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The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Competitiveness in the European Cement Industry - Results of a Matched Plant Comparison between Germany, Spain and the UK
Triebswetter, Ursula; Hitchens, D. - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 3, pp. 38-49
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696481
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A Multivariate Integer Count Hurdle model: Theory and application to exchange rate dynamics
Bien, Katarzyna; Nolte, Ingmar; Pohlmeier, Winfried - 2006
In this paper we propose a model for the conditional multivariate density of integer count variables defined on the set Zn. Applying the concept of copula functions, we allow for a general form of dependence between the marginal processes which is able to pick up the complex nonlinear dynamics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266919
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The Impact of Household Capital Income on Income Inequality - A Factor Decomposition Analysis for the UK, Germany and the USA
Fräßdorf, Anna; Grabka, Markus M.; Schwarze, Johannes - In: The Journal of Economic Inequality 9 (2011) 1, pp. 35-56
This paper analyses the contribution of capital income to income inequality in a cross-national comparison. Using micro …
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Futures contract rates as monetary policy forecasts
Ferrero, Giuseppe; Nobili, Andrea - 2008
The prices of futures contracts on short-term interest rates are commonly used by central banks to gauge market expectations concerning monetary policy decisions. Excess returns - the difference between futures rates and the realized rates - are positive, on average, and statistically...
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Modelling Low Income Transitions
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Cappellari, Lorenzo - 2002
We examine the determinants of low income transitions using first-order Markov models that control for initial conditions effects (those found to be poor in the base year may be a nonrandom sample) and for attrition (panel retention may also be non-random). Our econometric model is a form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262736
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Measuring income risk
Burgess, Simon M.; Gardiner, Karen; Jenkins, Stephen P.; … - 2000
We provide a critique of the methods that have been used to derive measures of income risk and draw attention to the importance of demographic factors as a source of income risk. We also propose new measures of the contribution to total income risk of demographic and labour market factors....
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Modelling low income transitions
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2002
We examine the determinants of low income transitions using first-order Markov models that control for initial conditions effects (those found to be poor in the base year may be a non-random sample) and for attrition (panel retention may also be non-random). Our econometric model is a form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260797
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Corporate governance in the UK : contrasted with the US system
Franks, Julian; Mayer, Colin - In: CESifo Forum 03 (2002) 3, pp. 13-22
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The survival and growth of 'adolescent' high-tech firms in Germany and the UK, 1997-2003
Cowling, Marc; Fryges, Helmut; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527506
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Methoden der Steuerschätzung im internationalen Vergleich
Büttner, Thiess; Kauder, Björn - 2008
der Erstellung eines Gutachtens zum Thema "Methoden der Steuerschätzung im internationalen Vergleich" beauftragt. Im … Ergebnis zeigte der Vergleich der Methoden der Steuerschätzung eine Reihe von Unterschieden zwischen den Praktiken der Länder … Transparenz und Dokumentation. Zusammenfassend offenbart der internationale Vergleich der Methoden der Steuerschätzung …
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