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than cure the recession.When Keynes wrote his General Theory in 1936 the ratio of general government expenditure to …
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We compare two commonly used mechanisms in procurement: auctions and negotiations. The execution of the procurement …
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In a Case Law regime Courts have more flexibility than in a Statute Law regime. Since Statutes are inevitably … most economic decisions are already taken. Therefore, the advantage of flexibility for Case Law is unavoidably paired with … pairs the lack of flexibility with the ability to commit in advance to a given (forward looking) rule. This solves the time …
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flexible technology allowing for such option. Investment is irreversible and flexibility is costly. The problem is solved …
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under study is flexible. Flexibility is important because it gives the firm option value. Higher volatility increases the …
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The main aim of the paper is to highlight the relation between flexibility and vertical integration. To this purpose … dynamic uncertain environment. The enterprise we model enjoys flexibility since it can switch from a certain amount of … produce all inputs even when it buys them in the market. This sort of flexibility makes for results which are somehow contrary …
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The focus of this volume is on the European context of public budget policy and a variety of different approaches are used - theoretical modelling, econometrics and applied general equilibrium modelling. Empirical evidence and case studies of European countries are contained in all the papers....
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This paper analyzes the effect of trade liberalization on government spending in a general equilibrium model with a continuum of industries supplying tradable and nontradable goods under monopolistic competition. Trade liberalization is modeled as the opening up of product markets between two...
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This paper investigates empirically the effect of import diversity on government size and provides evidence for the love of variety effect on government spending described in Hanslin (2008). I argue that crowding out of firms is an important cost of public good provision. However, due to the...
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