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Russia's European Economic Integration: Escapism and Realities
Hamilton, Carl B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
Both Russia and the EU are undertaking significant changes in foreign trade relations. Russia seeks WTO accession and … relationship can EU and Russia develop? The Paper analyses the asymmetric trade structure, the unstable and confused trade relation …, as well as both form and content of EU’s and Russia’s options for the future. Conclusions are e.g. that (i) present EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667019
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Mind the gap: capturing value from basic research: boundary crossing inventors and partnerships
Arts, Sam; Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We study the process of how firms access basic research and translate this into applied research. Drawing on basic research firms develop higher quality technologies and develop these technologies more intensely internally. Critical in this process are boundary crossing inventors – inventors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083344
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The Demise of Investment Banking Partnerships: Theory and Evidence
Morrison, Alan; Wilhelm Jr, William J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
the partnership’s going-public decision. We support our theory with a new dataset of investment bank partnership …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656352
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Non-Economic Engagement and International Exchange: The Case of Environmental Treaties
Rose, Andrew K; Spiegel, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We examine the role of non-economic partnerships in promoting international economic exchange. Since far-sighted countries are more willing to join costly international partnerships such as environmental treaties, environmental engagement tends to encourage international lending. Countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666580
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The Tower of Babel in the Classroom: Immigrants and Natives in Italian Schools
Ballatore, Rosario Maria; Fort, Margherita; Ichino, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect of increasing the number of immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping class size constant (Pure Composition Effect). We explain why this is a relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145440
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Citizenship and Employment – comparing two cool countries
Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Over the last decades, both Canada and Sweden have liberalized citizenship regulations for permanent residents. During the same period, immigration patterns by country of birth have changed substantially, with an increasing number of immigrants arriving from non-western countries. The aim of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008874618
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Business Cycle Synchronization Since 1880
Artis, Michael J; Chouliarakis, George; Harischandra, PKG - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper studies the international business cycle behaviour across 25 advanced and emerging market economies for which 125 years of annual GDP data are available. The picture that emerges is more fragmented than the one drawn by studies that focused on a narrower set of advanced market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003371
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Fixed-Mobile Integration
Bourreau, Marc; Cambini, Carlo; Hoernig, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Often, fixed-line incumbents also own the largest mobile network. We consider the effect of this joint ownership on market outcomes. Our model predicts that while fixed-to-mobile call prices to the integrated mobile network are more efficient than under separation, those to rival mobile networks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083776
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A Price Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration (Revised Version)
Legros, Patrick; Newman, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
, technology, and welfare. Integration is pri- vately costly but is effective at coordinating production decisions; non-integration … is less costly, but coordinates relatively poorly. Output price influences the choice of ownership structure: integration … increases with the price level. At the same time, own- ership affects output, since integration is more productive than non-integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083920
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Bridges or Buffers? Motives behind Immigrants’ Religiosity - A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Abstract: This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive –...
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