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The role early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life

van den Berg, Gerard J.; Deeg, Dorly J. H.; Lindeboom, … - 2010

Serious life events, such as the loss or the onset of a chronic condition may influence cognitive functioning. We examine whether the cognitive impact of such events is stronger if conditions very early in life were adverse, using Dutch lnogitudinal data of older persons. We exploit exogenous...

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The Veblen-Gerschenkron Effect of FDI in Mezzogiorno and East Germany

Urban, Dieter M.; Peri, Giovanni - 2002

The presence of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) should benefit local economies. In particular if MNEs are particularly productive compared to domestic firms they may promote learning and catch-up of local firms. Such channel of spillovers from MNEs to local firms is known as the Veblen...

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Being born under adverse economic conditions leads to a higher cardiovascular mortality rate in life: Evidence based on inidviduals born at different stages of the business cycle

van den Berg, Gerard J.; Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele; … - 2008

We connect the recent medical and economic literatures on the long-run effects of early-life conditions, by analyzing the effects of economic conditions on the individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality rate later in life, using individual data records from the Danish Twin Registry covering births...

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Adjusting Measures of Economic Output for Health: Is the Business Cycle Countercyclical?

Egan, Mark L.; Mulligan, Casey B.; Philipson, Tomas J. - 2013

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Indian Economic Outlook 2008-09 and 2009-10

Kumar, Rajiv - 2009

This paper provides an outlook for the Indian economy in the light of the extraordinary global financial crisis, that started in the US, but which has now transformed into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The Indian economy was slowing down even before the onset of global...

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Ökonomische Wirkungen der Handwerksnovelle 2004: Ergebnisse aus einem quasinatürlichen Experiment

Koch, Andreas; Nielen, Sebastian - 2016

Die Reform der Handwerksordnung des Jahres 2004 brachte insbesondere durch die Abschaffung der Meisterpflicht für mehr als die Hälfte der Gewerbezweige des Handwerks eine umfassende Liberalisierung der Zugangsbedingungen. Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert unter Verwendung von Daten des...

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Beteiligungsberichterstattung der öffentlichen Hand im 13-Länder-Vergleich: Erfordernisse für mehr Transparenz über die Governance und Performance öffentlicher Unternehmen

Papenfuß, Ulf; Steinhauer, Lars; Friedländer, Benjamin - 2015

[Einführung und Motivation ...] Die Studie bietet eine erste Orientierungshilfe für Praxis und Wissenschaft. Sie leistet damit auch eine notwendige Basis für weiterführende vergleichende Analysen des Beteiligungsberichtswesens im internationalen Kontext. In Kapitel 2 werden Relevanz von und...

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Integrierte Finanzmarktaufsicht im internationalen Vergleich

Trott, Anselm Sebastian; Geiger, Hans - 2006

bislang zahlreiche Nachahmer, wie etwa Deutschland im Jahr 2002. Auch die Schweiz schickt sich momentan an, sich in diesen … Folgenden. Am Beispiel der Länder Dänemark, Deutschland, Norwegen, Österreich, Singapur und Vereinigtem Königreich werden die …

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Relative status and satisfaction

Boes, Stefan; Staub, Kevin E.; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2008

This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic status, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and income rank as an indicator of status. The results show that children appear to compare their actual economic status with...

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Global imbalances: Is Germany the new China? A skeptical view

Aizenman, Joshua; Sengupta, Rajeswari - 2010

In this paper we evaluate the current account patterns of China and Germany. We point out that China's current account … surplus as a share of global GDP in recent years resembles that of Germany's. Yet, an important difference is that the Euro … block's current account inclusive of Germany, has overall been balanced, whereas emerging Asia's current account inclusive …

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