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Conditions for the development of Polish agriculture in the context of globalization and European integration
Dworak, Edyta; Grzelak, Maria Magdalena - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 18 (2015) 2, pp. 5-19
examined:The financial framework of the EU budget, with particular emphasis on EU funds for agriculture and rural areas; The … challenges for Polish agriculture. To meet these challenges it is essential for the agricultural and food industries to improve … will have a positive impact on the Polish agriculture and increase its competitiveness. The following issues will be …
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Monnet's Error?
Guiso, Luigi - 2015
in pro-European sentiments in the EU 15 countries. The 1992 Maastricht Treaty seems to have reduced the pro …
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Are Recessions Good for Your Health Behaviors? Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Iceland
Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna Laufey - 2012
This study exploits the October 2008 economic crisis in Iceland to identify the effects of a macroeconomic downturn on …
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Misfortune and Mistake : The Financial Conditions and Decision-Making Ability of High-Cost Loan Borrowers
Carvalho, Leandro - 2020
(“misfortunes”) or imperfect decisions (“mistakes”). Bank records from Iceland show borrowers are especially illiquid just before …
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The Effect of the Economic Collapse in Iceland on the Probability of Cardiovascular Events
Birgisdóttir, Kristín - 2018
We explore whether the 2008 economic collapse in Iceland and subsequent economic crisis affected the probability of …
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The Gift of Moving : Intergenerational Consequences of a Mobility Shock
Nakamura, Emi - 2016
We exploit a volcanic “experiment" to study the costs and benefits of geographic mobility. We show that moving costs (broadly defined) are very large and labor therefore does not flow to locations where it earns the highest returns. In our experiment, a third of the houses in a town were...
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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls
Ammermueller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2021
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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Identification and Estimation of Undetected Covid-19 Cases Using Testing Data from Iceland
Aspelund, Karl - 2020
In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, international testing efforts tended to target individuals whose symptoms and/or jobs placed them at a high presumed risk of infection. Testing regimes of this sort potentially result in a high proportion of cases going undetected. Quantifying this...
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Lifecycle Effects of a Recession on Health Behaviors : Boom, Bust, and Recovery in Iceland
Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna Laufey - 2015
This study uses individual-level longitudinal data from Iceland, a country that experienced a severe economic crisis in …
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The Impact of Retaliatory Tariffs on Agricultural and Food Trade
Carter, Colin A.; Steinbach, Sandro - 2022
This paper analyzes the short-run trade effects of retaliatory tariffs against agriculture and food exports from the … United States. The results indicate that these tariffs caused a substantial decline in U.S. agriculture and food exports and …
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