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Redistribution Policy : A European Model
Casella, Alessandra - 2002
Following the rationale for regional redistribution programs described in the official documents of the European Union, this paper studies a very simple multi-country model built around two regions: a core and a periphery. Technological spill-overs link firms' productivity in each of the two...
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The European Community's Trade and Trade-Related Industrial Policies
Xafa, Miranda - 1992
This paper examines the objectives and instruments of trade policy in the European Community (EC) from 1987 until mid-1992. It reviews the Community’s institutional setting and policy environment as background to recent trends in EC trade policies and trading arrangements. A discussion of key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396138
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Economic Growth in a Cross-Section of Cities
Glaeser, Edward L. - 1995
We examine the relationship between urban characteristics in 1960 and urban growth (income and population) between 1960 and 1990. Our major findings are that income and population growth move together and both types of growth are (1) positively related to initial schooling, (2) negatively...
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Regional Growth and Migration : A Japan-U.S. Comparison
Barro, Robert J. - 1992
Do poor economies grow faster than rich ones? This important economic question (which we call [beta]-convergence) is analyzed in this paper using two regional data sets: 47 Prefectures in Japan and 48 States of the U.S.. We find clear evidence of convergence in both countries: poor prefectures...
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Restructuring and insolvency in Europe : policy options in the implementation of the EU directive
Garrido, José María; DeLong, Chanda; Rasekh, Amira; … - 2021
restructuring models in Europe. These options reveal different policy approaches to the regulation of restructuring and insolvency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612340
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Guaranteed minimum income schemes in Europe : landscape and design
Coady, David P.; Jahan, Samir; Matsumoto, Riki; Shang, … - 2021
This paper provides an overview of the design of means-tested Guaranteed Minimum Income schemes, which constitute an important component of social protection systems in European countries. It discusses how key design features differ across countries, including how countries balance the primary...
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Cars in Europe : supply chains and spillovers during COVID-19 times
Boranova, Vizhdan; Huidrom, Raju; Ozturk, Ezgi; … - 2022
the COVID-19 pandemic on the auto sector and aggregate activity in Europe. Our results suggest that these labor supply … shocks would have a significant adverse impact on the major auto producers in Europe, with one-third of the decline in the …
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The International Linkage of Real Interest Rates : The European - U.S. Connection
Cumby, Robert E. - 1984
rates has been widespread in the analyses by economic policymakers both in Europe and in the United States. In this paper we … been raised by the recent policy debates in Europe and the United States: Have ex ante real rates in the United States and … Europe been high during recent years? Has there been a link between U.S. real rates and those in other countries? Can this …
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Patents as Options : Some Estimates of the Value of Holding European Patent Stocks
Pakes, Ariel - 1984
In many countries holders of patents must pay an annual renewal fee in order to keep their patents in force. This paper uses data on the proportion of patents renewed, and the renewal fees faced by, post World War II cohorts of patents in France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, in conjunction...
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The Heights of Europeans Since 1750 : A New Source For European Economic History
Floud, Roderick - 1984
Economic and social historians have traditionally been concerned to measure changes in the income and welfare of populations in the past.Until recently, however, they have not recognized that anthropometric data, such as evidence on the average height achieved by a population at a particular...
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