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Imperfect competition in product markets and labor markets, general equilibrium and unemployment
Schniewind, Achim - 2000
In this thesis it is analyzed if promoting product market competition can help to to fight unemployment in Europe. We have used a general equilibrium model in order to study how reducing mark-ups and increasing productivity in one sector affect aggregate unemployment for an exogenously given...
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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 …
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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 …
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Internationaler Handel und unfreiwillige Arbeitslosigkeit
Hilgers, Bodo - 1999
Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Integration unfreiwilliger Arbeitslosigkeit in allgemeine Gleichgewichtsmodelle offener Volkswirtschaften. Das Walras oder Arrow-Debreu allgemeine Gleichgewichtskonzept wird im Licht unfreiwilliger Arbeitslosigkeit neu bewertet, und mit dem allgemeinen...
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Democracy, Crises, and Misconceptions
Beilharz, Hans-Jörg - 2005
We consider misconceptions about the functioning of the economy as one possible explanation for the emergence of crises in democracies. Furthermore, we study a political process which may lead to successful reform. First of all, we show that voters can make inefficient decisions concerning...
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Bankruptcy and Transaction Costs in General Financial Models
Hoelle, Matthew - 2010
General financial models have become workhorse models in the fields of macroeconomics and finance. These models have been developed and extensively studied by general equilibrium theorists. What makes them so applicable for macroeconomics and finance is the well accepted fact that models with a...
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Financial Leverage and the Leverage Effect - A Market and Firm Analysis
Aydemir, A. Cevdet; Gallmeyer, Michael; Hollifield, Burton - 2007
We quantify the effect of financial leverage on stock return volatility in a dynamic general equilibrium economy with debt and equity claims. The effect of financial leverage is studied both at a market and a firm level where the firm is exposed to both idiosyncratic and market risk. In a...
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Residential Segregation in General Equilibrium
Bayer, Patrick; McMillan, Robert; Rueben, Kim - 2004
This paper studies the causes and consequences of racial segregation using a new general equilibrium model that treats neighborhood compositions as endogenous. The model is estimated using unusually detailed restricted Census microdata covering the entire San Francisco Bay Area, and in...
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Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
Dharmasena, Senarath; Davis, George C.; Capps, Oral - 2011
The current obesity crisis in the United States is generating numerous alternative policy options for combating the problem. One alternative that has been widely proposed is an excise or sales tax on sugar-sweetened non-alcoholic beverages. This literature started out within a very simple...
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