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Environmental regulation and competitiveness : evidence from Romania
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2010
According to the pollution haven hypotheses differences in environmental regulation affect trade flows and plant location. Specifically, environmental stringency should decrease exports and increase imports of "dirty" goods. This paper estimates a gravity model to establish whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003984793
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Are there gender and country of origin differences in immigrant labor market outcomes across European destinations?
Adserà, Alícia (contributor);  … - 2004
those in Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg or Spain the worst, particularly among non-EU born migrants. Gender differences are … those in Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg or Spain the worst, particularly among non-EU born migrants. Gender differences are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002529405
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On the bilateral trade effects of free trade agreements between the EU-15 and the CEEC-4 countries
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2008
Agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. In this paper we focus on FTAs (also called European agreements) between the European Union (EU … with the EU was signed exceeded trade growth of the control group of countries which did not become members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003769782
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Sharp teeth or empty mouths? : revisiting the minimum wage bite with sectoral data
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2013
The paper explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral-level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 European countries and information from more than 1100...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738765
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Knowledge spillovers, ICT and productivity growth
Corrado, Carol; Haskel, Jonathan; Jona-Lasinio, Cécilia - 2014
a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374120
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Intangible capital and growth in advanced economies : measurement methods and comparative results
Corrado, Carol; Haskel, Jonathan; Jona-Lasinio, Cécilia; … - 2012
We present a harmonized data set on intangible investment for a number of EU countries and an analysis of growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009569345
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Europe agreements and trade balance : evidence from four new EU members
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2011
This paper analyses the trade balance effects of Europe agreements (EA) between the EU-15 and four new EU members from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009296317
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The Euro Goes East : Implications of the 2000-2002 Economic Slowdown for Synchronisation of Business Cycles between the Euro Area and Ceecs
Fidrmuc, Jarko - 2017
We assess the correlation of supply and demand shocks between current countries in the euro area and EU accession … with the euro area and conclude that continuing integration within the EU is likely to align the business cycles of these … countries in a manner similar to the synchronisation of supply and demand shocks we document for the EU in the 1990s.JEL numbers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963432
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Educational and skills mismatches : unravelling their effects on wages across Europe
Cultrera, Loredana; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2022
This paper is among the firsts to investigate the impact of overeducation and overskilling on workers' wages using a unique pan-European database covering twenty-eight countries for the year 2014, namely the CEDEFOP's European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey. Overall, the results suggest a wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013163647
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The Endogeneity of Optimum Currency Area Criteria, Intraindustry Trade and EMU Enlargement
Fidrmuc, Jarko - 2007
criteria implies extensive business cycle harmonization between CEECs and EU countries in the medium term …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224026