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Productivity, Wages and Prices Inside and Outside of Manufacturing in the US, Japan and Europe
Gordon, Robert J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1986
. Results are presented for the United States, Japan, and an aggregate called "Europe" consisting of eleven European economies … indices for Japan and Europe. If anything, real wages in Europe and Japan were too flexible rather than too rigid, in the … sense that much of the increase in wage gap indices in Europe during 1968-70 and in Japan in 1973-74 can be interpreted as …
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Exclusive dealing as a barrier to entry? Evidence from automobiles
Nurski, Laura; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Exclusive dealing contracts between manufacturers and retailers force new entrants to set up their own costly dealer networks to enter the market. We ask whether such contracts may act as an entry barrier, and provide an empirical analysis of the European car market. We first estimate a demand...
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Anti-Trust Policy and National Growth: Some Evidence from Italy
Allegra, Elisabetta; Forni, Mario; Grillo, Michele; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Anti-trust problems affecting markets for intermediate goods or services raise the input costs of firms operating in downstream sectors, which often face tough international competition. Such firms lose market share, thus worsening the economic performance of the country. We try to document the...
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Environmental Innovation Policy and International Competition
Carraro, Carlo; Siniscalco, Domenico - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
We consider one polluting industry in an open economy. The national government implements a policy of industrial pollution control by inducing appropriate technological innovations to reduce toxic emissions. The emission-reducing innovations are developed through firm-specific costly...
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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 …
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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 …
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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...
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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...
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Multinational Banking in Europe: Financial Stability and Regulatory Implications Lessons from the Financial Crisis
Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Calzolari, Giacomo; Levi, Micol; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
distress. With a focus on Europe, it looks at how these banks’ foreign affiliates have been faring during the recent financial …
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The Rise and Decline of European Parliaments, 1188-1789
Bosker, Maarten; Buringh, Eltjo; Zanden, Jan Luiten Van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
innovation. In the early-modern period parliaments declined in influence in southern and central Europe and gained in importance …
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