Reputation indexes of employment protection have proven popular constructs in studies of the covariation of labor … of employment protection. We critique this reputation in two ways: first, by offering a modicum of 'corrective …' institutional detail on the nature of employment protection in Portugal; and, second, and more substantively, by offering a detailed …

first few quarters. This combination resulted in a major increase of imports from the main trading partners of West Germany … in other countries leading to a feedback on Germany. The paper provides a short overview over the basic model. The …