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Key figures on Europe : Statistics illustrated ; ... edition
Europäische Kommission / Statistisches Amt - Luxembourg : Off. for Official Publ. of the Europ. … - Ed. 1.2006=1995/2005(2006); 2007/08(2008); 2009(2008) -
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003351311
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The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed based on industry-specific research and development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394120
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The impact of EU accession on human capital formation : can migration fuel a brain gain?
Farchy, Emily - 2009
"Can a brain drain be good for development? Many studies have established the theoretical possibility of such a brain gain. Yet it is only recently that the relaxation of data constraints has allowed for sound empirical assessments. In utilizing the dramatic policy change that accompanied...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394139
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The foreign-born population in the European Union and its contribution to national tax and benefit systems : some insights from recent household survey data
Barbone, Luca - 2009
"Despite the purported surge in internal migration following the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, data from the 2006 European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions show that internal migrants are a relatively small share of the European Union's population. Depending on the exact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394193
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Beyond the information technology agreement : harmonization of standards and trade in electronics
Portugal-Pérez, Alberto - 2009
"Product standards can have a dual impact on production and trade costs. Standards may impose additional costs on exporters as it may be necessary to adapt products for specific markets (cost-effect). In contrast, standards can reduce exporters' information costs if they convey information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394210
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Assessing the economic impacts of an economic partnership agreement on Nigeria
Andriamananjara, Soamiely - 2009
"This study discusses potential economic implications for Nigeria of an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. It uses the World Bank's Tariff Reform Impact Simulation Tool to assess the effects of preferential tariff liberalization with respect to the European Union. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394214
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Beyond mitigation : potential options for counter-balancing the climatic and environmental consequences of the rising concentrations of greenhouse gases
MacCracken, Michael C. - 2009
"Global climate change is occurring at an accelerating pace, and the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are forcing climate change continue to increase. Given the present pace of international actions, it seems unlikely that atmospheric composition can be stabilized at a level that will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394232
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Trade diversion under selective preferential market access
Borchert, Ingo - 2008
"Through its diverse trade preference schemes, the European Union provides different groups of developing countries with different degrees of market access. This paper is the first to demonstrate empirically that such staggered market access induces sizable trade diversion to the detriment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521049
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A note on rising food prices
Mitchell, Donald - 2008
important factor was the large increase in biofuels production in the U.S. and the EU. Without these increases, global wheat and … food prices raises an important policy issue, since much of the increase was due to EU and U.S. government policies that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521077
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Untangling the maze of European Union funds to Bulgaria
Vincelette, Gallina Andronova - 2006
"The paper presents a fiscal estimate of Bulgaria's perspective European Union (EU) membership. The projected EU funds … carried out. The expected deterioration of the public finances related to EU accession would be due to co …-financing requirements, national contributions to the EU budget, and possible full pre-financing of the EU direct payments to Bulgarian …
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