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Moving the Escudo into the Euro
Braga de Macedo, Jorge; Catela Nunes, Luís; Covas, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
When the 1987 general elections brought a durable government to Portugal, the national environment was still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123635
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External Liberalization with Ambiguous Public Response: The Experience of Portugal
Braga de Macedo, Jorge - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990
This paper reviews the traditional ambiguity of Portuguese policy towards external liberalization. Product and labour markets have become segmented as a result of the soft budget constraint faced by large corporations and job protection in the public sector. Relaxation of entry requirements into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281308
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Portuguese Industry and the Effect of EC Membership
Corado, Cristina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990
, economies of scale, and have been heavily protected from international competition in Portugal and Spain. The `costs of non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281309
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Competition Policy in Portugal
Barros, Pedro Luis Pita; Mata, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
economic agents, competition policies are usually included in the legal framework that regulates economic activities. Portugal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114491
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Export Destinations and Input Prices
Bastos, Paulo; Silva, Joana; Verhoogen, Eric A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
detailed customs and firm-product-level data from Portugal. We use exchange-rate movements as a source of variation in export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083348
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Portugal and Europe: The Longest Transition
Braga de Macedo, Jorge - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987
two "integration episodes", the development of an economic union between Portugal and its African colonies and the … establishment of democratic socialism since then. The paper contrasts the recent economic experience of Portugal with its neighbour … Spain. The view that EC membership is desirable because it ensures Portugal against dictatorship is also examined and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792495
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Weather shocks and English wheat yields, 1690-1871
Brunt, Liam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
reconcile the conflicting primal and dual estimates of productivity growth over the period. …
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Production Networks, Geography and Firm Performance
Bernard, Andrew B.; Moxnes, Andreas; Saito, Yukiko U. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper examines the importance of buyer-supplier relationships, geography and the structure of the production network in firm performance. We develop a simple model where firms can outsource tasks and search for suppliers in different locations. Low search and outsourcing costs lead firms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262884
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Spatial frictions
Behrens, Kristian; Mion, Giordano; Murata, Yasusada; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
-size distribution? Do they affect individual city sizes? Do they contribute to the productivity advantage of large cities and the nature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322503
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Effects of Deregulation and Vertical Unbundling on the Performance of China's Electricity Generation Sector
Gao, Hang; Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
productivity in the generation segment of the industry. Controlling explicitly for sources of price-heterogeneity across firms and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385757