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Age and skill bias of trade liberalisation? : heterogeneous employment effects of EU Eastern Enlargement
Fries, Jan - 2014
This study analyses the 2004 Eastern Enlargement to the European Union to obtain evidence on the employment effects of an increase in trade liberalisation. The Enlargement is thought to generate a trade-induced demand shock with no (or only limited) supply effects. Besides the variation over...
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Consequences of Brexit and Options for a 'Global Britain'
Brakman, Steven - 2017
The United Kingdom has opted to leave the European Union. The trade and welfare consequences of this decision are large; most studies predict a trade and welfare loss for both the UK and the EU. The UK parliament has indicated that it aims for new and ambitious trade agreements following Brexit,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955285
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Lost in translation : empirical evidence for liability of foreignness as barries to knowledge spillovers
Schmidt, Tobias (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2006
Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge) is a major rationale of multinational firms for investing abroad. Foreign firms find it difficult to overcome cultural and social barriers which make their foreign engagements...
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Does EU cohesion policy promote growth? : evidence from regional data and alternative econometric approaches
Mohl, Philipp (contributor); Hagen, Tobias (contributor) - 2008
This paper analyses the growth effects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1 / NUTS-2 regions over the time period 1995-2005. We extend the current literature with regard to at least three aspects: First of all, we extend the time period of investigation, using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770912
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European telecommunication regulation : effects on telecommunication providers
Veith, Tobias - 2010
case of ARGARCH models, the approximation process chosen in this paper shows a better estimation of the stock price … development based on autoregressive models and, thus, more robust estimation results for the reaction to a regulatory change … because of the national process of governments’ adjustments. Thus, the estimation results provide evidence that companies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701352
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Words speak louder than actions : the impact of politics on economic performance
Osterloh, Steffen - 2010
In this paper, a new approach to disclose the impact of politics on economic growth is presented: we use data derived from content analysis of party manifestos as measures of party preferences. In a panel of 23 OECD countries, we detect a positive impact of party support for various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702176
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Innovation subsidies: does the funding source matter for innovation intensity and performance? : Empirical evidence from Germany
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2011
; Nonparametric matching estimation …
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Efficiency, compensation, and discrimination : what is at stake when implementing the EU emissions trading scheme?
Böhringer, Christoph (contributor);  … - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001911609
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The Impact of Market Regulations on Intra-European Real Exchange Rates
Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès - 2013
and employment protection tend to inflate the real exchange rate. We then carry out an econometric estimation for European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087275
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The European Central Bank's QE : A New Hope
Wieladek, Tomasz - 2016
We examine the impact of the ECB's QE on Euro Area real GDP and core CPI with a Bayesian VAR, estimated on monthly data from 2012M6 to 2016M4. We assess the total impact via a counter-factual exercise, country-by-country and through alternative transmission channels. QE announcement shocks are...
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