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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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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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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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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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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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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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This article evaluates the recent protectionist US trade policy and the retaliation of the EU and China. The article … tariffs are a credible threat to the EU, but the steel and aluminum tariffs are not. China suffers considerably from the US … tariffs, especially the extended, tightened tariffs that have been announced. The retaliation measures of the EU and China …
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these transatlantic differences may be related to the different sectoral structures in the US and the EU, we differentiated …
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structural change. Especially, unskilled workers in the US and the EU are suffering while highly educated specialists get the …
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