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Title: The Value Added Tax: Its Causes and Consequences Author(s): KEEN, Michael; LOCKWOOD, Ben Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Almost unknown in 1960, the value added tax (VAT) is now found in more than 130 countries, raises around 20 percent of the world’s tax revenue, and has been the centerpiece of tax reform in many developing countries. ...

Title: Value of Information in Competitive Economies with Incomplete Markets Author(s): GOTTARDI, Piero; RAHI, Rohit Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We study the value of information in a competitive economy in which agents trade in asset markets to reallocate risk. We characterize the kinds of information that allow a welfare improvement when portfolios can be freely ...

Title: Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment Author(s): CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MARTIN, Philippe; PESENTI, Paolo Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: CEPR Discussion Paper Series

Title: Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment Author(s): CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MARTIN, Philippe; PESENTI, Paolo Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: NBER Working Paper Series

Title: Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment Author(s): CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MARTIN, Philippe; PESENTI, Paolo Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Most analyses of the macroeconomic adjustment required to correct global imbalances ignore net exports of new varieties of goods and services and do not account for firms'net entry in the product market. In this paper we ...

Title: Vector Autoregressive Models Author(s): LUETKEPOHL, Helmut Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Multivariate simultaneous equations models were used extensively for macroeconometric analysis when Sims (1980) advocated vector autoregressive (VAR) models as alternatives. At that time longer and more frequently observed ...

Title: Vertical Foreclosure, Tax Spinning and Oil Taxation in Oligopoly Author(s): SCHRADER, Alexander Date: 1994 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Vertical Integration and RandD Spillovers: Is There a Need for 'Firewalls'? Author(s): MILLIOU, Chrysovalantou Date: 2001 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Vertical Mergers and Market Foreclosure: Comment Author(s): SCHRADER, Alexander Date: 1994 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Vertical Product Differentiation, Intra-industry Trade, and Infant Industry Protection Author(s): MARTIN, Stephen Date: 1993 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Vintage Capital Author(s): BOUCEKKINE, Raouf; DE LA CROIX, David; LICANDRO, Omar Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Vintage Capital And the Dynamics of the AK Model Author(s): BOUCEKKINE, Raouf; LICANDRO, Omar; PUCH, Luis A.; DEL RIO, Fernando Date: 2002 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: The Volatility Costs of Procyclical Lending Standards: An Assessment Using a DSGE Model Author(s): GRUSS, Bertrand; SGHERRI, Silvia Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The ongoing financial turmoil has triggered a lively debate on ways of containing systemic risk and lessening the likelihood of future boom-and-bust episodes in credit markets. Particularly, it has been argued that banking ...

Title: Volatility, Financial Development and the Natural Resource Curse Author(s): VAN DER PLOEG, Frederick; POELHEKKE, Steven Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Cross-country evidence is presented on resource dependence and the link between volatility and growth. First, growth depends negatively on volatility of unanticipated output growth independent of initial income per capita, ...

Title: Voting and Decisions in the ECB Author(s): BRUECKNER, Matthias Date: 1997 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Voting on Policies in Committees: A Welfare Analysis Author(s): BRUECKNER, Matthias Date: 1998 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Voting, Lobbying, and the Decentralization Theorem Author(s): LOCKWOOD, Ben Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper revisits the fiscal "decentralization theorem", by relaxing the role of the assumption that governments are benevolent, while retaining the assumption of policy uniformity. If instead, decisions are made by ...

Title: The Wage-Price Spiral in Greece: An Application of the LSE Methodology in Systems of Nonstationary Variables Author(s): SIDERIS, Dimitrios Date: 1996 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Walrasian Equilibrium without Survival: Existence, Efficiency, and Remedial Policy Author(s): COLES, Jeffrey L.; HAMMOND, Peter J. Date: 1991 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO

Title: Weak Instruments and Weak Identification in Estimating the Effects of Education on Democracy Author(s): COVIELLO, Decio; BOBBA, Matteo Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: American Development Bank Working Paper Abstract: Is there any relation between education and democracy? Once we correct for weak instruments and identify education as 'weakly exogenous' we find new evidence that education systematically predicts democracy. Our results ...

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