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Capital accumulation and unemployment : a tale of two "continents"

Malley, James R.; Moutos, Thomas - 2000

-1995. More detailed evidence is also presented for Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom. …

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What do we know about recent exchange rate models? : In-sample fit and out-of-sample performance evaluated

Cheung, Yin-Wong; Chinn, Menzie David; Garcia Pascual, … - 2003

Previous assessments of nominal exchange rate determination have focused upon a narrow set of models typically of the 1970's vintage, including monetary and portfolio balance models. In this paper we re-assess the in-sample fit and out-of-sample prediction of a wider set of models that have been...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001753593

Real wages and business cycle asymmetries : presented at CESifo conference "Academic Use of ifo Survey Data", december 2003

Woitek, Ulrich - 2004

and Germany to condition the relationship between real wages and business fluctuations on the phase of the cycle, it is … general, the evidence for countercyclical wages is stronger in Germany than for the US, but taken together there is no clear …

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Significance of development stage theory for explaining industrial growth pattern between Asian NICs and selected advanced economics [economies]

Nam, Chang-woon - 2002

innovation efforts of indigenous firms, and export expansion of manufactured goods. Furthermore, fast economic growth and active … like Japan, West Germany and the US. …

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Inequality and the state : comparing U.S. and German preferences

Corneo, Giacomo - 2000

Survey data from the United States, West Germany and East Germany are analyzed to compare individual attitudes towards … political redistribution in each country. In West Germany the "homo oeconomicus effect", the "social rivalry effect" and the … the third effect disappears, in East Germany both the second and the third effect disappear. …

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Unemployment in the United States and in Europe : a contrast and the reasons

Solow, Robert M. - 2000

und Deutschland aufzeigt. Der Anteil Langzeitarbeitsloser an der Arbeitslosenquote ist in Europa wesentlich höher als in …

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How efficient is the East German economy? : an exploration with micro data

Funke, Michael; Rahn, Jörg - 2000

efficiency in eastern and western Germany. The results indicate that firms in eastern Germany are significantly less efficient … than firms in western Germany. The paper also examines some of the possible correlates of regional variations in firm …

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Location choice and employment decisions : a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals

Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jaeckle, Robert - 2005

strongest with respect to affiliate employment in Western Europe. A one percent larger wage gap between Germany and locations in …

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Credibility and transparency of central banks : new results based on IFO's world economic survey

Hamella, Sandra; Haan, Jakob de - 2004

This paper reports the results of a survey among private sector economists about credibility and transparency of central banks. In line with the survey of Alan Blinder among central bankers, we asked participants in Ifo's World Economic Survey to answer questions on the importance and...

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Development of local public finance in Europe

Friedrich, Peter; Gwiazda, Joanna; Nam, Chang-woon - 2003

This paper investigates the development of local public finance in Germany, Switzerland, Poland and the United Kingdom …

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