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Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer. The Case of the European Transition Countries and the Automotive Industry in the Czech Republic
Torlak geb. Cokoja, Elvisa - 2010
Technology transfer and the so-called productivity spillover-effects are important aspects of foreign direct investments regarding their contribution to the long-term development potential of the host countries.The effects of the foreign direct investments on the foreign and domestic companies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449688
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Inflation targeting and monetary integration in European emerging market economies
Felix Hammermann - 2008
This study addresses the potential trade-off between inflation and exchange rate targeting in former transition countries, which now may be labeled emerging market economies and which prepare for entry into the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Among this group of countries, some implemented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429025
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ON INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND THE ALLOCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA’S TRANSITION
Petrick, Martin - 2010
historische Hinweise, dass dieVerbreitung von unternehmerischen Eigenschaften und Verhalten in Russland deutlich geringerist als …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442729
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Das Städtesystem der Russischen Föderation aus Sicht der Neuen Ökonomischen Geographie
Kauffmann, Albrecht - 2010
Russia after price liberalisation in 1992. At the same time, the Russian official demographic statistics provides data that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449075
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EU-Russia energy relations: What chance for solutions? : A focus on the natural gas sector
Böhme, Dimo - 2011
Public debate about energy relations between the EU and Russia is distorted. These distortions present considerable … demand. Diverse interests inside the EU prevent the definition of a coherent and respected energy policy. Russia, for its … role of mere energy exporter. In view of the intensifying struggle for global resources, Russia, with its large energy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449079
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Innovation at the State Level: Initial Effects of Welfare Reform in Iowa
Keng, Shao-Hsun; Garasky, Steven B.; Jensen, Helen H. - 1999
In 1993, the State of Iowa, through waivers, implemented reforms to its welfare program creating the Family Investment program (FIP), a program similar to the Federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program created in 1996. This paper examines the experiences of individuals and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443084
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Social Approval, Values, and AFDC: A Reexamination of the Illegitimacy Debate
Nechyba, Thomas J. - 2001
This paper models the fertility decision of individuals who differ in their wage rate and their intensity of preferences for rearing children, and whose utility of having a child out of wedlock depends on the level of “social approval” associated with doing so. This social approval in turn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475595
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How Immigrants and Students Respond to Public Policies: Evidence from Welfare Reform, the Minimum Wage and Stafford Loans.
Cadena, Brian C. - 2008
The first two essays of this dissertation use policy experiments to show that low-skilled newly arriving immigrants help keep the economy in geographic equilibrium by differentially selecting destinations that provide better labor market prospects. The first essay finds that immigrants choose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477369
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International oil and gas exploration and development: 1991
2008
This report starts where the previous quarterly publication ended. This first publication of a new annual series contains most of the same data as the quarterly report, plus some new material, through 1991. It also presents historical data covering a longer period of time than the previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435856
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Privatization and the globalization of energy markets
2009
This report reviews recent global efforts to privatize energy resources and outlines the opportunities and challenges privatization has presented to U.S. and foreign multinational energy companies. The group of energy companies studied in this report includes the major U.S. petroleum companies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436410