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School Choice Around the World

10 July 2019

Education reforms that allow new educational providers to supply schooling into a state system can improve parental satisfaction and raise learning outcomes through consumer …

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Tailoring the work and leisure trade-off

04 July 2019

Legal interventions in hiring and firing practices are often referred to as employment protection legislation that include working hours, health and safety requirements. The …

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The Case Against Tech Taxes

26 June 2019

This paper explains why additional taxes on the turnover of companies with a large digital presence would be disproportionate, discriminatory and damage the European …

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The parliamentary voting behaviour of populist parties in Greece

20 June 2019

Timbro’s methodological distinction in the Authoritarian Populism Index between extreme and authoritarian populist parties is highly relevant in the Greek political environment, as shown …

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Not everyone’s cup of tea

28 May 2019

MiFID II, together with MiFIR (Regulation (EU) No 600/2014), was intended to create a more transparent, competitive and integrated financial market in the EU …

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Nanny State Index

30 April 2019

Germany has overtaken the Czech Republic to become the EU’s most liberal country, according to the 2019 edition of the Nanny State Index. Finland …

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Two cheers for the EU-Mercosur Agreement

Dr Radomir Tylecote & Felix Hathaway // 16 July 2019

There has been a great deal of cheering over the recent free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur (the South American trade bloc …

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Corrupting CAP

Daniel Iturri Calvo // 11 July 2019

A tale of corruption, political scandals, and even murder: the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has turned agriculture in Europe into an environmentally unsustainable, …

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Trade and the populist upheaval

Daniel Abreu Costa & Sorana Gheorghiade // 8 July 2019

In the recent European elections, authoritarian populist parties, gained a great number of seats (almost 24% of the total) in the European Parliament (EP). …

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178: The Day of Spanish Tax Freedom

Daniel Iturri Calvo // 27 June 2019

178. That is the number of days a Spanish worker has to wait until they actually begin to make any money for themselves. This …

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Free trade? Merco-sure!

Daniel Abreu Costa // 24 June 2019

For almost 20 years, EU negotiations with Mercosur, the South American trade bloc, have been a great challenge. Mercosur’s economic and political issues, French …

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The Cost of Independence: Is it worth the risk?

Daniel Iturri Calvo // 20 June 2019

For the past 3 years, Spain’s international media coverage has mainly centered around its most controversial dispute: Catalonian secession. National media has covered the …

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