This article studies the likely impact of unconventional gas developments in the U.S. on EU competitiveness. We find … energy prices both at home and abroad. Finally, competitiveness impacts in some (sub)sectors will be considerable. These …, may soften the adverse competitiveness impact in the EU. …

We develop a programming algorithm that predicts a balanced-panel mix-adjusted house price index for arbitrary spatial …

terms of foreign exchange market dynamics. An implementable financial stress index (FSI) is created and then used to … currencies) and we show that such an index has potential value in protecting a portfolio against loss during periods of stress …

elderly? What is the nature of a fiscal incidence index on a budgetary basis versus a theoretically more satisfactory index … on the fiscal incidence of home care programs. -- home care of the elderly ; price-subsidy ; fiscal incidence index ; non …

-homothetic case, these indexes are superior both to Fisher s ideal index and to the consumer surplus approximation. …

The production index is an important indicator for assessing the cyclical state of the economy. Unfortunately, the …

In this paper, we propose a novel index for measuring intra-generational redistribution in pay-as-you-go pension … schemes. Our index solely requires information on contributions and pension benefits of retirees, enabling us to measure intra … predictions of our index. The reform introduced additional benefits for a subgroup of substantial size of German mothers, due to …