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February 2016, Volume 13, Issue 04
- 68-70 Female Representation in Politics and the Effect of Quotas
by Moritz Linder
October 2015, Volume 13, Issue 03
- 03-05 Rent-Seeking and Public Policy
by Sanjay Patnaik - 06-14 Rent-Seeking on the Supply Side of Politics
by Mark A. Zupan - 15-22 Modern Lobbying: A Relationship Market
by Thomas Groll & Maggie McKinley - 23-26 The Role of Political Parties in Rent-Seeking Societies
by Panu Poutvaara - 27-32 Crony Capitalism
by Paul Dragos Aligica & Vlad Tarko - 33-37 Natural-Resource Rents and Political Stability in the Middle East and North Africa
by Kjetil Bjorvatn & Mohammad Reza Farzanegan - 38-43 Rent-Seeking in a Time of Austerity: Greece
by Moutos,Thomas & Lambros Pechlivanos & Thomas Moutos - 44-48 Overcoming the Rent-Seeking Defect in Regional Policy: Time to Re-think the Institutional Design
by Charles B. Blankart & David C. Ehmke - 49-58 The Positive Relationship between Institutions and the Economic Development – Evidence from a Panel Data Set of OECD Countries
by Jochen Wicher & Theresia Theurl - 59-64 Integrating Older Employees into the Labour Market – Evidence from a German Labour Market Programme
by Bernhard Boockmann & Tobias Brändle - 65-67 Measuring Migrant Integration Policies
by Silke Friedrich - 68-71 Central Banks: Functions, Decision-making and Accountability
by Daniela Wech - 72-74 R&D: EU´s Progress Towards Europe 2020 Strategy
by Daniel Chung - 75-77 Pension Taxation in the EU: A Concern for Mobile Pensioners?
by Angela Xu
August 2015, Volume 13, Issue 02
- 03-07 Recessions and Retirement: How Stock and Labor Market Fluctuations Affect Older Workers
by Courtney Coile - 08-13 Old-age Provision in Germany: The Crisis Impedes a Shift Towards Higher Pre-funding
by Martin Werding - 14-19 The Dutch Pension System and the Financial Crisis
by Roel Beetsma & Mirja Constandse & Frank Cordewener & Ward Romp & Siert Vos - 20-24 Challenges for Spanish Pensions in the Early 21st Century
by J. Ignacio Conde-Ruiz & Clara I. González - 25-30 Robustness of the Danish Pension System
by Torben M. Andersen - 31-35 Pension Reform in Europe: What Has Happened in the Wake of the Crisis?
by David Natali - 36-41 The Financial Crisis and Differences in State Pension Generosity across EU Countries
by Aaron George Grech - 42-49 The Robustness of Pension Systems: Lessons from the Crisis
by Falilou Fall - 50-56 Tradable Refugee-Admission Quotas, Matching and the New European Agenda for Migration
by Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga & Hillel Rapoport - 57-62 How Does Firm Heterogeneity Affect International Tax Policy?
