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Local fiscal equalization in Estonia : is a reform necessary?
Friedrich, Peter; Nam, Chang Woon; Reiljan, Janno - 2009
on the unconditional, down-flow grant system in Estonia. In particular the procedure of determining the total sum of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266052
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Extracting leading indicators of bank fragility from market prices : Estonia focus
Chen, Yu-Fu; Funke, Michael; Männasoo, Kadri - 2006
Banking reform has proved to be one of the most problematic elements of economic transition in central and Eastern Europe. Therefore the paper considers the development of the Estonian banking sector and derives individual banks´ fragility scores during transition. To this end we use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271924
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Labour market reforms and outcomes in Estonia
Brixiova, Zuzana; Egert, Balazs - 2012
The unemployment rate in Estonia rose sharply in 2010 to one of the highest levels in the EU, after the country entered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281045
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Growing Apart? A Tale of Two Republics : Estonia and Georgia
Gylfason, Thorvaldur; Hochreiter, Eduard - 2021
We compare and contrast the economic growth performance of Estonia and Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union … reforms have played a more significant role in raising economic output and efficiency in Estonia than in Georgia, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316667
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Tracking Weekly State-Level Economic Conditions
Baumeister, Christiane; Leiva-Leon, Danilo; Sims, Eric R. - 2021
In this paper, we develop a novel dataset of weekly economic conditions indices for the 50 U.S. states going back to 1987 based on mixed-frequency dynamic factor models with weekly, monthly, and quarterly variables that cover multiple dimensions of state economies. We show that there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220135
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Is There Job Polarization in Developing Economies? A Review and Outlook
Martins-Neto, Antonio; Mathew, Nanditha; Mohnen, Pierre; … - 2022
This paper analyses the evidence of job polarization in developing and emerging economies. We carry out an extensive literature review, revealing that job polarization in these countries is only incipient compared to other advanced economies. We then examine the possible moderating aspects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013312077
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Labor Market Policies and European Crises
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2013
This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328760
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Intra- and inter-industry productivity spillovers in OECD manufacturing: a spatial econometric perspective
Badinger, Harald; Egger, Peter - 2008
We adopt a spatial econometric approach to estimate intra- and inter-industry productivity spillovers in total factor … productivity transmitted through input-output relations in a sample of 13 OECD countries and 15 manufacturing industries. Both R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264277
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Off-shoring and productivity growth in the Italian manufacturing industries
Daveri, Francesco; Jona-Lasinio, Cecilia - 2008
We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way … productivity growth is there with our direct measures based on input-output data but disappears when either a broad measure or the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264353
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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition : theory and application to the German clothing industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266034