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Innovativity: A comparison across seven European countries

Mohnen, Pierre; Mairesse, Jacques; Dagenais, Marcel - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

This paper proposes a framework to account for innovation similar to the usual accounting framework in production analysis and a measure of innovativity comparable to that of total factor productivity. This innovation accounting framework is illustrated using micro-aggregated firm data from the...

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Foreign Direct Investment in Times of Global Economic Crisis: Spotlight on New Europe

Filippov, Sergey; Kalotay, Kalman - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

This paper examines the potential impact of the economic crisis, which started in 2008, on the dynamics global foreign direct investment, especially in the new member states of the European Union. The global economic crisis that hit the world in 2008 has forced scholars and policy makers alike...

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Child deprivation in Ontario: A (less than perfect) comparison with Europe

Notten, Geranda - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

children in eight European high-income countries (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden … only compares child deprivation for Europe. For Ontario, however, deprivation information is available in the 2009 Ontario … report card methodology allows exploring how child deprivation in Ontario, and possibly Canada, compares to Europe. This …

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Fiscal Divergence and Current Account Imbalances in Europe

Schnabl, Gunther; Wollmershäuser, Timo - CESifo - 2013

Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System diverging current account positions in Europe have prevailed. While the … fiscal policy stances for current account imbalances in Europe since the early 1970s under alternative institutional monetary …

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Compulsory Schooling Reforms, Education and Mortality in Twentieth Century Europe

Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - CESifo - 2012

mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we …

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Real Convergence, Price Level Convergence and Inflation Differentials in Europe

Egert, Balázs - CESifo - 2007

root of different inflation rates in Europe including the EU-27. Among others, we study the structural and cyclical factors … important drivers of inflation rates in an enlarged Europe. House prices matter to some extent in the euro area, whereas the …

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Scylla and Charybdis. Explaining Europe’s Exit from Gold, January 1928 – December 1936

Wolf, Nikolaus - CESifo - 2008

The paper examines the timing of exit from the interwar gold-exchange standard for a panel of European countries, based on monthly data over the period January 1928 - December 1936. I show that exit from gold can be understood in terms of a trade-off between a limited set of factors commonly...

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Wars and Markets: How Bond Values Reflect World War II

Frey, Bruno S.; Kucher, Marcel - CESifo - 1999

Historical events are reflected in asset prices. In this paper, we analyse government bond prices of Germany and Austria traded on the Swiss bourse during WWII. Some war events that are generally considered crucial are clearly reflected in government bond prices. This holds, in particular, for...

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Development of Local Public Finance in Europe

Friedrich, Peter; Gwiazda, Joanna; Nam, Chang Woon - CESifo - 2003

This paper investigates the development of local public finance in Germany, Switzerland, Poland and the United Kingdom. In this context important characteristics of municipal expenditures and revenues are examined in these countries. Differences in government structure (i.e. unitary or federal)...

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Efficiency and Equity of European Education and Training Policies

Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2006

This paper reviews empirical evidence, especially from Europe, on how education and training policies can be designed …

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