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Measuring Competitiveness
Neary, J. Peter - 2006
This paper reviews alternative approaches to measuring an economy''s cost competitiveness and proposes some new measures inspired by the economic theory of index numbers. The indices provide a theoretical benchmark for estimated real effective exchange rates, but differ from standard measures in...
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Why does emissions trading under the EU ETS not affect firms' competitiveness? : empirical findings from the literature
Joltreau, Eugénie; Sommerfeld, Katrin - 2017
Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms' competitiveness or profit-ability. However, the empirical literature shows that hardly any statistically significant effects on firms can be detected for the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). We explain why there...
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European Productivity, Innovation and Competitiveness : The Case of Italy
Tiffin, Andrew - 2014
In Italy, price-based competitiveness measures are not always an accurate predictor of trade outcomes. This paper offers a more comprehensive assessment of Italian competitiveness, focusing on the role of innovation and the evolution of Italy’s export market share. Overall, Italy maintains a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014411220
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Labor market concentration and competition policy across the Atlantic
Araki, Satoshi; Bassanini, Andrea; Green, Andrew S.; … - 2022
of enforcement activity by European competition authorities in labor markets relative to the US. While enforcement action … competition enforcement in labor markets. The article identifies sectors and practices that may be scrutinized with priority by … European competition authorities and proposes a mix of enforcement, merger control and well-targeted policy and regulatory …
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Measuring the statistical capacity of nations
Cameron, Grant J.; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Dinc, Mustafa; … - 2020
internationally comparable data. This paper reviews measurement methodologies, posits desired attributes, and presents theoretical and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012316940
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Evaluating the success of President Johnson's war on poverty : revisiting the historical record using a full-income poverty measure
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Corinth, Kevin; Elwell, James; … - 2019
We evaluate progress in President's Johnson's War on Poverty. We do so relative to the scientifically arbitrary but policy relevant 20 percent baseline poverty rate he established for 1963. No existing poverty measure fully captures poverty reductions based on the standard that President Johnson...
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Competitiveness Indicators : A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment
Marsh, Ian W. - 1994
This paper discusses five indicators of competitiveness: real exchange rates based on consumer price indices, export unit values of manufacturing goods, the relative price of traded to nontraded goods, normalized unit labor costs in manufacturing, and the ratio of normalized unit labor costs to...
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Measuring preferences for competition with experimentally-validated survey questions
Fallucchi, Francesco; Nosenzo, Daniele; Reuben, Ernesto - 2019
We validate experimentally a new survey item to measure the preference for competition. The item, which measures … participants' agreement with the statement "Competition brings the best out of me", predicts individuals' willingness to compete in … predicted differences in their preference for competition: professional athletes and non-athletes. As predicted, we find that …
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