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uses a regression discontinuity design to identify the effect of peacetime conscription on education and labor market … outcomes. Results indicate that conscription eligibility induces a significant increase in years of education, which is … consistent with conscription avoidance behavior. However, this increased education does not result in either an increase in …
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Abstract Englisch Apparently the European economic model being subjected to a double competition problem. On the one hand, there are enormous differences in the level of competitiveness of the various member countries of the euro area and the EU among themselves. In the long term this Problem...
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The rise of the extreme poles in the European political Spectrum, corresponds currently with a clear call for help by the site of simple People, combined with the desire for a serious confrontation with the tragic impasse reproduced by the extreme Problems of the everyday live . In this case,...
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The most significant value added by Euro 2012 is undoubtedly the infrastructural changes. The event became a catalyst for the execution of more than two hundred projects for an amount of ca. PLN 100 billion. This paper focuses on the key projects, including above all the road construction...
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The European Union has unilaterally decided to implement a cap & trade scheme to contain greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions, starting on 1 January 2005. After the First Phase of the Scheme had been concluded on 31 December 2007, emissions from the sectors covered by the European Emissions Trading...
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Întreprinderile publice au reprezentat pe parcursul timpului o modalitate aflată la dispoziția statului pentru a contribui la dezvoltarea economică și socială a țărilor. Deși rolul acestora s-a restâns semnificativ în întreaga lumea începând cu sfârșitul anilor 1980, nu poate fi...
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This work provides experimental evidence of the determinants of tax compliance in Mexico, and compares them to the results of an experiment administered in the United States reported by Alm, Jackson and McKee (1992). The results for both countries are contrasted to the predictions of the...
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This paper describes the socio-economic adjustment effects exerted by globalization (taking as starting points competitive pressure, sectoral shifts, and financial market contagion) and discusses their relevance for domestic policy-making. I argue that these economic pressures and the resulting...
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This study attempts to assess the preparations for Portugal to host Euro 2004. The purpose of this action was to compare the preparations for the Polish situation, as a host in 2012. In particular, the author drew attention to the potential benefits and costs associated with staging such a big...
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Safety is costly, but lack of safety can be even more expensive. This contribution considers the various dimensions of “Economics of Safety”, ranging from safety at work to road safety, terrorism and crime. Economic science helps to understand the role of safety as a (public or private) good...
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