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Prospects for an EMU between federalism and nationalism
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Segers, Mathieu - 2014
Which ways and means are available for the macroeconomic and fiscal coordination and/or integration within the EMU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227694
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What causes the positive price-turnover correlation in European housing markets?
Dröes, Martijn I.; Francke, Marc K. - 2016
This paper examines what determines the correlation between prices and turnover in European housing markets. Using a panel vector autoregressive model, we find that there is a particularly strong feedback mechanism between prices and turnover. Momentum effects are another important reason why...
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The crisis sensitivity of European countries and regions : stylized facts and spatial heterogeneity
Groot, Stefan P. T.; Möhlmann, Jan L.; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of the recent global recession on European countries and regions. We first present several stylized facts as to the heterogeneous impact of the global recession on individual European countries and regions. We then offer an investigation of three main classes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386447
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A world divided : refugee centers, house prices, and household preferences
Dröes, Martijn; Koster, Hans - 2019
The number of refugees around the world has increased substantially in the last decade. To cope with refugee flows, many countries have built refugee centers (RCs) for refugees to await the outcome of their asylum procedure. The opening of such centers often leads to considerable opposition from...
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Altruism to strangers for our own sake : domestic effects from immigration
Tubadji, Annie; Nijkamp, Peter - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723015
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Trade policy options of Ukraine : East or West
Mikolajun, Irena; Paap, Richard; Viaene, Jean-Marie; … - 2016
The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 has led to the independence of fifteen new states. Twelve of these, including Ukraine, joined the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) whose goal was to form a common economic space with free movement of goods, labor and capital. Twenty five years...
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On the role of pre-determined rules for HRM policies
Dominguez-Martinez, Silvia; Swank, Otto H. - 2011
Using simple game-theoretical models, this paper studies the role of pre-determined rules for HRM policies. We consider … of written rules, managers are too reluctant (1) to differentiate between employees on the basis of their abilities, and … (2) to terminate employment of employees on probation. Generally, organizations benefit from committing to strict rules …
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The trade and FDI effects of EMU enlargement
Brouwer, Jelle; Paap, Richard; Viaene, Jean-Marie - 2007
This paper considers the nature and the distribution of trade and FDI effects of a potential enlargement of the European Monetary Union (EMU) to the 10 countries that obtained EU membership in 2004. One-way and two-way error component gravity models are estimated using a data set of unbalanced...
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The euro introduction and non-euro currencies
Dijk, Dick van; Munandar, Haris; Hafner, Christian M. - 2006
This paper documents the existence of large structural breaks in the unconditional correlations among the British pound, Norwegian krone, Swedish krona, Swiss franc, and euro exchange rates (against the US dollar) during the period 1994-2003. Using the framework of dynamic conditional...
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Fertile soil for structural funds?
Ederveen, Sjef; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Nahuis, Richard - 2002
Structural funds are the most intensively used policy instrument by the EuropeanUnion to promote economic growth in its member states and to speed up the process ofconvergence. This paper empirically explores the effectiveness of European Structural Fundsby means of a panel data analysis for 13...
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