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Budget burden and benefit visibility of European central level governments
2001
Central levels of government in European Union member countries are different regarding their basic institutions, powers, fiscal systems, accountability, public performance management, financial control bodies, and the like. In spite of this, the economic operation of such levels of government should be analyzed, evaluated, and compared from an efficiency viewpoint. This paper presents general indicators to systematically assess the burden and benefit visibility of public budgets of the International Monetary Fund member countries and specific estimates for the central subsystems of public revenue and expenditure now in force in such European countries. An important policy implication of th…
Considerazioni sulla finanza pubblica italiana tra il XIX ed il XX secolo
2015
This essay deals with the doctrinal debate emerging from articles and editorials by econoil mists published on newspapers such as Corriere della Sera, Il Giornale d'Italia, Il Sole, La Tribuna, Il Mattino, Il Secolo. The debate increased interest in items of public finance from 1890 to the rise of fascism in Italy. During thirty years, public debt, tax reform, fiscal matters, finance during war-time and problems relating to rail transport were the main debated topics. These issues show the economic and financial structure of the country in order to better understand the development opportunities which Italy enjoyed introducing the reform necessary to modernize the economic framework.
Audit fees and cost of debt: differences in the credibility of voluntary and mandatory audits
2019
Despite the extensive research on audit fees, few studies have examined the effect of audit fees on the cost of debt. Based on the credence goods theory, we examine whether the effect of audits on the cost of debt is affected by the type of audit (voluntary or mandatory) and the audit fees, as well as whether there is a combined effect of voluntary audits and audit fees, so that the effect of voluntary audits on the cost of debt is affected by audit fees. Using a sample of Spanish SMEs, we find an asymmetric effect of audit fees on the cost of debt: higher audit fees are associated with a lower cost of debt for voluntarily audited companies, while the association is not significant for mand…
How to pay for the debt — Coping with the Third World's crisis
1990
The Brady Plan is the first official proposal to give priority to a tangible reduction in the debtor countries' debt service burden and is thus a milestone along the path towards overcoming the international debt crisis. However, the instruments foreseen in the Plan virtually invite criticism and scepticism. What are the main inadequacies of the Brady Plan? How can the international debt strategy be developed further and made more effective?
What determines the likelihood of structural reforms?
2015
We use data for a panel of 60 countries over the period 1980–2005 to investigate the main drivers of the likelihood of structural reforms. We find that: (i) external debt crises are the main trigger of financial and banking reforms; (ii) inflation and banking crises are the key drivers of external capital account reforms; (iii) banking crises also hasten financial reforms; and (iv) economic recessions play an important role in promoting the necessary consensus for financial, capital, banking and trade reforms, especially in the group of OECD-countries. Additionally, we also observe that the degree of globalisation is relevant for financial reforms, in particular in the group of non-OECD cou…
EU external policy at the crossroads: The challenge of actorness and effectiveness
2013
The goal of this Special Issue is to improve our conceptualisation and empirical understanding of EU actorness and effectiveness in International Relations. While the European Union aspires to play a greater global role, its actorness and effectiveness cannot be taken for granted given the nature of the EU as a multi-level and semi-supranational polity encompassing 28 Member States with diverse foreign policy preferences. The EU is presently at an important crossroad. On the one hand, its external policy stature and capacity have been boosted by institutional innovations and by the Union’s increased involvement in the full spectrum of international issues. On the other hand, a number of fa…
Przepis art. 299 Kodeksu spółek handlowych jako funkcja prawa o niewypłacalności
2022
Przepis art. 299 Kodeksu spółek handlowych nawiązuje do treści art. 298 Kodeksu handlowego. Polski ustawodawca model spółki z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością generalnie oparł na regulacji niemieckiej. Niemniej z uwagi na częste przypadki nadużywania formy spółki kapitałowej wprowadził szczególną odpowiedzialność członków zarządu. Regulacja art. 299 Kodeksu spółek handlowych przez lata była przedmiotem ożywionej debaty nauko-wej i wielu orzeczeń sądowych. W niniejszym opracowaniu stawiana jest teza, że wskazana regulacja jest funkcją prawa upadłościowego. Konsekwencją tej tezy jest wskazanie na zakres odpowiedzialności członka zarządu spółki z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością, który podej-mie o…
La Suprema Corte limita il privilegio processuale in favore del credito fondiario
2019
Lo scritto esamina una recente pronuncia della Corte di Cassazione, che ha ristretto la possibilità per i creditori fondiari di partecipare alla distribuzione del ricavato della espropriazione individuale proseguita ai sensi dell’art. 41, 2° comma, TUB (D.Lgs. 1° settembre 1993, n. 385). L’A., dopo avere ripercorso la disciplina positiva che regola i rapporti tra credito fondiario e fallimento, espone alcune considerazioni critiche sulla decisione. A recent judgment of the Supreme Court narrows the rights of banks, as mortgagee creditors, to seize the assets of the debtor notwithstanding bankruptcy proceedings, according to paragraph 41, subsection 2, of the Italian Consolidated Law on Bank…
International Debt Financing and Performance of Microfinance Institutions
2013
Using data from 319 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in 68 developing countries, we study the degree to which international debt investments are related to the financial and social performances of MFIs. We find that commercial investments are mainly related to financial performance and level of professionalisation of the MFIs. The targeting of women is not a priority, even though international commercial investors target MFIs that provide small loans. Subsidised investments, however, are mainly driven by the targeting of women, while financial performance and the level of professionalisation of the MFI is not a priority.
Análisis de la sostenibilidad del sector exterior en la OCDE con técnicas de multicointegración
2022
Este artículo analiza la sostenibilidad externa de un grupo de 23 países de la OCDE durante el periodo 1970-2020. La estrategia empírica adoptada muestra la importancia del desequilibrio acumulado como desencadenante del ajuste externo, en línea con la propuesta de Gourinchas y Rey (2007). Para ello, contrastamos la sostenibilidad externa a través de la relación acumulado-flujo entre las variables que representan las relaciones externas de una economía abierta utilizando varios tipos de contrastes de cointegración y multicointegración. Los resultados obtenidos apuntan hacia la sostenibilidad en sentido débil en el análisis de los flujos, mientras que desde el punto de vista del enfoque acum…