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This paper examines the role of international technical assistance in building the institutions critical to the success of market reform in the Transition Economies. While there have been many successful grass roots projects aimed at helping individual firms or associations compete in the...
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Der überraschende Wahlausgang der spanischen Parlamentswahlen vom 14. März und die sich abzeichnenden politischen Folgen haben viele Fragen aufgeworfen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen zwei Fragen: Erstens die Frage nach der Bedeutung, die dem terroristischen Attentat in Madrid vom 11. März 2004 für...
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With the end of the Cold War and the election of President Clinton, the Department of Energy (DOE) set a new course which began with the publication of its first departmental strategic plan in April 1994. Entitled ``Fueling a Competitive Economy, it provided the framework and shared vision for...
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The Iranian economy and political situation have undergone radical changes since the 1979 Islamic revolution. The excesses of the early years of the revolution have gradually given way to moderation and a more pragmatic economic policy--based on the principles of the free market. The petroleum...
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In important conflicts such as wars and labor-management disputes, people typically rely on the judgment of experts to predict the decisions that will be made. We compared the accuracy of 106 forecasts by experts and 169 forecasts by novices about eight real conflicts. The forecasts of experts...
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. In Latvia’s trade with “old” EU countries,the Ricardian model and the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem can be corroborated. After … 2000, however,share of EU-15 countries in Latvia’s exports steadily declines. Instead, share of regional (Baltic …
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trust elements ininterviews conducted with US exporters and EU importers of fruits and vegetables. Results are compared …
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Ten years ago, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU. The application of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP … of accession to the EU on the agricultural markets in Austria, Finland and Sweden in a simple supply and demand framework … comparing the evolution of the markets with and without entry into the EU. The results of the analysis suggest that consumers …
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current Doha Proposals, estimates for the EU are highly aggregated (i.e., EU15). Employing a detailed baseline scenario and a … run asymmetric budgetary and welfare impacts on EU member states. Our estimates forecast resource substitution effects …
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quantitative risk assessment to analyze the risk of pinewood nematode in the EU, by estimating the reduction expected within … scale based onpartial budgeting technique and for the EU as a whole based on partial equilibriummodeling. Results highlight …
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