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The paper takes into account both the concerns of the EU, arguing that convergence is incomplete, and the demands from accession countries, claiming that monetary integration is optimal. Indicators are developed which measure convergence and optimality in comparison with a reference group of the...
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This paper presents a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for Poland's integration into the European Union that allows for quantification of the income and welfare effects stemming from<p> i) tariff reduction,<p> ii) border-cost reduction, <p> iii) reduction of the technical barriers to...</p></p></p>
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Many WTO countries continue to deepen and widen regional economic Integration - despite already low rates of most-favored-nation tariffs in most cases. This paper discusses the possible welfare-increasing effects of trade liberalization between the European Union (EU) and the North American Free...
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employment assumption (i.e. Stolper-Samuelson theorem), might be misleading. In addition, in the case of fixed real wages, the …. Most importantly, urban (rural) groups are better (worse) off in the scenario with fixed wages, while urban (rural) groups … are worse (better) off in the scenario with flexible wages. Despite the owners of basic skilled labour being better off …
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The paper explores the basic features of structural change towards services for OECD countries in general and for Germany in particular. The determinants of sectoral shifts are analytically decomposed into the demandbias and the productivity-bias. The demand-bias, which prevails in all OECD...
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The terrorist attacks of September 11 have challenged the view that the U.S. economy is on the brink of recovery. This article discusses the effects of the attacks on real GDP taking the Kiel InstituteÂ’s forecast of September 10 as the baseline scenario. The focus is on assessing the direct...
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This paper evaluates the implications for employment, productivity and wages of allowing for more flexibility in weekly … sharing and the Full flexibility scenarios. She finds that the 2012 reform preserves employment and generates a 1.72% increase … in productivity. In the work sharing scenario, the increase in employment (1.86%) comes at the expense of a lower …
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privatization of public companies impact on the distribution of employment and wages between the formal and the informal sector. We …
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In recent publications it has been argued that the change of the skill structure of industrial employment is caused by … impact on the skill structure of domestic employment in favor of skilled labor. The empirical evidence for German …
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shift in employment from manufacturing to retailing, the rise in retailer product assortment and the emergence of slotting …
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