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Jobs. Jobs? Jobs! : Orientierungshilfen für den Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 2000
Die Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit genießt oberste wirtschaftspolitische Priorität - dieser Feststellung wird kaum jemand widersprechen wollen. Eher scheiden sich die Geister an der Frage nach dem "wirklichen" quantitativen Ausmaß der Unterbeschäftigung, ihren Ursachen und welche...
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A gains from trade perspective on macroeconomic fluctuations
Beaudry, Paul; Portier, Franck - 2012
Business cycles reflect changes over time in the amount of trade between individuals. In this paper we show that incorporating explicitly intra-temporal gains from trade between individuals into a macroeconomic model can provide new insight into the potential mechanisms driving economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424712
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The Phillips Curve: (in)stability, the role of credit, and implications for potential output measurement
Schleer, Frauke; Kappler, Marcus - 2014
The path of output prior to the financial and economic crisis turned out to be not sustainable and lower than previously estimated in some European crisis countries. Specifically, the output gaps have been underestimated (and inversely potential output overestimated) before the recent crisis. It...
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Fiskalische Kosten einer steuerlichen Förderung von Forschung und Entwicklung in Deutschland : eine empirische Analyse verschiedener Gestaltungsoptionen
Elschner, Christina; Ernst, Christof; Spengel, Christoph - 2010
in Deutschland auf Basis eines Mikrosimulationsmodells. Die fiskalischen Kosten betragen zwischen 464 Mio. € und 5 … ; Förderung ; Deutschland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951045
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Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism
Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Grigoriadis, … - 2013
This paper exploits the introduction of the right of referenda at the local level in the German state of Bavaria in 1995 to study the fiscal effects of direct democracy. In the first part of the paper, we establish the relationship between referenda activity and fiscal performance by using a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009762810
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Labour mobility - an adjustment mechanism in Euroland? : empirical evidence for Western Germany, France and Italy
Puhani, Patrick A. - 1999
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether labour mobility is likely to act as a sufficient adjustment mechanism in the face of asymmetric shocks in Euroland. To this end, we estimate the elasticity of migration with respect to changes in unemployment and income on the basis of regional...
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International spillovers and feedback : modelling in a disequilibrium framework
Winker, Peter; Beck, Martin - 2000
German unification hit the West German economy in a prosperous and appeared as a huge demand shock at least for the first few quarters. This combination resulted in a major increase of imports from the main trading partners of West Germany, which may have helped to cushion recessionary trends...
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Empirical macromodels under test : a comparative simulation study of the employment effects of a revenue neutral cut in social security contributions
Buscher, Herbert S.; Buslei, Hermann; Göggelmann, Klaus; … - 1998 - Preliminary version
Zeitreihendaten aufbauen und in denen der Arbeitsmarkt überwiegend von der Nachfrageseite dominiert wird, zwei Modelle aus der Klasse …
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Individual exchange rate forecasts and expected fundamentals
Dick, Christian D.; MacDonald, Ronald; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2011
This paper suggests that exchange rates are related to economic fundamentals over medium-term horizons, such as a month or longer. We find from a large panel of individual professionals' forecasts that good exchange rate forecasts benefit from the proper understanding of fundamentals,...
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Die externen Luftverschmutzungskosten des motorisierten Individualverkehrs in Deutschland : ein regionaler Vergleich
Weinreich, Sigurd - 2000
(MIV) für verschiedene Technologien, Fahrsituationen und alle Regionen in Deutschland berechnet. Dabei ist das Ziel der …) generiert. Die wichtigsten Faktoren für diese hohen regionalen Unterschiede sind der vorherrschende Südwestwind in Deutschland … Bevölkerungsdichte in der Fläche über Deutschland und weite Teile Europas. Die Untersuchung wird abgerundet durch die Abschätzung der …
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