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A Microstate with Scale Economies : The Case of Iceland

Herbertsson, Tryggvi Thor; Zoega, Gylfi - 2015

This paper looks at the importance of scale economies - defined in terms of the benefits from innovation - from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. We argue that one can only gauge the degree of scale economies at the industry level by taking account of the degree of specialization...

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European Integration and the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle

Katsimi, Margarita - 2015

We estimate the Feldstein-Horioka equation for the period 1960-2012 and find structural breaks that coincide with the introduction of the European single market in 1993, the introduction of the euro in 1999 and the financial crisis in 2008. The results suggest that the correlation between...

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Informal Labour Markets in Pakistan

Choudhary, M. Ali; Mahmood, Saima; Zoega, Gylfi - 2015

This paper describes the results of a survey of informal-sector firms in Pakistan. Firms belong to the informal sector mainly because of scarce financial resources. There are significant differences in the level of wages and the flexibility of wages with the informal sector having both lower...

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Global shocks and unemployment adjustment

Smith, Ron (contributor); Gylfi Zoega (contributor) - 2004

2004 Global Shocks and Unemployment Adjustment Ron Smith and Gylfi Zoega Address: Ron Smith Department … of Economics Birkbeck College Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Email: rsmith@econ.bbk.ac.uk Address: Gylfi Zoega …@econ.bbk.ac.uk Global Shocks and Unemployment Adjustment Ron Smith* and Gylfi Zoega** 20 May 2004 Abstract The …

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Global shocks and unemployment adjustment

Smith, Ron (contributor); Gylfi Zoega (contributor) - 2004

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Global shocks and unemployment adjustment

Smith, Ron (contributor); Gylfi Zoega (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND WORKING PAPERS No. 24 Global Shocks and Unemployment Adjustment by Ron Smith and Gylfi Zoega … Unemployment Adjustment by Ron Smith* and Gylfi Zoega** May 2004 Abstract The literature on unemployment dynamics is mainly …

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Feminism and labour supply in the Nordic countries/ Axel Hall; Gylfi Zoega

Hall, Axel; Gylfi Zoega - 2008

Feminism and labour supply in the Nordic countries Axel Hall and Gylfi Zoega Address: Axel Hall School of … Business Reykjavik University Ofanleiti 2 103 Reykjavik Iceland Email: axelhall@ru.is Address: Gylfi Zoega … TTThttp://www.ioes.hi.is W08:05 Gylfi Zoega: Productivity, wages and relationships. W08:04 Thrainn Eggertsson: Knowledge …

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Education, social equality and economic growth : a view of the landscape

Thorvaldur Gylfason; Gylfi Zoega - 2003

Education has been one of the key determinants of economic growth around the world since 1965. In this paper, we discuss three different measures of education, and consider their relationship to the distribution of income as measured by the Gini coefficient as well as to economic growth across...

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Booth, Alison L. (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Education, social equality and economic growth : a view of the landscape

Thorvaldur Gylfason; Gylfi Zoega - 2003

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