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Breaking down the barriers to firmgrowth in Europe The fourth EFIGE policy report

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Large firms contribute disproportionately to the economic performance of countries: they are more productive, pay higher wages, enjoy higher profits and are more successful in international markets. The differences between European countries in… Read More →

Sovereign Debt Sustainability in Italy and Spain: A Probabilistic Approach

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This paper introduces a new probabilistic approach to sovereign debt projections and presents new estimates of debt ratios through 2020 for Italy and Spain. The new approach takes account of likely correlations across… Read More →

House Republican Tax Bill Leaves Some Military Families Behind

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The House of Representatives today is scheduled to vote on a House Republican proposal (H.R. 8) that purportedly extends all tax cuts but actually raises taxes on about 25 million families by reducing… Read More →

Report: V4 Trade and FDI Observer

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The Polish Institute of International Affairs participates in a project supported by a “Small Grant” awarded by the International Visegrad Fund (www.visegradfund.org) “V4 Trade and FDI Observer” for February 2012 – July 2012.… Read More →

China’s culinary crossroads

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China’s increasing appetite for meat poses a significant policy conundrum for leaders in Beijing. Chinese meat consumption has quadrupled since 1978 leading to a 5 million tonne a year increase in maize imports… Read More →

What’s at stake in the South China Sea?

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The territorial disputes in the South China Sea get much less attention than other crisis points, in the Taiwan Straits and the Korean Peninsula, but are arguably more unpredictable and dangerous. It is… Read More →

Extract from ‘The China choice: why America should share power’

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This is an extract from The China choice: why America should share power by Hugh White   http://lowyinstitute.cachefly.net/files/lowy_institute_extract_-_the_china_choice.pdf   ©2012 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE AUTHOR(S) AND THE PUBLISHER —————————————————————————————————————————– Dear Readers We invite… Read More →

How Global Watchdogs Missed a World of Trouble

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Little is known about the Financial Stability Forum (FSF), created after the emerging-market crises in the late 1990s to coordinate efforts in preventing and mitigating future crises, with a membership that included top-ranking… Read More →

Offshoring, Domestic Outsourcing, and Productivity: Evidence for a Number of European Countries

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The economic effects of offshoring have been subject to extensive empirical analysis in the past, but many studies have not accurately distinguished between offshoring, domestic outsourcing, and the substitution of domestic by foreign… Read More →

A Europe of incentives: how to regain the trust of citizens and the markets

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After months of failed short-term fixes and mounting panic, European leaders from Merkel to Cameron are now agreed that the only sustainable solution to the euro crisis is political integration. A new ECFR… Read More →

Can Italy and Spain survive rates of 6-7%?

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The sentiment that the euro is now in real danger is based in large part on the widespread conviction that interest rates of 6-7% are simply unsustainable for both Italy and Spain., After… Read More →

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Tactical Warning : Chancellor Merkel and the German export

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Chancellor Merkel told not to a EU-bond that will help the fight back the recession. Here you can find an official document supplied by the German Government about export: https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/GesamtwirtschaftUmwelt/Aussenhandel/Handelspartner/Tabellen/RangfolgeHandelspartner.pdf?__blob=publicationFile Here the top… Read More →

EU : Compositional effects on productivity, labour cost and export adjustments

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Sectoral shifts, such as shrinkage of low labour productivity and the low-wage construction sector, can lead to apparent increased aggregate average labour productivity and average wages, especially when capital intensity differs across sectors.… Read More →

The Case for Renewing Transatlantic Capitalism

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This report sets out a range of recommendations to further deepen the economic relationship between the EU and the US. The report argues that only through joint effortS can Europe and the United… Read More →

Is Europe addressing the wrong growth crisis

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With new French President François Hollande’s victory, some form of ‘growth pact’ to accompany the fiscal treaty has become a near certainty. This is a good thing: austerity without growth is not working;… Read More →

A growth programme for industrial renewal in Europe Towards a European industrial recovery

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1. European industry in the global competitionEurope risks falling behind The financial crisis, the sovereign debt crisis, macroeco­nomic imbalances, and intra-European tensions are leav­ing their mark. Europe is in danger of falling behind… Read More →

Weekly Credit Outlook

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http://www.moodys.com/researchdocumentcontentpage.aspx?docid=PBC_141957   ©2012 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE AUTHOR(S) AND THE PUBLISHER

An internationalist transitional programme as an answer to the Euro crisis by Dr. Özlem Onaran

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The crisis laid bare the historical divergences within Europe, and led to a European crisis and a new stage in the global crisis. !e existing policies in Europe have three fundamental “aws: First,… Read More →

Merkel Urges Swift Decision on Bailout Fund

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BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday urged Europe to resolve a lingering debate over the euro zone firewall against financial contagion in the next two weeks, dismissing calls to boost the permanent bailout… Read More →

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