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This paper discusses the Finnish experiences of Active Labour Market Policy (ALMP) across the economic cycle, especially in economic downturn. Cuts in unemployment spell duration have been the main factors to contribute in decreasing the unemployment in the recent years. Subsidised employment...
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Tutkimuksessa selvitetään, missä määrin Suomen muita EU- ja OECD-maita korkeamman kuluttajahintatason syynä on palvelualojen kilpailun puute, kilpailukyvyn puute tai muut tekijät. Hintamarginaalimittarilla ja ns. Boonen mittarilla arvioiden Suomen useimpien palvelualojen kilpailun...
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The study deals with the theory and measurement of competitiveness. The basic theory of firm implies that under constant returns to scale the unit cost of production can be used to measure the marginal cost of production and to model the impact of competitiveness on the market share of a firm....
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Euro Area member states have agreed to introduce a structural budget balance target to their national legislation (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance). However, there exists no commonly agreed methodology to calculate this macroeconomic indicator. This report presents the...
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Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan yritysdynamiikan vaikutuksia talouteen makrotasolla käyttämällä hyväksi tietoja aloittaneiden ja lopettaneiden yritysten lukumääristä ja joukosta keskeisiä makrotalouden muuttujia. Tulosten mukaan erityisesti uusien yritysten syntymisellä on tärkeä...
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the international comparisons, the price formation of the food chain, degree of concentration, competition, and the …, competition works in Finland just as well in agriculture, the foodstuffs industry and the wholesale and retail trade as it does in … from the standpoint of competition and consumer choice; the position of small producers can best be improved by fostering …
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The use of traditional industry-level profitability indicators for assessing the state of competition is problematic … for two reasons. First, short-term variation reflects business cycles more than it does the impact of competition policy …. Second, rough industry-level indicators hide different mechanisms that are dependent on competition but may affect …
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Europe the driving force in the electricity market reform is the electricity directive which introduces competition to …
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The report's main objective is to assess the role that competition has played in the weak development of R …&D investments in the Finnish corporate sector in the 2010s. The data suggest that the degree of competition relates to differences … concentrated, and the degree of competition in their markets weakened. In competitive industries, R&D intensity did not decrease …
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industry is the loss of the Symbian mobile phone operating system in global competition. Together with that, profitability … collapsed, and no new R&D investment opportunities of a similar size were found. However, companies should not avoid competition … 2010s also highlight the importance of international competition and international trade agreements. The decline in the …
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