by Andreas Haufler & Dominika Langenmayr - 63-66 Household Debt and the Importance of Effective Private Insolvency Laws
by Marcus Drometer & Katrin Oesingmann - 67-69 Minimum Wage Regimes in the European Union
by Sabine Rumscheidt - 70-72 Net Pension Replacement Rates
by Kathrin Rochlitz - 73-75 Old-age Poverty in OECD Countries and the Issue of Gender Pension Gaps
by Natascha Haitz
April 2015, Volume 13, Issue 01
- 03-08 When Context Does Matter. Childcare and Maternal Employment: Trying to Solve the Puzzle
by Chiara Daniela Pronzato & Giuseppe Sorrenti - 09-15 Are Childcare Subsidies Good for Parental Well-being? Empirical Evidence from Three Countries
by Marie Connolly & Catherine Haeck - 16-19 Childcare and Child Development
by Christina Felfe - 20-24 Provision of Childcare Services: A Comparative Review of EU Member States
by Janneke Plantenga & Chantal Remery - 25-32 The Role of Coworker-based Networks in the Labour Market
by Albrecht Glitz - 33-38 On Greek Crises, Growth, Market-access and Debt-forgiveness
by Michael G. Arghyrou - 39-42 Provision of Childcare Facilities in the European Union – An Analysis of Member States´ Progress Towards Meeting the Barcelona Targets
by Sarah Reiter - 43-45 Early Childhood Education and Care: Public Expenditure, Private Costs and Enrolment Rates
by Silke Sturm - 46-49 Part-time work and Family Building in OECD Countries
by Sabine Laudage - 50-51 Inheritance Taxation in Europe
by Daniel Leithold
January 2015, Volume 12, Issue 04
- 03-07 Are We Heading towards a Corporate Tax System Fit for the 21st Century?
by Michael P. Devereux & John Vella - 08-14 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: A Simple Conceptual Framework
by Dhammika Dharmapala - 15-21 What Do We Know about the Tax Planning of German-based Multinational Firms?
by Shafik Hebous & Alfons J. Weichenrieder & Alfons Weichenrieder - 22-26 Transfer Pricing Laws
by Bodo Knoll & Nadine Riedel - 27-31 Debt Shifting and Thin-capitalization Rules
by Valeria Merlo & Georg Wamser - 32-39 Tax Havens in a World of Competing Countries
by John D. Wilson - 40-46 Incarceration and Crime: Lessons from California’s Public Safety Realignment Reform
by Magnus Lofstrom & Steven Raphael - 47-52 Divided Government and the Adoption of Economic Reforms
by Andreas Bernecker - 53-55 Economic Prosperity and Well-being in Developed Countries
by Marcus Drometer - 56-57 Fiscal Rules
by Sabrina Enzinger - 58-60 Sectoral Allocation of Aid: What Has Changed?
by Laura Pöntinen - 61-62 Tax Evasion and the Shadow Economy
by Oliver Reimers
October 2014, Volume 12, Issue 03
- 03-07 Risk and Public-Private Partnerships
by Eduardo Engel & Ronald Fischer & Alexander Galetovic - 08-13 Public-Private Partnerships and Efficiency: A Short Assessment
by Antonio Estache & Stéphane Saussier - 14-16 Corruption in Public-Private Partnerships, Incentives and Contract Incompleteness
by Elisabetta Iossa & David Martimort - 17-23 Self-interest Springs Eternal: Political Economy Reasons why Public-Private Partnerships Do Not Work as Well as Expected
by Aidan Vining & Anthony Boardman - 24-30 Public-Private Partnerships and Government Debt
by Holger Mühlenkamp - 31-38 Using Bankruptcy to Reduce Foreclosures
by Wenli Li & Ishani Tewari & Michelle White - 39-44 Behind the Courts’ Walls: Empirical Insights from Slovenia
