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Austerity and Anarchy: Budget Cuts and Social Unrest in Europe, 1919-2008
Ponticelli, Jacopo; Voth, Hans-Joachim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Does fiscal consolidation lead to social unrest? Using cross-country evidence for the period 1919 to 2008, we examine the extent to which societies become unstable after budget cuts. The results show a clear correlation between fiscal retrenchment and instability. We test if the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201119
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Corporate Efficiency in Europe
Hanousek, Jan; Kocenda, Evzen; Shamshur, Anastasiya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
Europe. We find that (i) larger firms are less efficient than smaller firms, (ii) greater leverage contributes to corporate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213309
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Decentralization, Happiness, and the Perception of Institutions
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009001061
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short-run and long-run mediating effects: while in the former only current or lagged behaviors are taken into account, in the latter we consider the entire history of behaviors. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385763
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Income inequality, decentralisation and regional development in Western Europe
Pike, Andy J; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tomaney, John; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Western Europe has an effect on within regional interpersonal inequality. Second, whether this potential relationship is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322504
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City seeds. Geography and the origins of the European city system
Bosker, Maarten; Buringh, Eltjo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Geography is widely viewed as the important determinant of city location. This paper empirically disentangles the different roles of geography in shaping the European city system. We present a new database that covers all actual cities as well as potential city locations over the period when the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682885
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Mandatory adoption of IFRS by EU listed firms and Comparability: Determinants and Analysts' Forecasts
Andre, Paul; Dionysiou, D.D.; Tsalavoutas, Ioannis - HAL - 2012
In 2005, the EU adopted IFRS for all listed companies publishing consolidated financial statements in Europe. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736424
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L'intérim : un secteur dual entre protection et précarité
Erhel, Christine; Lefevre, Gilbert; Michon, François - HAL - 2009
Ce document de travail présente une analyse du secteur de l'intérim en France, à partir des règles qui l'encadrent, et des caractéristiques des entreprises et des intérimaires. La dynamique très favorable du secteur pendant les 15 dernières années s'est accompagnée d'une dynamique de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738582
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Evaluer Les Interactions entre Politique climatique et Sécurité énergétique en Europe (ELIPSE)
Guivarch, Céline; Monjon, Stephanie; Rozenberg, Julie; … - HAL - 2012
sur la sécurité énergétique de l'Europe. Dans cet objectif, nous définissons un jeu d'indicateurs permettant d … être contestés et qui pourraient s'avérer difficiles à mettre en œuvre : les capacités nucléaires installées en Europe et … les capacités éoliennes installées en Europe. Nous analysons la façon dont ces indicateurs évoluent pour l'Europe une fois …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738997
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Peut-on dire que les Français sont malheureux ?
Senik, Claudia - HAL - 2009
Les Français se déclarent moins heureux que la plupart des Européens. Yann Algan et Pierre Cahuc (2007) ont suggéré que cette insatisfaction prenait sa source dans l'absence de confiance qu'ils s'accordent les uns aux autres, ainsi qu'aux institutions de leur pays. Sans vouloir exclure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739023