Title:Sustainable Social Spending and Stagnant Public Services: Baumol's Cost Disease Revisited
Author(s):VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:If demand for human services is inelastic or manufactured goods are necessities, labor shifts from manufacturing to services and the budget share of services rises. Higher productivity growth in the market sector pushes ...
Title:The Svenska Kraftnät Case: Introduction of bidding zones in Sweden
Author(s):DE HAUTECLOCQUE, Adrien; HANCHER, LeighDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:The recent Svenska Kraftnät case has shown that even ownership-unbundled TSOs pursuing non-economic goals can feel the cold wind of EU competition law.
Title:Swedish Case Study: Indian migration and population in Sweden
Author(s):MYRVOLD, KristinaDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy CentreAbstract:The Indian migration to Sweden began in the twentieth century with students, labour migrants, and asylum seekers settling in the country and children being adopted from India by Swedish parents. In the beginning of the ...
Title:Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: The humanitarian approach under political divisions
Author(s):NAUFAL, HalaDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy Centre Research ReportAbstract:Since the beginning of the revolt in Syria in March 2011, the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has significantly gone up with the escalating violence, spreading all over the country, particularly in Homs, Deir ez-Zor, ...
Title:Take-or-Pay Contract Robustness: A three step story told by the Brazil-Bolivia gas case?
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; HALLACK, MichelleDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Neo-institutional economics (NEI) has long shown that take-or-pay (ToP) long-term contracts provide a robust framework for safeguarding the interests of both upstream and downstream parties in the gas industry. The case ...
Title:Talent Utilization, a Source of Bias in Measuring TFP
Author(s):ZOABI, HosnyDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper analyzes a model of economic growth that explains differences in
economic structure across countries. It highlights the interplay between
productivity, talents utilization and entrepreneurship incentives. The ...
Title:Tariffs for European Gas: Transmission Networks
Author(s):RIOUS, Vincent; HALLACK, MichelleDate:2009Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The mainline of the workshop was the transmission tariffs on gas network from a European perspective. Transmission tariff is a key issue for the European gas system for two reasons. First, transmission tariff should ...
Title:Taxing Hidden Wealth: Lessons for policy making
Author(s):JOHANNESEN, NielsDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The past decade has seen several large-scale policy initiatives against offshore tax evasion and policy activity is still hectic. The present paper reviews available data sources on household wealth in offshore jurisdictions, ...