Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Title

Title:The Value Added Tax: Its Causes and Consequences Author(s):KEEN, Michael; LOCKWOOD, BenDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2007/09Abstract: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, RohitDate:2014Citation:International Economic Review, 2014, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 57–81Version:Published version of EUI ECO WP 2010/34Type:ArticleAbstract:We study the value of public information in competitive economies with incomplete markets. We show that generically the welfare effect of a change in the information available prior to trading can be in any direction : ...

Title:Value of Information in Competitive Economies with Incomplete Markets Author(s):GOTTARDI, Piero

; RAHI, RohitDate:2010Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2010/34Abstract: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:Variance decomposition Author(s):LUETKEPOHL, Helmut

Date:2008Citation:Steven N. DURLAUF and Lawrence E. BLUME (eds), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, online chapterType:Contribution to book

Title:Varieties and the transfer problem : the extensive margin of current account adjustment Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo

; MARTIN, Philippe; PESENTI, PaoloDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:NBER Working Paper Series; 2008/13795Abstract: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' entry in the product market. In this paper we ...

Title:Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo

; MARTIN, Philippe; PESENTI, PaoloDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2008/01; Pierre Werner Chair Programme on Monetary UnionAbstract: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:Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo

; MARTIN, Philippe; PESENTI, PaoloDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2007/6660

Title:Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo

; MARTIN, Philippe; PESENTI, PaoloDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:NBER Working Paper; 2008/13795

Title:Vector Autoregressive and Vector Error Correction Models Author(s):LUETKEPOHL, Helmut

Date:2004Citation:Helmut LUETKEPOHL and Markus KRAETZIG (eds), Applied Time Series Econometrics, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2004, 86-158.Type:Contribution to book

Title:Vector autoregressive models Author(s):LUETKEPOHL, Helmut

Date:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2011/30Abstract: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:Vertex Centralities in Input-Output Networks Reveal the Structure of Modern Economies Author(s):BLÖCHL, Florian; THEIS, Fabian J.; VEGA-REDONDO, Fernando; FISHER, Eric O’N.Date:2011Citation:Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 2011, 83, 4, 046127Type:ArticleAbstract:Input-output tables describe the flows of goods and services between the sectors of an economy. These tables can be interpreted as weighted directed networks. At the usual level of aggregation, they contain nodes with ...

Title:Vertical foreclosure, tax spinning and oil taxation in oligopoly Author(s):SCHRADER, AlexanderDate:1994Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1994/19

Title:Vertical Integration and R&D Infort-Nation Flow: Is There a Need for 'Firewalls'? Author(s):MILLIOU, ChrysovalantouDate:2004Citation:International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2004, 22, 1, 25-43Version:The article is a published version of EUI ECO WP; 2001/17Type:ArticleAbstract:We examine the impact of R&D information flow on innovation incentives and welfare. in particular, we consider the case in which the information flows from a downstream nonintegrated firm to the downstream division of a ...

Title:Vertical integration and R&D spillovers : is there a need for 'firewalls'? Author(s):MILLIOU, ChrysovalantouDate:2001Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2001/17

Title:Vertical integration in the market for North Sea oil Author(s):SCHRADER, AlexanderDate:1995Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 1995Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD Thesis

Title:Vertical mergers and market foreclosure : comment Author(s):SCHRADER, AlexanderDate:1994Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1994/24

Title:Vertical product differentiation, intra-industry trade, and infant industry protection Author(s):MARTIN, StephenDate:1993Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1993/28

Title:Vertical relations, competition and innovation Author(s):MILLIOU, ChrysovalantouDate:2003Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2003Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; ECO; PhD Thesis

Title:Vintage Capital Author(s):BOUCEKKINE, Raouf; DE LA CROIX, David; LICANDRO, OmarDate:2008-01-01Citation:Steven N. DURLAUF and Lawrence E. BLUME (eds), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, online chapterType:Contribution to bookAbstract:This article reviews the early vintage capital literature of the 1960s, and identifies the factors behind the revival of topic from the 1990s. The fundamental properties of the seminal vintage capital growth models are ...

Title:Vintage Capital Author(s):BOUCEKKINE, Raouf; DE LA CROIX, David; LICANDRO, OmarDate:2006Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2006/08