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Growing trade in intermediate goods : outsourcing, global sourcing or increasing importance of MNE networks?

Kleinert, Jörn - 2000

Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the increasing importance of MNE networks. These hypotheses are...

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Business cycles as nonlinear phenomena : characterizing Swiss and German cycles, 1965 - 1988

Danthine, Jean-Pierre; Neftci, Salih N. - 1990

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Why forcing people to save for retirement may backfire

Bütler, Monika; Huguenin, Olivia; Teppa, Federica - 2005

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Produktevielfalt, Wettbewerb und "Gains from Variety" in der Schweiz

Weder, Rolf; Mohler, Lukas - 2009

, wie stark die Konsumenten von einer Zunahme dieser Produktvielfalt profitieren. Diese Analyse ist gerade für die Schweiz … abzuschätzen. Dies wurde im vorliegenden Forschungsbericht nun erstmals für die Schweiz getan. Nutzenschätzungen die bisher nur für … Basis die besonderen Effekte der Kleinheit und der Offenheit der Schweiz analysiert. Die Thematik wird von den Autoren im …

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Erfolgsfaktoren im Bereich Cleaner Production bei KMU

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Robustness and real consequences of nominal wage rigidity

Fehr, Ernst (contributor); Götte, Lorenz (contributor) - 2007

Recent studies found evidence for nominal wage rigidity during periods of relatively high nominal GDP growth. It has been argued, however, that in an environment with low nominal GDP growth, when nominal wage cuts become customary, workers' opposition to nominal cuts would erode and, hence,...

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Strategic asset allocation and the risk of the stock market in the long run

Rey, David; Zimmermann, Heinz - 2005

Current discussions about public and private pension plans often state that the stock market is less risky in the long run than in the short run. Pension plans with their rather long planning horizon are therefore asked to increase the allocation to the stock market. Such statements, however,...

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Anreizwirkungen befristeter Arbeitsverträge

Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2004

Befristete Arbeitsverträge ermöglichen es Arbeitgebern, die Eignung potentiell neuer Mitarbeiter zu testen. Mit der nachgewiesenen Eigenschaft von befristeten Beschäftigungs-verhältnissen als Karrieretrittbrett ergibt sich so für befristet angestellte Arbeitnehmer ein Anreiz, mehr...

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Spillovers of prosocial motivation : evidence from an intervention study on blood donors

Bruhin, Adrian; Götte, Lorenz; Haenni, Simon; Jiang, … - 2014

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Is NGO aid not so different after all? : Comparing the allocation of Swiss aid by private and official donors

Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor); … - 2008

Being closer to the poor, NGOs are widely believed to provide better targeted aid than state agencies. But empirical evidence is largely lacking. We contribute to closing this gap by drawing on an exceptionally detailed Swiss database that covers different forms of NGO aid and several official...

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