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Social capital and the spread of Covid-19 : insights from European countries
Bartscher, Alina Kristin; Seitz, Sebastian; Siegloch, … - 2020
, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226751
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The Dutch UMTS-auction
Damme, Eric E. C. van - 2002
In this paper I review the Dutch UMTS-auction that took place in the summer of 2000 and which, in contrast to the UK and German auctions, was generally considered to be a major flop. I analyse the policy process leading to the auction as well as the bidding behaviour in the auction, and provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409958
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European market integration for gas? : volume flexibility and political risk
Asche, Frank; Osmundsen, Petter; Tveterås, Ragnar - 2000
Gas exports to the Continent are regulated by long term take-or-pay contracts. The contracts are described and analyzed. We thereafter examine whether the most central European gas market, the German market, is integrated. Are there substantial price differences between gas from different export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781639
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'Large' vs. 'small' players : a closer look at the dynamics of speculative attacks
Bjønnes, Geir H.; Holden, Steinar; Rime, Dagfinn; … - 2009
players moved early. Interest rates did not increase in Sweden so there was little to gain by a delayed attack. -- Speculative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806083
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Gatekeeping versus monitoring : evidence from a case with extended self-reporting of sickness absence
Torsvik, Gaute; Vaage, Kjell - 2014
We examine the impact of a policy reform that gave employees in a municipality extended rights to self-declare sickness absence. To identify the effect of bypassing the physician as an absence certifier we contrast the development of absence in the reform municipality with absence in similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461267
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Labor market effects of COVID-19 in Sweden and its neighbors : evidence from novel administrative data
Juranek, Steffen; Paetzold, Jörg; Winner, Hannes; … - 2020
spread of COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic: While Denmark, Finland and Norway imposed strict measures (‘lockdowns …’), Sweden decided for much lighter restrictions. Empirically, we use novel administrative data on weekly new unemployment and … furlough spells from all 56 regions of the Nordic countries to compare the labor market outcomes of Sweden with the ones of its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012258526
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Vertical integration in tradable green certificate markets
Coria, Jessica; Jaraitė, Jūratė - 2024
This study examines how the impact of Tradable Green Certificates (TGC) on profitability and investment behavior varies depending on the vertical integration status of regulated firms. Our theoretical model predicts that vertical integration does not lead to higher profits when internal pricing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014521191
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Reduction of employment protection in Europe : a comparative fuzzy-set analysis
Ochel, Wolfgang; Rohwer, Anja - 2009
by relaxing it for temporary jobs. These countries are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands …, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The article explores the conditions of the reduction of employment protection and takes a closer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897340
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What kind of EU fiscal capacity? : evidence from a randomized survey experiment in five European countries in times of Corona
Beetsma, Roel; Burgoon, Brian; Nicoli, Francesco; … - 2020
Based on a conjoint survey experiment we explore the support among European citizens for a European Union (EU) budgetary assistance instrument to combat adverse temporary or permanent economic shocks hitting Member States. Suitably designed, there is quite substantial support for such an EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012258505
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Financial constraints and other obstacles : are they a threat to innovation activity?
Mohnen, Pierre A.; Palm, Franz C.; Schim van der Loeff, … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003630838