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New Networks, Competition and Regulation
Baake, Pio; Kameckey, Ulrich - 2006
We consider a model with two firms operating their individual networks. Each firm can choose its price as well as its investment to build up its network. Assuming a skewed distribution of consumers, our model leads to an asymmetric market structure with one firm choosing higher investments....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260943
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Testing for convergence in stock markets: a non-linear factor approach
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Erdogan, Burcu; Kuzin, … - 2009
including monthly stock price indices for five EU countries (Germany, France, the Netherlands, Ireland and the UK) as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274513
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Gov-arrrgh-nance: Jolly Rogers and Dodgy Rulers
De Groot, Olaf J.; Shortland, Anja - 2010
In this paper, we argue that the effect of governance on the emergence of crimes of different levels of sophistication is highly non-linear. State failure, anarchy and a lack of infrastructure are not conducive to establishing any business, including illicit enterprises. At the bottom of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285742
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Forecasting private consumption by consumer surveys
Dreger, Christian; Kholodilin, Konstantin - 2010
and the entire euro area (20 percent). For Germany and France the gains seem to be lower, but are nevertheless substantial …
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Imposed benefit sanctions and the unemployment-to-employment transition: the German experience
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2008
positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust for men and women in East and West Germany. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265011
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Survey of photovoltaic industry and policy in Germany and China
Grau, Thilo; Huo, Molin; Neuhoff, Karsten - 2011
As building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) solutions can meet around one-third of electricity demand in Germany and China … chain. We analyze policies in Germany and China, including deployment support, investment support for manufacturing plants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286290
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Contribution to Productivity or Pork Barrel? The Two Faces of Infrastructure Investment
Cadot, Olivier; Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Stephan, Andreas - 2004
that shape infrastructure policy. Our empirical findings on a panel of France's regions over 1985-92 suggest that electoral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265699
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Multi-factor Gegenbauer processes and European inflation rates
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alana, Luis A. - 2009
parameters at each frequency separately, and adopt this framework to model quarterly prices in three European countries (France …, Italy and the UK). The empirical results suggest that inflation in France and Italy is nonstationary. However, while for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271118
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Income Taxation and Household Size: Would French Family Splitting Make German Families Better off?
Baclet, Alexandre; Dell, Fabien; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2005
compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324234
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Where do the brainy Italians go?
Constant, Amelie F.; D'Agosto, Elena - 2008
This paper studies the major determinants that affect the country choice of the talented Italian scientists and researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US/Canada, the UK, and other EU countries. On average, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271956