by Peter Grajzl - 45-50 Liquidating Crime with Illiquidity: How Switching from Cash to Credit Can Stop Street Crime
by Erdal Tekin & Volkan Topalli & Chandler McClellan & Richard Wright - 51-53 Public Service Broadcasting in an International Comparison
by Ingmar Rövekamp - 54-57 Road User Charging in the European Union
by Sabine Rumscheidt - 58-60 Improving Quality in Long-term Care
by Daniela Wech - 61-63 Deposit Insurance: Reimbursement of Depositors
by Dorothee Hillrichs
July 2014, Volume 12, Issue 02
- 03-09 How do Open Economies Adjust to Large Immigration Flows? Sectoral Specialization, Household Services, and Other Mechanisms
by Libertad González & Francesc Ortega - 10-15 Public Pensions and Immigration
by Tim Krieger - 16-19 Guest-Worker Programs
by Slobodan Djajic - 20-26 Immigration and Job Disamenities
by Osea Giuntella - 27-34 Local Labour Markets and Cultural Diversity
by Uwe Blien & Linda Borrs & Jens Südekum & Katja Wolf - 35-41 Does the Constitutional Right to Health Matter? A Review of Current Evidence
by Hiroaki Matsuura - 42-48 Quota Regulations of Gender Composition on Boards of Directors
by Nina Smith - 49-51 Labour Migration
by Mikko Heikkilä - 52-54 Older Employees – More Integrated Into Working Life
by Katrin Oesingmann - 55-56 Immigration Restrictions Since the 2007 Crisis
by Adrien-Paul Lambillon - 57-58 Development of Current Accounts
by Fabian U. Fuchs
April 2014, Volume 12, Issue 01
- 03-11 A Note on Budget Rules and Fiscal Federalism
by Heiko T. Burret & Lars P. Feld - 12-17 Tax Competition and Direct Democracy in Local Public Finance - Empirical Work on Switzerland
by Mario Jametti - 18-23 Direct Democracy as a Disciplinary Device on Excessive Public Spending
by Patricia Funk & Christina Gathmann - 24-28 Electoral Rules and Municipal Finances: Evidence From Two Reforms in Italy
by Massimo Bordignon & Gilberto Turati - 29-36 Geography, Economics and Political Systems: A Bird’s Eye View
by Elise S. Brezis & Verdier Thierry & Thierry Verdier - 37-45 Child Benefit and Child Allowances in Germany: Their Impact on Family Policy Goals
by Helmut Rainer & Stefan Bauernschuster & Natalia Danzer & Anita Fichtl & Timo Hener & Christian Holzner & Janina Reinkowski & Anita Dietrich - 46-49 New Ranking, Old Mistakes – The “Global Go-To Think Tanks” Ranking 2013
by Martin Braml & Klaus Wohlrabe - 50-54 Defractionalisation in Different Electoral Systems
by Daniel Leithold - 55-57 Public Debt in the Eurozone
by Martin Berghausen - 58-59 Market Competition and Product Market Regulation
by Marcus Drometer
January 2014, Volume 11, Issue 04
- 03-13 Financial Regulation and the Grabbing Hand
by Florian Buck - 14-18 Interest Groups and the Glass-Steagall Act
by Charles W. Calomiris & Stephen H. Haber - 19-25 Do Interest Groups Unduly Influence Bank Regulation?
by James R. Barth & Apanard Penny Prabha & Wenling Lu - 26-31 Syncretism: Politics and Interest Groups in Japan’s Financial Reforms
by Kay Shimizu & Kenji E. Kushida - 32-37 The Role of Imperfect Financial Markets for Social Redistribution
by Jenny Simon - 38-43 Local Deregulation of the Wholesale Broadband Access Market
by Nadine Fabritz & Oliver Falck - 44-47 Subnational Government System in the EU and Its Recent Reforms
by Chang Woon Nam - 48-49 Risk of Poverty and Social Exclusion in the European Union
