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Tarasconi, Gianluca; Kang, Byeongwoo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This study provides a comprehensive summary of and guidance for using the EPO Worldwide Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT), one of the most widely used patent databases for researchers. We highlight the three most important issues that PATSTAT users must consider when performing patent data...

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Agglomeration versus Fragmentation:A Comparison of East Asia and Europe

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; JI, Zheng; Obashi, Ayako - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

Inspired by the observed contrasting patterns of industrial distribution in East Asia and Europe, this paper conducts … correlation in Europe. Such a difference in spatial interdependence has important implications for economic development in those …

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Sectoral explanations of employment in Europe: the role of services

D’Agostino, Antonello; Serafini, Roberta; … - European Central Bank - 2006

sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in … the growth of service jobs in Europe relative to the US persists. Understanding the main factors behind this gap is key to … achieving higher employment levels in Europe. This paper focuses on the role of barriers in the EU-15 which may have hindered …

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The effect of EU environmental regulation on international trade : restriction of hazardous substance as a trade barrier

Honda, Keiichiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

In 2003 the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) was established in the EU, which limited the trade of machinery, electrical and electronic equipment that have at least one of the substances considered hazardous under RoHS directive. Since countries trading with the EU must comply with...

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The policy impact of product-related environmental regulations in Asia

Michida, Etsuyo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

This paper focuses on EU chemical regulations, RoHS and REACH, and shows these EU regulations have driven Asian countries to introduce regulations that are similar yet modified versions to the EU regulations. Asia as the world manufacturing center has extensive production networks where parts...

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The effect of financial development on the investment cash flow relationship: cross-country evidence from Europe

Becker, Bo; Sivadasan, Jagadeesh - European Central Bank - 2006

We investigate financing constraints in a large cross-country data set covering most of the European economy. Firm level investment sensitivity to cash flow is used to identify financing constraints. We find that the sensitivities are significantly positive on average, controlling for country...

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Financial stability challenges for EU acceding and candidate countries: making financial systems more resilient in a challenging environment

ESCB, IRC Expert Group of the - European Central Bank - 2012

This Occasional Paper reviews financial stability challenges in countries preparing for EU membership with a candidate country status, i.e. Croatia (planned to accede to the EU on 1 July 2013), Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Turkey. It follows a...

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Financial stability challenges in EU candidate countries - Financial systems in the aftermath of the global crisis

ESCB, An IRC expert group of the - European Central Bank - 2010

This paper reviews financial stability challenges in the EU candidate countries: Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. It follows a macro-prudential approach, emphasising systemic risks and the stability of financial systems as a whole. The paper recalls that the...

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Financial stability challenges in candidate countries - managing the transition to deeper and more market-oriented financial systems.

Bracke, Thierry; Geis, André; Habib, Maurizio; Móré, … - European Central Bank - 2008

This paper reviews financial stability challenges in the EU candidate countries Croatia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It examines the fi nancial sectors in these three economies, which, while at very different stages of development and embedded in quite diverse economic...

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Finance and growth: a macroeconomic assessment of the evidence from a European angle

Papaioannou, Elias - European Central Bank - 2007

This paper reviews the literature on the finance-growth nexus within a neoclassical growth framework, placing an emphasis on the policy implications in the current European environment, that has placed financial reforms high on the policy Agenda. While more research is needed to establish...

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