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The Common Agricultural Policy and the EU budget: stasis or change?
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2013)
[Abstract] After highlighting the budgetary context and the historical trends on the funding of the CAP, this paper considers contemporary debates about its reform in the context of two ‘historic firsts’. Negotiations about ...
Value Added Tax and price stability in Nigeria: A partial equilibrium analysis
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2013)
[Abstract] The economic impact of Value Added Tax (VAT) that was implemented in Nigeria in 1994 has generated much debate in recent times, especially with respect to its effect on the level of aggregate prices. This study ...
Editorial Statement: the First Two Years of EJGE
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2013)
[Abstract] In this editorial statement we explain the developments in the European Journal of
Government and Economics in its second year of existence. In this period, the
journal has continued its international expansion, ...
The optimal top marginal tax rate: Application to Hungary
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2013)
[Abstract] The paper applies recent developments in the theory of optimal income taxation to the Hungarian personal income tax system. The main conclusion is that the optimal top marginal tax rate in Hungary is likely to ...
Modernity and natalism in Russia: Historic perspectives
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2013)
[Abstract] Less than desirable indigenous birth rates in Western Europe have generated interest toward examining the question of natalism — an organised state initiative to manage and promote reproduction, child rearing, ...
Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2013)
[Abstract] In a parliamentary system it is by definition justified to assume the government parties voting almost always in a unitary manner in plenary votes. In a multiparty system it is, however, hard to predict how the ...
How long can austerity persist? The factors that sustain fiscal consolidations
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2013)
[Abstract] To put public debt on a sustainable path, many governments face the task of enacting large fiscal consolidation followed by years of sustained primary surpluses. By estimating hazard functions for the duration ...
The Commission’s internal conditions for social re-regulation: Market efficiency and wider social goals in setting the rules for financial services in Europe
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2013)
[Abstract] The European Union is often considered as a prime example of a liberal regulatory state. We argue, however, that being limited to the regulatory policy does not prevent the European Commission from pursuing ...
Social capital in Spain: Are there gender inequalities?
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2013)
[Abstract] Social capital is an asset for individuals because it grants access to important resources embedded in their social networks. But social capital is not evenly distributed among different groups. Gender groups ...
Ceausescu’s population policy: a moral or an economic choice between compulsory and voluntary incentivised motherhood?
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2013)
[Abstract] The purpose of this paper is to explain why, in 1966, the Romanian leadership adopted a wholly restrictive pronatalist policy, based on the strict limitation of abortion, instead of one based on socioeconomic ...