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Spatial dependence of regional unemployment in the European Union

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002

spatial econometric methods. The results point to a significant spatial dependence among regional labour markets in Europe … suggest that different forms of spatial interaction with varying scope affect the evolution of regional unemployment in Europe. … Mobilität der Arbeitskräfte führen zu anhaltenden Unterschieden zwischen den regionalen Arbeitslosenquoten in Europa. Bisherige …

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Market Access and Regional Disparities: New Economic Geography in Europe

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2004

New Economic Geography (NEG) has reached a theoretical consolidation while related empirical tests are still scarce. The present paper aims at providing some evidence on the validity of forces emphasised by NEG. The analysis starts from the nominal wage equation derived from the Krugman...

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A Currency Crisis in Europe? The Europe's common currency and the new accession countries

Krawczyk, Mariusz K. - 2004

The politically and legally complicated character of the EU Eastern Enlargement heavily influenced the conflict between the legal and economic rationality underlying the construction of the EMR-II. This makes the ERM-II vulnerable to currency crises and creates conditions for a widespread...

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Handels- und Finanzarchitektur im Umbruch: Globale Integration und die institutionelle Arbeitsteilung von IWF, Weltbank und WTO

Hefeker, Carsten - 2003

Das Papier untersucht die Rolle von IWF, Weltbank und WTO und ihre Arbeitsteilung. Ich diskutiere die Gründe für ihre Existenz und ihre ursprünglichen Aufgaben und frage, inwieweit es ihnen gelungen ist, sich den veränderten Bedingungen und ihren neuen Aufgaben anzupassen....

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Practical Issues Concerning Temporary Carbon Credits in the CDM

Dutschke, Michael; Schlamadinger, Bernhard - 2003

Afforestation and reforestation (AR) projects in the Clean Development Mechanism are able to create emission permits that can be accounted against the industrialized countries' commitments for limiting their greenhouse gas emissions, as agreed under the Kyoto Protocol. The discussion of how to...

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Development Aid and the CDM - How to interpret "Financial Additionality"

Dutschke, Michael; Michaelowa, Axel - 2003

International climate negotiations have specified that projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) should not lead to a „diversion“ of official development assistance (ODA). It is however unchallenged that ODA can be used in capacity building for the CDM. Diversion can be...

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Baseline Determination at Government Discretion Multi-Project Baselines for the First Track of Joint Implementation?

Schmitz, Simon; Michaelowa, Axel - 2003

The „first track“ of Joint Implementation under the Kyoto Protocol gives host and investor countries total freedom in choosing a baseline for a project reducing or sequestering greenhouse gases. This is due to the fact that an overly generous granting of emission credits leads to a...

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Convergence criteria for participation in the flexible mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol

Michaelowa, Axel; Dutschke, Michael; Stronzik, Marcus - 1999

The authors suggest a multi-layered system of three convergence criteria – similar to those used in the run-up to the European monetary union – that define the notion of „demonstrable progress“ towards reaching the emission commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. These are the existence of...

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National and international developments in technology – Trends, patterns and implications for policy

Koopmann, Georg; Münnich, Felix - 1999

Declining R&D intensities at the national level coincide with growing international technological links. Deviations of individual OECD countries from the average R&D intensity reflect differences in industry structure as well as in sectoral R&D intensity. At the same time, the sectoral...

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Issues and open questions of greenhouse gas emission trading under the Kyoto protocol

Dutschke, Michael; Michaelowa, Axel - 1998

For the first time, the Protocol negotiated by the third Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Kyoto sets legally binding emission targets for the commitment period 2008-2012 for the industrial countries and countries in transition listed in Annex I....

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