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Europe

EU Fiscal Rules

Question A:

The fiscal rules of the European Union should give more flexibility to member countries.

Responses

Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Question B:

The Italian budget for 2019 that the European Commission rejected in October would have increased Italy’s risk of fiscal insolvency substantially.

Responses

Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
Methodology
Question C:

If France runs a 2019 budget deficit of around 3.4% of GDP, as announced by President Macron’s government, France’s risk of fiscal insolvency will increase substantially.

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Source: European Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
US

Ranked-Choice Voting

Rather than using second-round runoffs to settle elections in which no candidate wins a first-round majority, it would be better to use ranked-choice voting (as in the state of Maine) in which voters are encouraged to rank all of the candidates.

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Source: Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
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Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
Europe

Ride-Sharing Caps

This week's IGM European Experts Panel statements:

A) Capping the number of ride-sharing drivers as is being discussed in New York City, Chicago, and London will make the average resident in that city worse off.

B) To achieve a given level of congestion, it would be better to use taxes for driving that vary based on the level of congestion, rather than limiting the number of ride-sharing vehicles. 
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Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
US

US Healthcare: Prices vs Quantity and Quality

This week's IGM Economic Experts Panel Statement:

The US spends roughly 17% of GDP on healthcare, according to the OECD; most European countries spend less than 12% of GDP.

Higher quality-adjusted US healthcare prices contribute relatively more to the extra US spending than does the combination of higher quantity and quality of US care (interpreting quantity and quality to reflect both greater American healthcare needs due to underlying population health and the delivery of more or better healthcare services to Americans). 
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Clark Center Economic Experts Panel
US

Climate Change Policies

This week's IGM Economic Experts Panel statements:
A) Considering a broad range of costs and benefits is a better tool for guiding climate policy than setting temperature limits (such as 1.5 °C, eg) based on expected links between temperature increases and the extent of environmental harm.

B) Carbon taxes are a better way to implement climate policy than cap-and-trade. 
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Clark Center Economic Experts Panel