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This paper is about contagion and interdependence among Central European economies. It investigates the extent to which country-specific shocks spread across these countries beyond the normal channels of interdependence, taking into account common external shocks. To model such shocks, we make...
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We decompose by origin the sources of the variation in real aggregate output and aggregate price level in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. We find that a sizable fraction of the variation is attributable to external shocks, especially so for aggregate price level. We show that euroarea...
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Eine ausgewogene politische Partizipation und Repräsentationin einer Gesellschaft stellt neben der institutionellenVerankerung demokratischer und rechtsstaatlicherVerfahren eine wesentliche Voraussetzung füreine lebendige Demokratie dar. Die Tatsache, dassFrauen an den politischen...
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Alongside the institutionalisation of the rule of law anddemocratic procedures, a balanced political participationand representation in a society constitutes afundamental prerequisite for a vibrant democracy.Therefore, the fact that women’s participation in thepolitical decision-making and...
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The paper examines the question of the emergence of multinational firms from Eastern Europe in Austria on different levels of aggregation: The first part uses aggregated data on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in Austria from Central- and East European Countries (CEECs).(...)
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In Deutschland steht die öffentlicheWahrnehmung der Osterweiterungder Europäischen Union(EU) zunehmend im Zeichen vonSorgen um die Zukunft inländischerArbeitsplätze. Im Umfelddes Beitritts der zehn neuen Mitgliedstaatenam 1. Mai 2004 häufensich Meldungen über anstehendeoder geplante...
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Der Europäische Rat von Lissabon hatte den Rat und die Kommission aufgefordert, bis Juni 2000 ein Benchmarking einzuleiten, dessen erste Ergebnisse bis Dezember 2000 vorliegen sollten. Die ersten greifbaren Resultate der Unternehmenspolitik werden im folgenden dargestellt.
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Year round grazing systems that utilize stockpiled forage and/or crop residue are oftenpromoted as a way for Northern and Western cow-calf producers to reduce winterfeeding costs and improve overall profitability. This study compared the profitability of aconventional spring calving/summer...
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We present results from the rst large-scale international surveyon risk preferences, conducted in 45 countries. We show substantialcross-country dierences in risk aversion, loss aversion and probabilityweighting. Moreover, risk attitudes in our sample depend not only oneconomic conditions, but...
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