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Target Zones in Theory and History: Credibility, Efficiency, and Policy Autonomy
Flandreau, Marc; Komlos, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
A natural experiment with an exchange-rate band in Austria-Hungary in the early 20th century provides a rare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661480
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Why do within firm-product export prices differ across markets?
Görg, Holger; Halpern, László; Muraközy, Balázs - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
In this paper we analyse the relationship between gravity variables and f.o.b. export unit values using Hungarian firm-product-destination data. By taking firm-product level selection into account we show that export unit values increase with distance even for particular firm-product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530371
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Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies
Jurajda, Stepan; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Differences in regional unemployment in post-communist economies are large and persistent. We show that inherited variation in human-capital endowment across the regions of four such economies explains the bulk of regional unemployment variation there and we explore potential explanations for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136518
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Taxes and Subsidies in the Transforming Hungarian Economy
Revesz, Tamas; Zalai, Erno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
accords with economic principles. The authors explain how the `state' should be defined in Hungary, discuss the main forms of … research exercise!), further reform of the tax and public expenditure system, and extensive training of Hungary's public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136594
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Unemployment Insurance and Incentives in Hungary
Micklewright, John; Nagy, Gyula - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
We investigate the effect of changes in unemployment insurance (UI) rules in Hungary on the outflow rate from the UI … register. Existing claims to UI are `grandfathered' in Hungary when UI rules change - new rules are applied only to new claims … unemployed in Hungary to be fairly inelastic to changes in UI benefits. …
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Does Market Liberalization Reduce Gender Discrimination? Econometric Evidence from Hungary, 1986-98
Campos, Nauro F; Jolliffe, Dean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
in Hungary we find that the male/female difference in log wages declined from 0.31 to 0.19 between 1986 and 1998 and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067679
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The Informational Value of Job Search Data and the Dynamics of Search Behaviour: Evidence from Hungary
Micklewright, John; Nagy, Gyula - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
Labour market analysis places much emphasis on the concept of search. But there is insufficient empirical information on (a) the relationship between reported search and job-finding and (b) how search behaviour changes over a spell without work. We investigate these issues using a sample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497834
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Living Standards and Incentives in Transition: the Implications of Unemployment Insurance Exhaustion in Hungary
Micklewright, John; Nagy, Gyula - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
The single most likely way to leave the unemployment insurance (UI) register in Hungary is not by getting a job but by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497937
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Competition and Firm Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from Firm Level Surveys in Slovenia, Hungary and Romania
Konings, Jozef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
countries, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia. The data are based on interviews taken in more than 300 state-owned, privatized and … pressure has a positive impact on firm performance in Hungary and Slovenia, but not in Romania, while in Romenia short … (being state-owned and privatized enterprises) tend to perform worse than newly-established firms in Hungary and Slovenia. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498145
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An Analysis of the Hungarian Tax Reform
Newbery, David M G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
The feasibility of systemic reforms may depend on their distributional consequences. The shift to a market economy can be expected to increase wage differentials and unemployment, which will have an adverse effect on income distribution. Income tax reform and the change in the system of consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504483