducted survey of members of the French and German parliaments on European Monetary Union reform preferences. We consider three potential drivers of preferences: nationality, ideology, and personal characteristics. For European Monetary Union policies like...

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Reforming the public administration : the role of crisis and the power of bureaucracy

Asatryan, Zareh; Heinemann, Friedrich; Pitlik, Hans - 2015 - This version: July, 2015

public administration reforms for a panel of EU countries using a novel reform indicator. The findings support the political … other EU countries, and for vertical learning associated with a particular type of EU transfers. …

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Reconciling insurance with market discipline : a blueprint for a European fiscal union

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2015

This contribution develops a blueprint for a European fiscal union. The proposal addresses the shortcomings of most other reform designs which do not offer a solution for insolvent or noncooperative euro countries. We suggest a design which combines fiscal insurance with an orderly procedure to...

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European Monetary Union reform preferences of French and German parliamentarians

Blesse, Sebastian; Boyer, Pierre C.; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2017

This study analyzes results from an original survey of members of the French and German parliaments (Assemblée Nationale, Sénat and Bundestag) on economic policies and institutions of the Eurozone. We find that French politicians are significantly more supportive of Eurobonds, a European...

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Exchange rate regimes and fiscal discipline in OECD countries

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1999

not economic necessity have dictated the consolidation in the EU during the 90s. …

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