by Till Nikolka - 50-52 Worldwide Bike Sharing Programmes
by Jana Lippelt - 53-54 Immigrant Arrival Age and its Influence on Reading Performance
by Adam Klosowiak
October 2013, Volume 11, Issue 03
- 03-09 The Evolution of Euro Area Sovereign Debt Contract Terms: A Preliminary Examination
by Mitu Gulati - 10-15 Sovereign Damage Control
by Anna Gelpern - 16-20 Market Standards in Public Sector Debt Contracting
by Andreas Engert & Lars Hornuf - 21-27 New Money Versus Old Money for Europe: The Provision of Credit Enhancements Through a Collateral Fund
by Fabià Gumbau-Brisa & Catherine L. Mann - 28-32 Contingent Sovereign Debt Contracts: The Historical Perspective
by Mauricio Drelichman & Hans-Joachim Voth - 33-38 Growth-Linked Bonds
by Stephany Griffith-Jones & Dagmar Hertova - 39-47 Why Does Income Redistribution Differ Between Countries? Comparative Evidence From Germany and Switzerland
by Peter Zweifel & Ilja Neustadt - 48-54 When Good Intentions Go Wrong: Effects of Bank Deregulation and Governance on Risk-taking
by Manuel Illueca & Lars Norden & Gregory F. Udell - 55-57 The Sustainability-adjusted Global Competitiveness Index
by Esther Heesemann - 58-61 Bank Supervision: Appointing the Head of the Supervisory Authority
by Andrea Hohenadl - 62-64 Gender Quotas on BoardroomRepresentation in Europe
by Anita Fichtl & Anita Dietrich - 65-66 Bank Resolution: National Legislation and Frameworks
by Manuel Wiegand
July 2013, Volume 11, Issue 02
- 03-10 Globalization and Access to Higher Education – Policy Implications
by Marcel Gérard & Silke Uebelmesser - 11-18 Increasing Access to Higher Education Through Student Loans
by Adrian Ziderman - 19-22 The Bologna Process and Fairness in University Education: Evidence from Italy
by Paolo Brunori & Vito Peragine & Laura Serlenga - 23-27 Access to Higher Education: The Shift Towards Market-based Policies in the UK
by Roger Brown - 28-34 Equal Opportunity and Life-long Learning: The Future of Higher Education in Germany is Only Secure with Major Policy Changes
by Jo Ritzen & Cecile Hoareau - 35-42 Economic Freedom, Money and Happiness – Why Deregulation Matters Beyond its Wealth Enhancing Effect
by Bodo Knoll & Hans Pitlik & Martin Rode - 43-49 The Influence Wielded by Land Developer Lobbies During the Housing Boom: Recent Evidence From Spain
by Albert Solé-Ollé & Elisabet Viladecans Marsal - 50-52 Regulation of the Wholesale Broadband Access Market
by Nadine Fabritz & Oliver Falck - 53-54 Evolution of Oil Taxes: an International Perspective
by Julian Dieler - 55-56 Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index 2013
by Amanda Tuset Cueva - 57-59 Energy Efficiency in Buildings in EU Countries
by Silke Friedrich
April 2013, Volume 11, Issue 01
- 03-06 The Impact of Demographic Change on Healthcare Expenditure
by Stefan Felder - 07-15 Implicit Versus Explicit Rationing of Health Services
by Friedrich Breyer - 16-20 Competition, Incentives and the English NHS
by Carol Propper - 21-26 Competition in Health Insurance and Premium Regulation
by Jan Brosse & Mathias Kifmann - 27-31 Managed Care: Prescription for Failure? Lessons from Switzerland
by Peter Zweifel - 32-36 Concerns over the Financial Sustainability of the Dutch Healthcare System
by Hans Maarse & Patrick Jeurissen & Dirk Ruwaard - 37-40 Should Doctors Run Hospitals?
