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Convergence of construction costs in the single European market

Langston, Craig; Best, Rick - 2009

Several studies have shown evidence of price convergence between countries in the European Union (EU) since the … the coefficient of variation. The results show little evidence of price convergence for non-residential construction for … either country group. This is shown to be in contrast with convergence that is evident in the prices of other product groups …

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Leases: Off-Balance Sheet Financing and the Strive for Transparency Today

Edman, Brian R - 2011

continuing search for convergence of FASB and IASB as they strive to make leases as transparent and honest as possible. …

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Deindustrialisation and Structural Change During the Post-Communist Transition

Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Zalewska, Anna - 2001

The aim of this paper is to model the evolution of employment structure in post-communist economies in the broader context of deindustrialisation. The paper builds on the model of structural change developed by Rowthorn and Wells (1987). We show that the starting point of high industry sector...

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Getting Behind the East-West [German] Wage Differential: Theory and Evidence

Burda, Michael C.; Schmitd, Christoph M. - 1997

the labor force. Furthermore, we derive and estimate a measure of East-West wage convergence that accounts for both …

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development:Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Sabirianova, Klara Z.; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2005

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent …

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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2004

We establish that domestically owned firms in two alternative models of emerging market economies, the Czech Republic and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the distance of domestic firms to the frontier grew (in all...

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - 2005

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic andRussia, economies that represent …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476944

European Integration, Productivity Growth and Real Convergence

Yigit, Taner M.; Kutan, Ali M. - 2004

convergence and productivity growth. We deviate from the general strand of literature by not only deriving a theoretical model for … generally show improved rates of productivity growth and convergence to EU standards. We then draw from the experience of these …-round candidate countries find a high level of heterogeneity in growth rates, and a fast-paced convergence to EU standards. …

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Nominal and Real Convergence in Estonia: The Balassa-Samuelson (dis)connection

Égert, Balázs - 2003

The objective of the paper is to analyse the nominal and real convergence process in Estonia drawing on the Balassa …

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Svejnar, Jan - 2007

advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence among all firms as well as a subset of firms near the efficiency … development has resulted in convergence of domestic firms to the world standard. …

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