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The effect of subsidising firms on voting behaviour: Evidence from Flemish elections
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)
[Abstract] Despite an international consensus on the importance to limit State aid spending, large amounts of resources are still devoted to a wide variety of subsidies to firms. A sizable literature studies the relationship ...
The gains from early intervention in Europe: Fiscal surveillance and fiscal planning using cash data
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)
[Abstract] The use of real-time cash data allows us to make accurate intra-annual forecasts of an economy’s fiscal position, and to issue early warning signals for the need to correct fiscal imbalances. This paper shows ...
Regional demands for policy participation in the EU multilevel system
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)
[Abstract] Over the past 50 years, an increasing amount of political authority has been delegated to the regional government level in Europe. This paper analyses regional demands for involvement in policy-making by focusing ...
Editorial statement: Why do we need a European Journal of Government and Economics?
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)
[Abstract] In this editorial statement we explain the reasons for the creation of the European Journal of Government and Economics. We argue that there is a general shortage of academic journals. Although the new journal ...
Sources of economic fuctuations in France: A structural VAR model
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)
[Abstract] This paper studies the economic fluctuations of an open economy such as the French economy. A system of variables containing output, price level, trade balance, real exchange rate and oil prices is analyzed by ...
Corruption and Growth: Evidence from the Italian regions
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)
[Abstract] This paper investigates the impact of corruption on economic growth in the Italian Regions. We estimate a dynamic growth model for the period 1980-2004 addressing both the potential bias of the measures of ...
Can the modernisation of a public employment service be an effective labour market intervention?: The Hungarian experience, 2004-2008
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)
[Abstract] The Public Employment Service often delivers much of the employment policy including active labour market programmes in many member states in the EU, yet we know little about its effectiveness in general. This ...
Editorial statement: The first year of the European Journal of Government and Economics
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)
[Abstract] In this editorial statement we present a balance of the first year of life of the European Journal of Government and Economics. We discuss the main developments that concern the journal’s indexation by academic ...
Can exit prizes induce lame ducks to shirk less? Experimental evidence
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)
[Abstract] Elected representatives serving their final period face only weak incentives to provide costly effort. However, overlapping generations (OLG) models suggest that exit prizes sustained by trigger strategies can ...
Cyclical synchronization in the EMU along the financial crisis: An interpretation of the conflicting signals
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)
[Abstract] We analyze how cyclical synchronization in the EMU evolved since the onset of the current financial crisis. The standard measures of cyclical correlation suggest that while the cycle of the euro area became more ...