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Universities in the market for continuing higher education

Wentzel, Bettina; Oelmann, Mark - 2002

The purpose of the paper is to explain why and how American universities have taken the lead in continuing education compared to their European counterparts. In a first step we will discuss different notions of continuing education and develop an analytical framework to handle its various forms....

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Import protection, business cycles, and exchange rates: Evidence from the great recession

Bown, Chad P.; Crowley, Meredith A. - 2011

This paper uses highly detailed, quarterly data for five major industrialized economies to estimate the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1 - 2010:Q4. First, estimates on a pre-Great Recession sample of data provide evidence of two key relationships....

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Brain Drain - Brain Circulation or... What Else Happens or Should Happen to the Brains Some Aspects of Qualified Person Mobility/Migration

Breinbauer, Andreas - 2007

The article provides a general introductory overview of the (spatial) mobility of highly skilled/qualified persons and discusses the different terms of the mobility of the Highly Skilled, especially those of scientists. It outlines theoretical and empirical aspects of these movements and...

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Modeling the Effects of Free Trade Agreements between the EU and Canada, USA and Moldova/Georgia/Armenia on the Austrian Economy: Model Simulations for Trade Policy Analysis

Francois, Joseph; Pindyuk, Olga - 2013

This study examines the economic impact on Austria of three possible new EU free trade agreements: (1) an EU …-US agreement; (2) an EU-Canada agreement; and (3) an EUArmenia/Georgia/Moldova agreement. This is done with a computational model … economy. The US accounts for roughly one-quarter of extra-EU Austrian exports. Overall, the combined impact of the FTAs …

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Do real interest rates converge? Evidence from the European Union

Arghyrou, Michael G.; Gregoriou, Andros; Kontonikas, … - 2007

We test for real interest rate convergence in the EU25 area. Our contribution is twofold: first, we account for the … have important implications relating to the single monetary policy and the progress new EU members have achieved towards …

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The Transatlantic Banking Crisis: Lessons and EU Reforms

Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2009

of 2007/08 was not really a surprise -, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU …

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European Fiscal Union: What Is It? Does It Work? And Are There Really 'No Alternatives'?

Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2012

The view is widespread that there are just two options for the future of the Eurozone - either it is complemented by a fiscal union, or it will fall apart. In this paper, we discuss five possible elements of a fiscal union, of which three are in the centre of the current debate on fiscal union...

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Competitiveness and Convergence: Trade, Merger Control, Industry, and Innovation. Reports

Rieth, Malte; Duso, Tomaso; Gornig, Martin; Werwatz, Axel; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 16/18, pp. 140-147

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Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Konvergenz: Handel, Fusionskontrolle, Industrie, Innovationen. Berichte

Kritikos, Alexander; Gornig, Martin; Werwatz, Axel; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 86 (2019) 18, pp. 302-309

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The effectiveness of the EU economic governance framework

Dumitru, Stefan Marian - In: CES Working Papers 9 (2017) 4, pp. 529-547

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of the European Union’s (EU) economic governance framework … as a key component and driver of the EU - Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Considerable measures to strengthen the EMU … that the major obstacles to more efficiency are two components: 1. the political dimension of the EU – or better said …

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