by Amanda Goodall - 41-47 The Network Effect in International Migration
by Michel Beine - 48-54 Financing of the German Economy During the Financial Crisis
by Christa Hainz & Manuel Wiegand - 55-63 Incentive Schemes for Local Government
by Ben Lockwood & Francesco Porcelli - 64-66 The Bismarckian Factor
by Tim Krieger & Stefan Traub - 67-68 Unit Labour Costs in the Eurozone
by Martin Voggenauer - 69-71 The Gender Wage Gap in OECD Countries
by Till Nikolka - 72-73 Inflows of Asylum Seekers to OECD Countries
by Ilpo Kauppinen
December 2012, Volume 10, Issue 04
- 03-08 Varieties of Pension Governance under Pressure: Funded Pensions in Western Europe
by Bernhard Ebbinghaus - 09-15 Policy Mixes in the Current Pension Reform Process
by Axel H. Börsch-Supan - 16-20 The Future of Multi-Pillar Pension Systems
by Lans Bovenberg & Casper van Ewijk - 21-26 Pensions and Income Inequality in Old Age
by Kees Goudswaard & Olaf van Vliet & Jim Been & Koen Caminada - 27-31 The Political Feasibility of Postponing Retirement
by Vincenzo Galasso - 32-38 The Impact of “Caring” Policies on Societal Issues
by Mary McThomas & Roberto Gallardo - 39-49 Green Growth and Nuclear Energy
by Holger Rogner - 50-53 Emissions Trading and Energy Policy – Worldwide Trends and Current Problems
by Niklas Lüder Barre & Marc Gronwald & Jana Lippelt - 54-61 Reform of Higher Education Finance and Access to College in Russia
by Michael Kaganovich - 62-68 The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia’s Mortality Crisis
by Christina Gathmann & Marijke Welisch
November 2012, Volume 10, Issue 03
- 03-08 Prospects for Nuclear Power in Europe
by Steve Thomas - 09-15 Nuclear Energy in the European Union after Fukushima: Political and Economic Considerations
by Dagmar Kiyar & Bettina F. Wittneben - 16-23 Energiewende - A Pricey Challenge?
by Michael Kloß & Christian Hey & Martin Faulstich - 24-28 Magnetic Fusion - an Option for Base-load Electricity
by Sybille Günter - 29-35 Smart Grids - the Answer to the New Challenges of Energy Logistics?
by Hans-Jörg Bullinger & Christian Doetsch & Peter Bretschneider - 36-43 European Currency Union and Rule of Law
by Martin Seidel - 44-51 Trade and Climate Change: Leaking Pledges
by Johannes Bollen & Corjan Brink & Paul Koutstaal & Paul Veenendaal & Herman Vollebergh - 52-59 Comparing Informal Institutions
by Theresia Theurl & Jochen Wicher - 60-64 Learned from Mistakes? An Assessment of the "Global Go-To Think Tanks" Rankings 2011
by Klaus Wohlrabe - 65-76 Dutch Pension System Reform. A Step Closer to the Ideal System Design
by Dirk Broeders & Eduard H.M. Ponds - 89-92 Admission Criteria and Policies for Immigrant Entrepreneurs in OECD Countries
by Till Nikolka
August 2012, Volume 10, Issue 02
- 03-07 The New New Labour Market Reform in Spain: Objectives, Instruments, and Shortcomings
by Samuel Bentolila & Juan J. Dolado & Juan F. Jimeno - 08-13 The French Labour Market and the (Not So) Great Recession
by Philippe Askenazy & Christine Erhel - 14-19 From a Bulwark of Eurosclerosis to a Flexibility Champion? Why Did the German Economy and the Labour Market Do So Well During and After the Recession?
