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A banking union for the Eurozone

April 5th, 2013
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Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Rishi Goyal, Petya Koeva-Brooks, Thierry Tressel, 5 April 2013The crisis has highlighted the need for, and difficulties with, a Eurozone banking union. This column argues that, to make a union, you need three crucial ingredients: common supervision, a single resolution mechanism, and common safety nets. The power to control and the resources to rescue must work in parallel.

Income and schooling

April 4th, 2013
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Markus Brückner, Mark Gradstein, 4 April 2013Average income per capita is strongly correlated with more schooling, but this relationship is more complex than it appears. This column presents new research showing that a large part of the correlation is attributed to the causal effect of economic prosperity on the formation of human capital via schooling.Full Article: Income and schooling

Save more to improve infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

April 3rd, 2013
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Eduardo Cavallo, 3 April 2013Latin America and the Caribbean have less infrastructure than the rest of the world. What they have is also of much poorer quality. This column argues that to reap the rewards of good infrastructure, Latin American and Caribbean countries must increase both investment and saving over the long-term by creating institutional capacity, strengthening the rule of law, and building stable macroeconomic-policy frameworks.

Pay attention to the WTO leadership contest: It matters!

April 3rd, 2013
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Bernard Hoekman, Petros C. Mavroidis, 3 April 2013The WTO is looking for a new Director-General. The process, which is remarkably open and public, has nine candidates. This column introduces a new VoxEU eBook in which seven of the candidates lay out their views on the challenges confronting the WTO and how to address them. Taken together, they provide a uniquely comprehensive view of the world’s trade governance problems.

Voting theory and Papal conclave

April 2nd, 2013
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Nicolas Boccard, 2 April 2013During the 2013 papal conclave the Catholic church has been criticised for failing to give an adequate voice to the global south, which now garners a majority of Catholics. This column applies concepts from voting theory to inquire whether the south and the north are equal in the eye of the church. It suggests that the south is indeed underrepresented. In a fair world, Mexico and the Philippines should each get seven more cardinals.

Deposit insurance after Iceland and Cyprus

April 2nd, 2013
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Anne Sibert, 2 April 2013Depositors in Eurozone banks are facing a steep learning curve on just exactly what deposit insurance means. This column points out that the precedents set in Cyprus and Iceland show that deposit insurance is only a legal commitment for small bank failures. In systemic crises, these are more political than legal commitments, so the solvency of the insuring government matters.

The need for a second round of ‘look east’ policies in south Asia

April 1st, 2013
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Pradumna B. Rana, Chia Wai Mun, 1 April 2013The global economy was once dominated by north-north relations, with some limited concern for north-south relations. This column argues that south-south economic relations now matter and explains what new ‘look east’ policies that are being implemented in south Asia mean for the global south and the global economy.Full Article: The need for a second round of ‘look east’ policies in south Asia

Fiscal consolidation and implications of social spending for long-term fiscal sustainability

March 31st, 2013
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Rossana Merola, Douglas Sutherland, 31 March 2013During the economic and financial crisis, fiscal positions across OECD countries deteriorated sharply. This column agues that population ageing and trends in social spending will further challenge the sustainability of fiscal balances.

Infrastructure: The governance failures

March 30th, 2013
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Nicklas Garemo, Jan Mischke, 30 March 2013Investment in infrastructure can bring growth and social benefits. This column highlights the infrastructure opportunities open to depressed economies, stressing that the main obstacles are governance-related. To bring opportunities to life will require an overhaul of infrastructure governance – a root cause of infrastructure projects’ poor productivity.Full Article: Infrastructure: The governance failures

Girls’ education and medieval commerce

March 29th, 2013
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Graziella Bertocchi, Monica Bozzano, 29 March 2013To what extent can historical and cultural factors explain the reversal of the gender gap? Using a new comprehensive dataset from Italy, this column explores the long-term determinants of the education gender gap. The evidence suggests that cultural values can persist for centuries, but that there have also been critical evolutionary turning points on the road towards equality.Full Article: Girls’ education and medieval commerce

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