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Natural Hazards Insurance in Europe ? Tailored Responses to Climate Change Needed
Schwarze, Reimund; Wagner, Gert G. - 2009
This paper provides an overview on the existing systems of natural hazards insurance in Europe, their structural …
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Germany's role in the foreign direct investment configuration of Korean multinational enterprises in Europe
Strüber, Chan-Mi - 2009
) within Europe. However, along with the internationalization of Korean firms, the motives and patterns for direct investments … MNEs within Europe are analyzed. The main findings indicate that Germany is considered more important to automobile …
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Aktive Wettbewerbspolitik für effiziente Elektrizitätserzeugungsmärkte: Instrumente, internationale Erfahrungen und wirtschaftspolitische Schlussfolgerungen
von Hirschhausen, Christian; Weigt, Hannes - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 76 (2007) 1, pp. 65-86
competition policy in electricity markets: prominent examples come from England and the United States. Continental Europe has also …
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The distribution and re-distribution of income of self-employed as freelancers and entrepreneurs in Europe
Merz, Joachim; Hirschel, Dierk - 2003
The economic transformations of modern industrial societies have changed the labor markets in terms of industrial relations and occupational structure. The transformation of the traditional welfare state, the deregulation of the labor markets, the technological change and the reorganization of...
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Short-run distributional effects of public education transfers to tertiary education students in seven European countries
Callan, Tim; Smeeding, Tim; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2008
Direct provision of public services can alter the balance of resources across income groups. We focus on the issues arising when taking account of the impact of publicly provided education services across the income distribution. We combine OECD information on spending per student in particular...
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Quoted spreads and trade imbalance dynamics in the European treasury bond market
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Girardi, Alessandro; … - 2010
Using high-frequency transaction data for the three largest European markets (France, Germany and Italy), this paper documents the existence of an asymmetric relationship between market liquidity and trading imbalances: when quoted spreads rise (fall) and liquidity falls (increases) buy (sell)...
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Perspektiven des Emissionshandels aus deutscher Sicht
Schafhausen, Franzjosef - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 76 (2007) 1, pp. 99-117
Obwohl der Emissionshandel theoretisch ein ideales umwelt- und klimapolitisches Instrument darstellt, stößt seine praktische Gestaltung und Umsetzung auf zahlreiche Schwierigkeiten. So waren bei der Einführung des europäischen Emissionshandelssystems und der Erstellung der Nationalen...
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Labour supply and labour force participation in Europe: a discussion of some recent developments and projections
Plane, Mathieu; Döpke, Jörg; Chagny, Odile; Schmidt, … - 2001
The prospects for labour supply in Europe are considered. The analysis begins with a so-called labour market balance … individual countries and labour force projections are given. We expect the labour force in Europe to decline during the next …
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Venture Capital in Europe's Common Market: A Quantitative Description
Schertler, Andrea - 2001
venture capital market. However, in Europe, private equity investments in enterprises' early and expansion stages as well as …
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Upswing in Europe gains momentum, but unemployment remains high
Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Scheide, Joachim; Schlie, Markus - 1997
1998 as conditions shaping the cycle remain favorable. Real GDP in Western Europe will increase by 3 percent in 1998. Under … consequence, monetary policy in Western Europe on average will be further loosened. This will additionally stimulate economic … activity but also raise risks of inflation. The major problem in Western Europe is unemployment, which remains stubbornly high …
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