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Estimating the shape of economic crises under heterogeneity

Dovern, Jonas; Jannsen, Nils - 2009

During the ongoing financial crisis the analysis of similar historical crises has gained more and more attention among economic researchers and forecasters. Existing studies, however, do not tackle the immense heterogeneity that is present in cross-country samples in a formal and consistent way....

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Die Reform der deutschen Arbeitslosenversicherung vor dem Hintergrund ihrer Geschichte

Schrader, Klaus; Glismann, Hans H. - 2002

Suche nach einem effizienten System der Arbeitslosenversicherung aus der Geschichte lernen kann. Die vier Perioden (Periode …In search of an efficient system of unemployment insurance the authors take a look at German history. Four periods of …

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Determinants of growth and convergence in a growing economy with heterogeneous entrepreneurs

Dohse, Dirk; Ott, Ingrid - 2008

We develop an endogenous growth model which is focussed on entrepreneurial skills and their impact on growth and convergence. Our work is closely related to the model by Acemoglu et al. (2006) but extends their analysis in some important respects. Entrepreneurs in our model dispose of two...

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The interplay between entrepreneurship education and regional knowledge potential in forming entrepreneurial intentions

Walter, Sascha G.; Dohse, Dirk - 2009

This study examines how the effect of entrepreneurship education on students' entrepreneurial intentions is (1 … show that active modes of entrepreneurship education directly increase intentions and attitudes, whereas the impact of … entrepreneurship education in different ways. The findings have important implications for theory building as well as for the practice …

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Assessing the advantages of EMU-enlargement for the EU and the accession countries: a comparative indicator approach

Schweickert, Rainer - 2001

optimality in comparison with a reference group of the four EMU-member countries Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain. The …

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Are unfair import laws unfair to developing countries: evidence from US antidumping actions 1990 - 2004

Morkre, Morris; Spinanger, Dean; Tran, Lien - 2008

This paper investigates the effects of U.S. AD actions on DCs. It first considers administrative actions by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which decides AD margins for countries. It then considers decision making by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which determines injury to domestic...

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Labor productivities and labor costs in Euroland

Siebert, Horst - 1998

The paper presents labor productivities in the member countries of Euroland. The result is that there is quite a divergence in labor productivities (per head) in the European Monetary Union. The Netherlands and Italy reach 85 percent of the West German level, Spain 62 and Portugal 35. This...

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Recent developments in old-age pension systems: an international overview

Gern, Klaus-Jürgen - 1998

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Second thoughts on development accounting

Gundlach, Erich; Rudman, Desmond; Wößmann, Ludger - 1998

We estimate the relative roles of factor inputs and productivity in explaining the level of economic development, which is measured as output per worker. For a large sample of countries, we show that alternative identifying productivity assumptions and alternative measures of human capital have...

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Zur Frage einer Infrastrukturlücke Ostdeutschlands gegenüber Westdeutschland

Sichelschmidt, Henning - 2003

In dem Beitrag wird die Infrastrukturausstattung der neuen Bundesländer vorwiegend auf Grund einer Auswertung vorhandener Fachliteratur untersucht. Der Zustand der Infrastruktur in Ostdeutschland zum Zeitpunkt der Vereinigung 1990 war bekanntermaßen sehr schlecht. Der nach mehr als...

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