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Citizenship tests in five Countries: An expression of political liberalism?
Michalowski, Ines - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2009
the US, Austria, the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. A central question discussed is whether these tests can be …: countries with rather restrictive citizenship regimes such as Austria or Germany have opted for a citizenship test with a …Engaging discussions on civic integration for immigrants, this comparison systematically analysis citizenship tests in …
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Interest Rate Pass-Through in Central and Eastern Europe: Reborn from Ashes Merely to Pass Away?
Égert, Balázs; Crespo-Cuaresma, Jesus; Reininger, Thomas - 2006
In this study, we seek to better understand the interest rate pass-through in five Central and Eastern European countries -- the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, the CEE-5. Our pass-through estimates for several retail rates are generally lower than those reported in the...
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White-collar unionism in selected European countries : issues and prospects.
E, Kassalow - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1993
Focuses on white-collar unionism in the private sector in the 1980s. Discusses legal distinctions between blue and white-collar personnel and the unionization of higher-level personnel.
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Modelling long-run energy consumption under model uncertainty
Humer, Stefan; Csereklyei, Z. - EcoMod Network - 2012
The causality between energy consumption and real income in developed countries has been a very vital research topic in recent years. Raising concerns about climate change and global warming increase the pressure on policy makers to take action against energy depletion. Unfortunately these...
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DIVERGENT OPTIMAL INFLATION RATES IN EURO AREA COUNTRIES OR "DOES ONE SIZE FIT ALL?"
Caraballo, Mª Ángeles; Efthimiadis, Tilemahos - EcoMod Network - 2012
The aim of this paper is to derive the optimal inflation rate for the Euro Area (EA) countries from the relationship between relative price variability (RPV). In order to achieve the above stated goal, we have utilized monthly data for the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices between January 1997...
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German and Austrian Foreign Direct Investment in Brazilian Regions: Which Are the Location Choice Factors?
Korez-Vide, Romana; Voller, Patrick; Bobek, Vito - In: Journal of Management and Strategy 5 (2014) 4, pp. 68-81
Due to the liberalization and transformation of emerging markets economies, the attractiveness of these countries for foreign direct investors has been rising in the last decades. This paper explores foreign direct investment location choice factors of German and Austrian companies in Brazilian...
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Intercultural Communication: The Effect of Cultural Differences in Everyday Working Environment of Companies (from Germany, Switzerland, Austria) in Hungary
Franko, Krisztina - International School for Social and Business Studies, …
The increasing globalization and cross-cultural interaction increases the importance of the realization of the successful intercultural cooperation. In this context, the identification of friction points and the improvement of the potentials of intercultural communication is an important...
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Working Paper 137
Schneider, Martin; Fenz, Gerhard - Oesterreichische Nationalbank - 2008
Austria. Static and dynamic correlation measures show a strong comovement and a change of the relative position in time of … these two economies. The transmission of German shocks to Austria is analysed with a two-country VAR model. Using sign …
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Comparison of customer satisfaction in different types of distribution channels of horticultural products in Austria and Bavaria
Kittemann, Florian; Gottl, Markus; Gabriel, Andreas; … - Fachgebiet für Marketing und management Nachwachsender … - 2008
Vienna/Austria held under the aegis of ALVA, APH, BNL-SHS, DGG, GSHS, IOH, INRA, NJF, PSHS, SECH, SOI and the International …
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Why Are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany?: A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of … joint taxation with income splitting for married couples, Austria taxes everyone individually, which leads to lower marginal …
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