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Kaliningrad: Enclaves and Economic Integration

Vinokurov, Evgeny - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

As the Soviet Union broke up, Kaliningrad suddenly found itself separated from mainland Russia by new frontiers. Hardly any other Russian region has been hit as hard by the economic disruption as Kaliningrad. The geographical situation of the region meant that it was more highly exposed to the...

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Convergence and divergence in living standards among regions of the enlarged European Union (1992-2006)

Novotný, JOSEF - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper examines regional convergence in living standards among 264 EU27 regions during1992-2006. The main contribution is the exploratory analysis, which inspects various aspects of regional dynamics such as convergence and divergence, polarization, the role of inter-national component,...

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Regional disparities among countries and analysis of reasons of their creation

Stanislav, Kološta; et., al. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Regional development and remission of regional disparities belong to the most discussed topics in the European Union. The urgency of solving this question proves the fact, that regional development is one of the key issues of regional policy in the EU. Enormous are especially disparities among...

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Competitiveness of Romania’s South-East Region in the European Context

Muntean, Mihaela-Carmen; Nistor, Costel; Nistor, Rozalia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The European interventionist policy is much stronger on the regional level than on the level of national states. Each economic activity in Europe’s regions has now its own place on the European market economy. Creating a European market is important due to its size and economic potential. The...

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Relative or absolute poverty in the US and EU? The battle of the rates

Notten, Geranda; Neubourg, Chris de - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

for all the countries of the (old) EU and the USA applying the official measurement methods of the United States (absolute …

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Estimating the size of the potential market for all three flexibility mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol

Zhang, ZhongXiang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999

The Kyoto Protocol is the first international environmental agreement that sets legally binding greenhouse gas emissions targets and timetables for Annex I countries. It incorporates emissions trading and two project-based flexibility mechanisms, namely joint implementation and the clean...

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The policy relevance of absolute and relative poverty headcounts: What's in a number?

Notten, Geranda; de Neubourg, Chris - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Financial poverty indicators still play an important role in policymaking and evaluation. Countries such as the USA and …

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Poverty in Europe and the USA: Exchanging official measurement methods

Notten, Geranda; Neubourg, Chris de - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

USA use an objective method to estimate official poverty (Orshansky indicator). Although related, each approach portrays … different dimensions of poverty. In this study we compare the official poverty methodologies of the USA and EU by applying them … Study on Income Dynamics (PSID) for the USA, we compare poverty trends in the USA and EU in relative and absolute terms on a …

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