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Some Empirical Findings on the Structural Devlopment of the Estonian Economy
Laaser, Claus Friedrich; Reiljan, Janno; Schrader, Klaus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a … Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia are often ignored. Estonia has hardly succeeded in catching-up economically … that Estonia faces a serious productivity problem, particularly in the manufacturing sector producing tradable goods which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272152
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Desert Power 2050: Regional and sectoral impacts of renewable electricity production in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
Calzadilla, Alvaro; Wiebelt, Manfred; Blohmke, Julian; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
“Desert Power 2050” is probably the world’s most ambitious strategy report towards the decarbonization of the power sector in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EUMENA). The report inspired by the Desertec vision aims at providing clean energy from MENA’s desert regions to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886948
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Deficiencies in the Development of an Estonian Welfare State
Schrader, Klaus; Laaser, Claus Friedrich; Reiljan, Janno - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a … Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia are often ignored. Estonia has hardly succeeded in catching-up economically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887008
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The growth effects of R&D spending in the EU: A meta-analysis
Kokko, Ari; Tingvall, Patrik Gustavsson; Videnord, Josefin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
In this paper the authors conduct a meta-analysis to examine the link between R&D spending and economic growth in the EU and other regions. The results suggest that the growth-enhancing effect of R&D in the EU15 countries does not differ from that in other countries in general, but it is less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269108
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On some problems in discrete wavelet analysis of bivariate spectra with an application to business cycle synchronization in the euro zone
Bruzda, Joanna - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
The paper considers some of the problems emerging from discrete wavelet analysis of popular bivariate spectral quantities like the coherence and phase spectra and the frequency-dependent time delay. The approach taken here, introduced by Whitcher and Craigmile (2004), is based on the maximal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643174
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Regional policy, convergence and subsidiarity in the European Community
Thomas, Ingo P. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1996
The aim of this paper is to shed light on how real income has developed across the member states and regions of the EC and to consider what demands this will place on regional policy. According to the principle of subsidiarity, a necessary, though not a sufficient, condition for EC intervention...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276347
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The challenges of monetary convergence in Europe
Schweickert, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997
The paper outlines the challenges for entry into EMU set up by Germany and the extent to which potential members accepted these challenges. Three groups of countries are identified: the core group (D-mark zone), the outsider group (countries not willing to participate), and the convergence group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276441
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EU Integration and its Implications for Asian Economies – What we Know and What Not
Langhammer, Rolf J.; Schweickert, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
In this paper, we analyse effects of EU integration on Asian countries. Since the early 1990s, it is especially the trade creation effect of monetary integration (so-called Rose effect) which is heavily debated in the literature. Recent papers seem to indicate that the Rose effect seems to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755194
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Identifying the Motives of Migrant Philanthropy
Lücke, Matthias; Mahmoud, Toman Omar; Peuker, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
Donations by migrants to community projects in their home countries (“collective remittances”) help to provide local public goods and may promote economic development. We draw on the literatures on migrant remittances and on philanthropy in general to identify possible motives for collective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886969
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Migration and Education Aspirations - Another Channel of Brain Gain?
Böhme, Marcus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
International migration not only enables individuals to earn higher wages but also exposes them to new environments. The norms and values experienced at the destination country could change the behavior of the migrant but also of family members left behind. In this paper we argue that a brain...
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