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The impact of a Customs Union with the EU on internal migration in Turkey under the two alternative Harris-Todaro and wage curve settings
De Santis, Roberto A. - 1998
The impact on internal migration of the recent Customs Union (CU) agreement between Turkey and the European Union (EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275315
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Worthy Transfers? A Dynamic Analysis of Turkey's Accession to the European Union
Ertan Özgüzer, Gül; Pensieroso, Luca - 2010
eventual accession of Turkey to the European Union. The results of the simulations show that Turkey's accession to the European …% of the initial TFP gap between Turkey and the European Union. That figure becomes 45% when capital mobility is introduced. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807204
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Turkish delight for some, cold turkey for others?: The effects of the EU-Turkey Customs Union
Adam, Antonis; Moutos, Thomas - 2005
Following Turkey’s application for EU membership in 1987, a Customs Union (CU) between Turkey and the EU, mainly … agricultural sector, Turkey also specializes in the production and exportation of relatively low-price, low-quality varieties of … asymmetric changes in the trade volumes of the incumbent countries of the EU as a result of the EU-Turkey CU. By examining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261340
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Gaining credibility and enhancing economic growth through regional integration: The case for EU membership of Eastern Europe
Piazolo, Daniel - 1997
Trade between Eastern and Western Europe has increased considerably in the last years. Given this market-induced development, why should it be necessary to advance institutional integration? This paper argues that Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) can potentially enhance the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275452
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Studien zur Evolutorischen Ökonomik IV: Evolutorische Makroökonomik, Nachhaltigkeit und Institutionenökonomik
Lorenz, Hans-Walter (contributor); Meyer, Bernd (contributor) - 2001
Mit dem vorliegenden Sammelband werden die Jahrestagungen des Ausschusses Evolutorische Ökonomik des Vereins für Socialpolitik in Tübingen und Osnabrück dokumentiert. Obwohl diese Tagungen - wie bei den vorangegangenen Treffen - unter keinem spezifischen Generalthema standen, ist versucht...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014492526
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Solving consumption models with multiplicative habits
Carroll, Christopher D. - 2000
This paper provides derivations necessary for solving an optimal consumption problem with multiplicative habits and a CRRA 'outer' utility function either for a microeconomic problem with both labor income risk and rate-of-return risk or for a macroeoconomic representative agent model.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293504
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Status aspirations, wealth inequality, and economic growth
Stark, Oded - 2005
This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual's want of social status. For a given level of a population's wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293749
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Is there a policy of optimal wage and income differentiation? A macroeconomic perspective
Sell, Friedrich L. - 2000
In this paper, we address the question of optimal wage and income dispersion in a growing economy. If already in the two-persons-case we have to deal with the fact of different marginal products of labor, there are two solutions in principle. Either two different wages are paid (at unanimous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300409
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The political economy of growth and distribution: A theoretical critique
Josten, Stefan Dietrich; Truger, Achim - 2003
This paper reconsiders the political economy approach to growth and distribution according to which (1) rising inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed by higher distortionary taxation; and (3) higher distortionary taxes reduce economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306778
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Economic Growth, Innovation, Cultural Diversity. What Are We All Talking About? A Critical Survey of the State-of-the-art
Maignan, Carole Juliette (contributor);  … - 2003
This report constitutes the first deliverable of the project ENGIME - Economic Growth and Innovation in Multicultural Environments, financed by the European Commission - FP5 - Key Action: Improving socio-economic knowledge base. Contract HPSE-CT2001-50007
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