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The Marshall Plan : History's Most Successful Structural Adjustment Program
De Long, J. Bradford - 1991
The post-World War II reconstruction of Western Europe was one of the greatest economic policy and foreign policy … that transferred some $13 billion to Europe in the years 1948-51. We examine the economic effects of the Marshall Plan, and … role in setting the stage for post-World War II Western Europe's rapid growth. The conditions attached to Marshall Plan aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475088
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Relaxing the External Constraint : Europe in the 1930s
Eichengreen, Barry - 1990
This paper documents the effects of exchange rates and the external constraint during the interwar years. In the absence of international policy coordination, exchange rate depreciation is shown to have been a necessary precondition for the adoption of policies promoting recovery from the Great...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475621
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The Americanization of European Higher Education and Research
Borghans, Lex - 2009
Over the past two decades there has been a substantial increase in the mobility of students in Europe, while also … higher education in Europe and investigate potential explanations for the strong increase in its international orientation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463432
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The Mother of All Sudden Stops : Capital Flows and Reversals in Europe, 1919-32
Accominotti, Olivier - 2013
financial centers at the end of the 1920s figured importantly in the decline in foreign lending. We draw parallels with Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459081
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Fostering and Measuring Skills : Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success
Kautz, Tim - 2014
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills|personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457917