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Financial dependence, banking sector competition, and economic growth
Claessens, Stijn - 2005
"The relationships among competition in the financial sector, access of firms to external financing, and associated … economic growth are ambiguous in theory. Moreover, measuring competition in the financial sector can be complex. In this paper … Claessens and Laeven first estimate for 16 countries a measure of banking system competition based on industrial organization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522717
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What drives bank competition? : some international evidence
Claessens, Stijn - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523323
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A framework for the design and implementation of competition law and policy
Khemani, R. S. (contributor) - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524899
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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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Vocational education in the new EU member states : enhancing labor market outcomes and fiscal efficiency
Canning, Mary - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521840
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Social assistance in the new EU member states : strengthening performance and labor market incentives
Ringold, Dena - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521846
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Turkey's evolving trade integration into pan-European markets
Ng, Francis - 2006
"This is an empirical paper seeking to identify the mode of Turkey's integration into global markets in general, and pan-European markets in particular, as revealed in its trade performance. The analysis provides empirical support to the following observations. First, thanks to steady expansion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522153
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Bulgaria's institutions and policies : integrating into pan-european markets
Kaminski, Bartomiej - 2006
duty-free competition from imports. With relatively high most favored-nation tariff rates, the level of reverse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522196
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Bulgaria's integration into the pan-European economy and industrial restructuring
Ng, Francis - 2006
"This paper looks at Bulgaria's industrial restructuring through the lenses of its evolving specialization in international division of labor and integration into international markets with a special emphasis on EU markets. Its major findings can be summarized as follows: (1) Developments in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522197