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authorities in Israel with emphasis on the reduction in government participation and taking into account the heterogeneity of the …, such as a reduction in government grants, affect the level of the per capita deficit in the short run but following that … the deficit converges to its original level. (b) A reduction in government grants leads to an immediate cutback in …
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encouraged, this paper highlights criticisms attributed to government control of banks. However the theory relating to the … “helping hand” view of government is advanced as having a fundamental role in the regulation and supervision of banks … Regulation model, the paper attempts to highlight the role played by government in the direct monitoring of firms. In proposing …
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This paper investigates whether patent subsidy programs aimed at promoting regional innovations have aroused a large … number of low-quality applications in China and created biased patent statistics as an indicator for innovations. We found … or low value. However, the patent subsidy programs does not affect the trend of granted patents, particularly for those …
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Global climate change and security of supply concerns pose significant challenges for sustainable development as well as the need to improve energy efficiency in transition and developing economies. Meanwhile, economic theory suggests that market-based economic policies and reforms are crucial...
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In this paper, we examine causal relationships among inflation rate, output growth rate, inflation uncertainty and output uncertainty for ten Central and Eastern European transition countries. For this purpose, we estimate a bivariate GARCH model that includes output growth and inflation rates...
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outcome when permanent domestic output exceeds the current one and when current investments and government consumption exceed …
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Numerous studies have found negative connection between corruption level and economic development. At the same time few of them demonstrate correlation between women representation in politics and corruption level. This paper analyzes correlation between gender and corruption for a specific...
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This paper starts from an empirical assessment of different dimensions of social capital in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The level of social capital is lower in CEE-CIS countries compared to other countries in...
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This Report is a third in the series Employment in Poland. It consists of four Parts, devoted to empirical analysis of the impact of macroeconomic shocks on EU New Member States labour markets‘ in 1996-2006; utilization of flexible forms of employment on Polish labor market, determinants of wages...
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This paper examines, in the tradition of descriptive approaches of decision-making, how Romanian executives actually make decisions. It is based on an investigation in which managers from Romania were interrogated about some aspects of the decision-making. The conclusion of this study is that...
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