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Did Bank Lending Stifle Innovation in Europe During the Great Recession?
(2019)
Using the 2008-09 Global financial crisis and the 2012 Euro area sovereign debt crisis as natural experiments, we investigate the effects of contractions in credit supply on R&D spending in a large sample of European firms. ...
Central bank reforms and institutions
(IFO Institute, 2019)
Housing Assistance Payment: Potential impacts on financial incentives to work
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2019)
Since March 2017, a new income-related housing support for those with a long-term housing need called Housing
Assistance Payment (HAP) has been available throughout the state. This paper examines the potential impact on ...
Carbon taxes and compensation options
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2019)
This paper examines the effects an increase in the Irish carbon tax would have on
households’ incomes, and assesses potential options for compensating
households. While a carbon tax rise would disproportionately affect ...
Peaks and Troughs: Economics and Political Economy of Central Bank Independence Cycles
(Oxford University Press, 2019)
This chapter investigates the endogenous evolution of central bank institutional design over the past four decades. From a theoretical perspective, it employs a stylized political economy model to highlight some key ...
Assessing Price Sensitivity of Forest Recreational Tourists in a Mountain Destination
(2019)
Despite the large use of the travel cost method as estimation technique for the demand for forest recreation, information on price elasticity is only seldom reported. In this way, it is hard to understand if a large consumer ...