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Universities in the market for continuing higher education

Wentzel, Bettina; Oelmann, Mark - 2002

The purpose of the paper is to explain why and how American universities have taken the lead in continuing education compared to their European counterparts. In a first step we will discuss different notions of continuing education and develop an analytical framework to handle its various forms....

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Import protection, business cycles, and exchange rates: Evidence from the great recession

Bown, Chad P.; Crowley, Meredith A. - 2011

This paper uses highly detailed, quarterly data for five major industrialized economies to estimate the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1 - 2010:Q4. First, estimates on a pre-Great Recession sample of data provide evidence of two key relationships....

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Brain Drain - Brain Circulation or... What Else Happens or Should Happen to the Brains Some Aspects of Qualified Person Mobility/Migration

Breinbauer, Andreas - 2007

The article provides a general introductory overview of the (spatial) mobility of highly skilled/qualified persons and discusses the different terms of the mobility of the Highly Skilled, especially those of scientists. It outlines theoretical and empirical aspects of these movements and...

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Modeling the Effects of Free Trade Agreements between the EU and Canada, USA and Moldova/Georgia/Armenia on the Austrian Economy: Model Simulations for Trade Policy Analysis

Francois, Joseph; Pindyuk, Olga - 2013

This study examines the economic impact on Austria of three possible new EU free trade agreements: (1) an EU …-US agreement; (2) an EU-Canada agreement; and (3) an EUArmenia/Georgia/Moldova agreement. This is done with a computational model … economy. The US accounts for roughly one-quarter of extra-EU Austrian exports. Overall, the combined impact of the FTAs …

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Assessing the development gap

Sinitsina, Irina; Chubrik, Alexander; Denisova, Irina; … - 2007

neighbor states with the EU. To achieve this, the authors aim to assess the existing trends in the size of the gaps across … countries and problem areas, taking into consideration the specific origin of the gap between EU15/EU12, on the one hand, and … FSU republics, EU candidates and West Balkan countries, on the other hand. The paper is structured as follows: (1) An …

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The Transatlantic Banking Crisis: Lessons and EU Reforms

Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2009

of 2007/08 was not really a surprise -, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU …

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What do we really know about fiscal sustainability in the EU? A panel data diagnostic

Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2007

We assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU15 over the period 1970-2006 using stationarity and … policy was sustainable both for the EU15 panel set, and within subperiods (1970-1991 and 1992-2006). …

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Business cycle synchronization and insurance mechanisms in the EU

Afonso, António; Furceri, Davide - 2007

In this paper we provide a positive exercise on past business-cycle correlations and risk sharing in the European Union, and on the ability of insurance mechanisms and fiscal policies to smooth income fluctuations. The results suggest in particular that while some of the new Member States have...

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Real convergence in Central and Eastern European EU Member States: which role for exchange rate volatility?

Arratibel, Olga; Furceri, Davide; Martin, Reiner - 2008

, in the Central and Eastern European EU Member States. Using panel estimations for the period between 1995 and 2006, we …

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Fiscal policy and growth: do financial crises make a difference?

Afonso, António; Grüner, Hans Peter; Kolerus, Christina - 2010

In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel analysis for a set of OECD and non-OECD countries for the...

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