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differences and similarities in the capital structure of firms across size classes and across Europe; observes that while there is … highlights that the changes in Europe's financial landscape - including bank consolidation and Basel II - promise to foster SME …
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This paper examines whether small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe suffer from a structural financing …
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The 1992 "Single Market" failed to create a real single market for financial services across Europe. However, the boom …
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The late 1990s saw one of the most rapid diffusions of a new technology seen in history. Within the space of 5 years the number of Internet users reached 50 million. This compares with the 13 years required by TV to reach the same number of users in the 1950s and 1960s, and the 40 years that...
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the (in)effectiveness of schooling expenditures and implies that schooling is often provided inefficiently in Europe …
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Many observers suspect economic growth to be inextricably associated with inequality: growth alone need not bring about unalloyed, uncontroversial increases in economic well-being because rising average income levels might come together with increasing disparities between rich and poor....
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Even though the industrial revolution started in Europe, many commentators suggest that European entrepreneurship has …
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Europe, as all modern economies, is shifting towards an information-based society, where Information Technology (IT) is …
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innovative capacity, poor accessibility and low education. The situation in Eastern Europe is discussed in Section 4. Finally …
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Economists agree at least on this: it is difficult to find evidence for, or merely to imagine any growth mechanism that does not work through the increase of a stock of capital in one way or another. From a more policy point of view - in particular in terms of the debate of economic development...
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