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Title:Financial regulation going forward Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena Date:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Bank of Japan; Institute for monetary and economic studies IMES; Discussion Paper Series; 2010/18
Title:The financial side of energy markets in the low-carbon transition Author(s):HIEMSTRA, Liebrich M.Date:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2022/50; Florence School of Regulation; [Energy]Abstract:This article will explain the characteristics of the financial side of energy markets. It aims to clarify why financial contracts are needed in the energy sector and how such transactions are conducted by energy companies. ...
Title:Financing EU public goods : vertical coherence between EU and national budgets Author(s):D’APICE, Pasquale; PASIMENI, PaoloDate:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/47Abstract:The combination of the challenges emerging from the 2020 pandemic outbreak, amid an unprecedented macroeconomic context, and a limited EU budget, inevitably call for reflections about synergies, or ‘vertical coherence’, ...
Title:Financing for development and the new south-south cooperation agenda : trends, actors, and policies, with a focus on Myanmar Author(s):GOLDSTEIN, AndreaDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/65; Global Governance Programme-64; Global EconomicsAbstract:This paper examines financing for development trends, actors and policies since the 2002 Monterrey Conference and the new role acquired by the South-South dimension. In particular, we highlight the changing role of South-South ...
Title:Financing investment in the European electricity transmission network : consequences on long-term sustainability of the TSOs financial structure Author(s):HENRIOT, ArthurDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/27; Florence School of Regulation; EnergyAbstract:This article focuses on the ability of European TSOs to meet the demand for substantial investments in the electricity transmission grid over the next two decades. We employ quantitative analysis to assess the impact of ...
Title:Financing LNG projects and the role of long-term sales-and-purchase agreements Author(s):RUESTER, SophiaDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:DIW Berlin Discussion Paper; 2015/1441; [Florence School of Regulation]; [Gas]Abstract:The financing of infrastructures is a major topic in recent energy policy debates. Project finance, as a specialized form of debt finance, thereby has become a well-established financing tool. This paper contributes a ...
Title:Firm performance and participation in public procurement : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M. ; SANFILIPPO, Marco Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2018/16; Global Governance Programme-297; [Global Economics]Abstract:This paper exploits a firm-level dataset for nineteen Sub-Sharan African countries that provides information on the share of total sales to government entities to provide new insights into the relative importance of ...
Title:First diagnose, then treat : what ails the Doha Round? Author(s):WOLFE, RobertDate:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2013/85; Global Governance Programme-72; Global EconomicsAbstract:The commonplace tendency is to blame the difficulties of the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations on the World Trade Organization (WTO) itself. In contrast, I suggest in the first part of this paper that exogenous ...
Title:Fiscal limits on first-best climate policy : a CGE analysis for Europe Author(s):TOL, Richard; VERDE, Stefano F.Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:University of Sussex; Economics Department Working Paper; 2013/58; [Florence School of Regulation]; [Climate]
Title:Fiscal multipliers in the 21st Century Author(s):BRINCA, Pedro; HOLTER, Hans A.; KRUSELL, Per; MALAFRY, LaurenceDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2014/119; Pierre Werner Chair Programme on Monetary UnionAbstract:The recent experience of a Great Recession has brought the effectiveness of fiscal policy back into focus. Fiscal multipliers do, however, vary greatly over time and place. between wealth inequality and the magnitude of ...
Title:The fiscal origins of American power : federal tax policy and US territorial expansion in the nineteenth century Author(s):WOŹNIAKOWSKI, Tomasz P. Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/103; [WillingToPay]Abstract:In this working paper, I argue that United States (US) territory quadrupled within the first three generations since 1789 because, in the nineteenth century, the US developed a fiscal-military state capable of mobilizing ...
Title:Fiscal policy and the banking system in Italy : have taxes, public spending and banks been procyclical in the long-run? Author(s):PILUSO, Giandomenico ; RICCIUTI, RobertoDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CESifo Working Paper; 2008/2242Abstract:This paper analyses the relations between the banking system fluctuations, on one hand, and taxation and public spending, on the other one, using a VECM methodology. We find some evidence of prociclicality of fiscal policy ...
Title:Fiscal policy under constraints : fiscal capacity and the (in-)stability of government financing during the Great Depression Author(s):PAPADIA, Andrea Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2018/06Abstract:The Great Depression, and the interwar period more generally, were characterized by macroeconomic mismanagement. Fiscal policy, in particular, was essentially not used to fight the slump. Despite this, I find that a higher ...
Title:Fiscal Stimulus with spending reversals Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo ; MEIER, André; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2009/7302Abstract:The impact of fiscal stimulus depends not only on short-term tax and spending policies, but also on expectations about offsetting measures in the future. This paper analyzes the effects of an increase in government spending ...
Title:Fiscal Stimulus with Spending Reversals Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo ; MEIER, André; MÜLLER, Gernot J.Date:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:IMF working paper; 2009/106
Title:Fishy SPS measures? : the WTO’s Korea-radionuclides dispute Author(s):BREWSTER, Rachel; FISCHER, CarolynDate:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2020/81; Global Governance Programme-421; [Global Economics]Abstract:The Korea-Radionuclides case addresses Korean SPS measures imposed on Japanese fishery products after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant meltdown in 2011. Japan challenged these measures as more restrictive than necessary ...
Title:Flexibility markets : Q&A with project pioneers Author(s):SCHITTEKATTE, Tim ; MEEUS, Leonardo Date:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2019/39; Florence School of Regulation; EnergyAbstract:Flexibility markets are recognised as a promising tool to make better use of existing distribution grids and thereby also reduce the need for grid investments. In this paper, we analyse four pioneering projects implementing ...
Title:Flexible Global Carbon Pricing: A Backward-Compatible Upgrade for the Kyoto Protocol Author(s):STOFT, StevenDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2009/35; Loyola de Palacio Programme on Energy PolicyAbstract:The Kyoto Protocol’s approach of assigning emission targets, or “caps,” promises certainty that it cannot deliver, because it exacerbates problems with international cooperation and commitment. Global carbon pricing addresses ...
Title:Flexible implementation and the Consumer Rights Directive Author(s):SMEKAL, Hubert; HOPPE, Alexander; HÜBNER, Michael; HOSNEDLOVÁ, Pavla; TAIMR, Anna; MAK, ElaineDate:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2022/24; Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU)Abstract:This report shows that despite the full harmonisation approach promoted by the European Commission and adopted by the EU legislature in the case of the Consumer Rights Directive, the member states still have some opportunities ...
Title:Flexible implementation and the energy efficiency directive Author(s):PRINCEN, Sebastiaan; HOPPE, Alexander; HÜBNER, Michael; SVEC, Martin; MAK, Elaine; TAIMR, AnnaDate:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSC; 2022/31; Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU) Abstract:This paper analyses patterns of differentiated implementation in four member states (Czechia, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands) under the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Differentiated implementation occurs ...