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December 8, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on December 8, 2015
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Searchers and Planners in Economic Development

Last week in London, William Easterly delivered the Institute of Economic Affairs’ 24th Annual Hayek Lecture. Easterly, a Professor at New York University and Director of its Development Research Institute, is considered an international authority on economic development.
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December 3, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on December 3, 2015
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The UK’s Competition Watchdog Is Right to Combat Taxi Protectionism

In a response released yesterday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) slammed measures proposed by Transport for London (TfL) to regulate private hire vehicles, notably innovative app-based services such as Uber.
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December 1, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on December 1, 2015
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Reforms and Growth: The 2015 IBL Index of Liberalisations

EPICENTER’s Italian partner, Istituto Bruno Leoni, just released its 2015 Index of Liberalisations report. This study, first conducted in 2007 and led by Dr Carlo Stagnaro, ranks EU Member States according to how free and open their markets are in a range of sectors.
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December 1, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on December 1, 2015
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Openness Can Pay Off: the Economic Impact of Migrants

Existing evidence from large refugee migrations and the recent influx of Syrian migrants into Middle Eastern countries shows no adverse effects of migration on native workers. In some instances, the findings show beneficial effects due to worker complementarities.
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November 25, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on November 25, 2015
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The Eurozone’s Deposit Insurance Scheme Creates More Problems Than It Solves

The European Commission has released its plan for an EU-wide deposit insurance scheme that will, at first, back up and complement existing national deposit guarantee schemes (DGS), and, from 2024, substitute them as the guarantor of EU bank deposits of up to €100,000.
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November 24, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on November 24, 2015
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The EU’s Migration Fund Is Likely to Prove Ineffective

On November 12 at the Valletta Summit on Migration, the focus briefly shifted away from the Syrian refugee crisis and back to the high-risk Mediterranean migration route from the coast of Tunisia to Greece and Italy traveled by thousands Africans earlier this year.
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November 23, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on November 23, 2015
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The Mariel Boatlift and the Economic Impact of Refugees

Those of you familiar with the 1983 cult classic Scarface by Brian de Palma will remember that it begins with real footage from the Mariel boatlift, during which 125,000 Cuban migrants arrived in Miami in the span of six months, between April and October 1980.
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November 20, 2015
Published by EPICENTER on November 20, 2015
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Governments Should Undertake Their Own Corporate Tax Inversions

The U.S. Treasury has announced measures to prevent American companies from merging with foreign firms and shifting their tax domicile in the process, a practice known as a tax inversion (where the primary aim of the shift is to lower the merged firms’ tax liability).
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EPICENTER publications and contributions from our member think tanks are designed to promote the discussion of economic issues and the role of markets in solving economic and social problems. As with all EPICENTER publications, the views expressed here are those of the author and not EPICENTER or its member think tanks (which have no corporate view).