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Geographical Labor Market Imbalances : Recent Explanations and Cures

Mussida, Chiara - 2015

This book focuses on the questions of how territorial differences in productivity levels and unemployment rates arise in the first place and why territorial differences in labor market performance persist over time. Unemployment divergence and unemployment club convergence have been touched on...

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Real Estate Investment Trusts in Europe : Evolution, Regulation, and Opportunities for Growth

Sotelo, Ramon - 2013

in Europe has been relatively brief, REITs are well on the way to become an industry standard as a real estate investment … financial vehicle not only in Europe but throughout the developed world. This book provides both academics and decision makers … reflection of the development of different REIT-structures in Europe including the history, regulation and markets of each …

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The Future of Public Housing : Ongoing Trends in the East and the West

Chen, Jie - 2013

Public housing was once an important strand in western housing policies, but is seldom seen as a mainstream policy instrument for the future. In contrast, in many East Asian countries large public housing programs are underway. Behind these generalizations, there are exceptions, too. By...

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Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Innovation : The Dynamics of Firms and Industries

Santarelli, Enrico (contributor) - 2006

Discussing the economics of entrepreneurship, this book views that it should establish a framework of analysis that integrates the understanding of the determinants and the effects of entrepreneurship and innovation without neglecting the functioning of the inducement mechanisms. For this...

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Handbook of International Insurance : Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies

Cummins, J. David (ed.); Venard, Bertrand (ed.) - 2007

International Insurance Markets: Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies—An Introduction -- The United States Insurance Market: Characteristics and Trends -- The Japanese Insurance Market and Companies: Recent Trends -- The UK Insurance Industry—Structure and Performance -- The...

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Financial Exclusion

Carbó Valverde, Santiago; Molyneux, Philip; Gardener, … - 2005

This text is concerned with the increasingly important and problematic area of financial exclusion, broadly defined as the inability and/or reluctance of particular societal groups to access mainstream financial services. This has emerged as a major international policy issue. There is growing...

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Quantitative Easing and Its Impact in the US, Japan, the UK and Europe

Hausken, Kjell - 2013

, Japan, UK and Europe. Using an event-study methodology, the authors find that the measures undertaken by the Federal Reserve …

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Convergence or Divergence in Europe? : Growth and Business Cycles in France, Germany and Italy

Bandt, Olivier (contributor); Herrmann, Heinz (contributor); … - 2006

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