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The determinants of macroeconomic forecasts and the stability and and growth pact [PDF]
, 2013 This paper identifies the determinants of macroeconomic forecasts (budget balance, public debt and real GDP growth), of the governments of the 15 EU countries. We have used the forecasts of the Stability and Convergence Programmes submitted between 1998/99 and 2008/09 and the European Commission’s.
Patricia Martins, Leonida Correia
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Close to Balance or in Surplus. A Policy Maker’s Guide to the Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact [PDF]
currency; economic integration; EMU; Euro; European Central Bank; political economy; stability ...
Michael J. Artis, Marco Buti
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Activatable smart contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging
Smart Molecules, EarlyView.This review highlights recent advances in smart activatable photoacoustic imaging (PAI) contrast agents, which dynamically modulate their optical properties in response to external stimuli or microenvironmental cues. It discusses their molecular design, activation mechanisms, biomedical applications, and future prospects for clinically tailored use ...
Donghyeon Oh +5 more
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The stability and growth pact: lessons from the great recession.
While current instruments of EU economic policy coordination helped stave off a full-scale depression, the post-2007 global financial and economic crisis has revealed a number of weaknesses in the Stability and Growth Pact, the EU framework for fiscal ...
Van den Noord, Paul +2 more
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The End of the Stability and Growth Pact? [PDF]
This paper evaluates the Stability and Growth Pact. After examining the rules in place and the experience so far, the Pact is analysed from a political economy perspective, focusing on the choice for so-called soft law and drawing inferences from ...
Helge Berger +2 more
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Making and Breaking the Rules: French policy on EU ‘gouvernement économique’ and the Stability and Growth Pact [PDF]
, 2007 French policy-makers have been caught in a dilemma with regard to the construction of the Economic governance (EG) dimension of EMU between two strong but contradictory preferences: on the one hand the supranational consequences of a dirigiste approach ...
Howarth, David J.
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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
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The dog that would never bite? The past and future of the Stability and Growth Pact [PDF]
This paper analyses the underlying reasons for the creation of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) and its subsequent development in recent years. The paper examines the economic and political factors behind it, including the role of economic ideas ...
Heipertz, Martin, Verdun, Amy
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Safety Science and Technology, EarlyView.Driven by halon and high GWP agent phase out, perfluorohexanone is increasingly deployed in enclosures such as data centers, marine machinery spaces, and industrial process lines. This review summarizes application performance, discharge and distribution design, material compatibility, and byproduct control and maps practical gaps for large volume and ...
Zhilei Yu +8 more
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Assessing Capability Complexity Using Enterprise Architecture Framework
Systems Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study proposes a structured and quantitative methodology to evaluate the holistic complexity of system‐of‐systems (SoSs), employing the Zachman Architecture Framework (ZAF) as its foundational analytical tool. A five‐phase analytical procedure is developed and empirically validated, encompassing: (1) refinement of complexity measures, (2)
Javad Bakhshi, Mahmoud Efatmaneshnik
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