by Joachim Möller - 20-26 The Dutch Labour Market: Great Recession - Small Impact
by Jan C. Ours van - 27-33 The Irish Labour Market and the Great Recession
by Alan Barrett & Séamus McGuiness - 34-39 Labour Market in Estonia: Responding to the Global Finance Crisis
by Raul Eamets - 40-48 In a Time of Crisis: Some Notes on the Italian Labour Market and Beyond
by Luca Nunziata - 49-55 The Impact of Education on Crime: International Evidence
by Randi Hjalmarsson & Lance Lochner - 56-64 The 2012 Reforms of Higher Education Finance in England
by Nicolas Barr
April 2012, Volume 10, Issue 01
- 03-08 Normal Times versus Crisis Times
by Jürgen Stark & Alexander Jung & Francesco Paolo Mongelli - 09-13 Assessing the European Central Bank's Euro Crisis Policies
by Ernst Baltensperger - 14-20 The Constitutional Design of the European Central Bank
by Martin Seidel - 21-26 Why Countries Matter for Monetary Policy Decision-Making in the ESCB
by Bernd Hayo & Guillaume Méon - 27-31 Supranationalism in Monetary Policy Decision-Making
by Harald Badinger & Volker Nitsch - 32-38 The European Central Bank in (the) Crisis
by Sylvester Eijffinger & Lex Hoogduin - 39-47 The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Migration and Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in OECD Countries
by Jonathan Chaloff & Jean-Christophe Dumont & Thomas Liebig - 48-54 The Crime – Immigration Nexus: Evidence from Recent Research
by Brian Bell & Stephen Machin - 55-62 Temporary Employment in Italy
by Lorenzo Cappellari & Carlo Dell’Aringa & Marco Leonardi
February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 04
- 03-08 Immigration and Europe’s Demographic Problems: Analysis and Policy Considerations
by Giovanni Peri - 09-13 Lessons from the EU Eastern Enlargement: Chances and Challenges for Policy Makers
by Carlos Vargas-Silva - 14-19 Economic Benefits of Facilitating the Integration of Immigrants
by Alexander M. Danzer - 20-27 Higher Education Policy and Migration: The Role of International Student Mobility
by Martin Kahanec & Renáta Králiková - 28-31 Migration Policy and the Generosity of the Welfare State in Europe
by Assaf Razin & Jackline Wahba - 32-36 Migrant Networks and Migration Policy: A “Grease or Sand the Wheel” Relationship?
by Augustin de Coulon & Dragos Radu - 37-40 Family Migration and Policies: Lessons from Denmark
by Ilpo Kauppinen & Panu Poutvaara - 41-49 Market-oriented Nature Conservation in the Context of Impact Regulation – A new Institutional Economics Perspective
by Sonja Macke & Karin Holm-Müller - 50-53 Market-oriented Reforms in School-based Education in England and Finland
by Anne West & Annamari Ylönen - 54-60 Reforming Wind Power Planning and Policy: Experiences from the Nordic Countries
by Maria Pettersson & Patrik Söderholm
October 2011, Volume 9, Issue 03
- 03-09 The Sustainability of Public Finances in the EMU
by Jürgen von Hagen - 10-17 The Stability and Growth Pact: Crisis and Reform
by Ludger Schuknecht & Philippe Moutot & Philipp Rother & Jürgen Stark - 18-26 The Impact of Fiscal Rules on Public Finances in the Euro Area
by Wim Marneffe & Bas Van Aarle & Wouter van der Wielen & Lode Vereeck - 26-30 Financial Assistance in the Euro Zone: Why and How?
by Paul De Grauwe - 31-38 EFSF 2.0 or the European Monetary Fund
by Daniel Gros & Thomas Mayer - 39-43 A New Crisis Mechanism for the Euro Area
by Jan-Egbert Sturm - 44-49 Independent Fiscal Councils in Continental Europe: Old Wine in New Bottles?
by Xavier Debrun & Keiko Takahashi - 50-53 Fiscal Councils: The UK Office for Budget Responsibility
by Simon Wren-Lewis - 54-59 Do We Really Need Financial Fair Play in European Club Football? An Economic Analysis
by Henning Vöpel - 60-67 Irregular Immigration, Economics and Politics
by Franck Düvell - 68-73 Institutions Matter – Results of the Institutions Climate Index for OECD Countries
by Anja Rohwer & Anja Hülsewig - 74-82 An Economic Theory of Switzerland
by Charles B. Blankart
July 2011, Volume 9, Issue 02
- 3-9 Corruption: Theory, Evidence and Policy
by Arvind K. Jain - 10-14 Forms of Corruption
by Stephen D. Morris - 15-19 The Causes of Corruption
by Toke S. Aidt - 20-24 Corruption and Inequality
by Eric M. Uslaner - 25-30 Economic Approaches to Anticorruption
by Johann Graf Lambsdorff - 31-35 Fighting Corruption
by Robert Klitgaard