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European telecommunication regulation: Effects on telecommunication providers

Veith, Tobias - 2010

case of ARGARCH models, the approximation process chosen in this paper shows a better estimation of the stock price … development based on autoregressive models and, thus, more robust estimation results for the reaction to a regulatory change … because of the national process of governments' adjustments. Thus, the estimation results provide evidence that companies …

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The aggregate Le Chatelier Samuelson principle with Cournot competition

Koebel, Bertrand M.; Laisney, François - 2010

This paper studies the aggregate substitution and expansion effects triggered by changes in input prices, in a context where firms supply a homogenous commodity and compete in quantities à la Cournot. We derive a sufficient condition for the existence of a Cournot equilibrium and show that this...

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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes: PISA Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration

Minoiu, Nicoleta; Entorf, Horst - 2004

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden) and traditional countries of...

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Public Sector Decentralization: Measurement Concepts and Recent International Trends

Stegarescu, Dan - 2004

This paper deals with the problems encountered in defining and measuring the degree of fiscal decentralization. Drawing on a recent analytical framework of the OECD, different measures of fiscal autonomy and revenue decentralization are presented which consider tax-raising powers of sub-central...

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Konzernsteuerquote und Invesitionsverhalten

Becker, Johannes; Fuest, Clemens; Spengel, Christoph - 2005

Kapitalmarktorientierte Unternehmen in Deutschland orientieren sich in zunehmendem Maße an der Konzernsteuerquote. Diese unterscheidet sich in wesentlichen Aspekten von den in der Forschung gängigen Maßen der effektiven Besteuerung, die auf dem neoklassischen Investitionsmodell basieren. Dies...

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Costs, Preferences, and Institutions: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Government Decentralization

Stegarescu, Dan - 2005

This paper examines the factors determining vertical government structures. An empirical analysis for a panel of OECD countries indicates that apart from preferences, economies of scale, and other factors, institutions explain cross-national differences in the degree of fiscal decentralization....

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Lost in Translation: Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as a Barrier to Knowledge Spillovers

Sofka, Wolfgang; Schmidt, Tobias - 2006

Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge) is a major rationale of multinational firms for investing abroad. Foreign firms find it difficult to overcome cultural and social barriers which make their foreign engagements...

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The Drivers of Deregulation in the Era of Globalization

Heinemann, Friedrich - 2006

This paper treats the question to what extent globalization trends restrict a countryspecific regulation policy in industrial countries. The empirical analysis makes use of recently collected regulation indicators for four policy fields: financial market, product markets, labour markets and...

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Panel Tests for Unit Roots in Hours Worked

Kappler, Marcus - 2006

Hours worked is a time series of interest in many empirical investigations of the macroeconomy. Estimates of macro elasticities of labour supply, for example, build on this variable. Other empirical applications investigate the response of hours worked to a shock to technology on the basis of...

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Exchange rate regimes and fiscal discipline in OECD countries

Heinemann, Friedrich - 1999

estimation for 20 OECD countries from 1970 onwards. The conclusion is that the exchange rate regime as such is not relevant for …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297607

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