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Poland : Directions in Regional Policy
World Bank - 2013
. This was a historical event, marking the country's final reintegration with the rest of Europe, and the importance of this …
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Redistribution Policy : A European Model
Casella, Alessandra - 2002
Following the rationale for regional redistribution programs described in the official documents of the European Union, this paper studies a very simple multi-country model built around two regions: a core and a periphery. Technological spill-overs link firms' productivity in each of the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469451
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Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia
World Bank - 2012
The climate is changing; and the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region is vulnerable to the consequences. Many of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550818
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Overlooked : Examining the Impact of Disasters and Climate Shocks on Poverty in the Europe and Central Asia Region
World Bank - 2021
levels in select countries in the Europe and Central Asia region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254838
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Adapting to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia : Lessons from Recent Experiences and Suggested Future Directions
World Bank - 2013
Like other regions, Eastern Europe and Central Asia is vulnerable to climate change and its potential socioeconomic … example, those in Central Asia and southern Europe), adapting to climate risk adds a new dimension to the challenges of … development, but also provides an opportunity to revisit priorities and accelerate reforms. The Europe and Central Asia (ECA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559961
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Europe and Central Asia Housing Finance Crisis Prevention and Resolution : A Review of Policy Options
World Bank - 2014
private housing finance market participants. It offers observations of the recent Europe and Central Asia (ECA) market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560556
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The International Linkage of Real Interest Rates : The European - U.S. Connection
Cumby, Robert E. - 1984
rates has been widespread in the analyses by economic policymakers both in Europe and in the United States. In this paper we … been raised by the recent policy debates in Europe and the United States: Have ex ante real rates in the United States and … Europe been high during recent years? Has there been a link between U.S. real rates and those in other countries? Can this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012477666
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Patents as Options : Some Estimates of the Value of Holding European Patent Stocks
Pakes, Ariel - 1984
In many countries holders of patents must pay an annual renewal fee in order to keep their patents in force. This paper uses data on the proportion of patents renewed, and the renewal fees faced by, post World War II cohorts of patents in France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, in conjunction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012477754
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The Heights of Europeans Since 1750 : A New Source For European Economic History
Floud, Roderick - 1984
Economic and social historians have traditionally been concerned to measure changes in the income and welfare of populations in the past.Until recently, however, they have not recognized that anthropometric data, such as evidence on the average height achieved by a population at a particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012477779
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Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe
Alesina, Alberto - 2019
We examine the relationship between immigration and attitudes toward redistribution using a newly assembled data set of immigrant stocks for 140 regions of 16 Western European countries. Exploiting within-country variations in the share of immigrants at the regional level, we find that native...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479516