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The postwar West German economic transition: From ordoliberalism to Keynesianism
Rittershausen, Johannes R. B. - 2007
individuals. In Cologne, Germany, the Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik facilitated my summer research agenda, with special …
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Oil Price Shock and Structural Changes in CMEA Trade. Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters?
Beckmann, Elisabeth; Fidrmuc, Jarko - 2009
We analyse trade between countries of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance in Eastern Europe between 1950 and 1990. Despite central planning and political motivation of the CMEA, we show that trade could be explained by standard demand factors surprisingly well. Moreover, we document that...
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Handbook of ancient Afro-Eurasian economies. Volume 1: Contexts
von Reden, Sitta (contributor) - 2020
The notion of the 'Silk Road' that the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen invented in the 19th century has lost attraction to scholars in light of large amounts of new evidence and new approaches. The handbook suggests new conceptual and methodological tools for researching ancient...
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Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution
Cantoni, Davide; Yuchtman, Noam - 2012
We present new data documenting medieval Europe’s Commercial Revolution” using information on the establishment of markets in Germany. We use these data to test whether medieval universities played a causal role in expanding economic activity, examining the foundation of Germany’s first...
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Peruvian agriculture: recent history, present performance and the effects of agricultural and general economic policies
Thiele, Rainer - 1991
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Resisting orthodoxy in a highly distorted economy: economic policy in Peru
Foders, Federico - 1987
Peru belongs to the club of Latin American countries which recently declined to follow "orthodox" adjustment programmes … in 1970 - 1985 is studied in an attempt to arrive at a diagnosis of the central disease affecting economic policy in Peru …
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Peru at the brink of economic collapse: Current problems and policy options
Corsepius, Uwe - 1989
Since 1988 Peru has plunged into a deep economic crisis which has already caused severe social strife and threatens to … of foreign exchange reserves, a dramatic decline of output, and mass unemployment. The economic plight of Peru can … financial support would go a long way in bringing Peru back to a sustained and socially acceptable growth path. Priority areas …
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[Rezension] Bestandsaufnahme des Westhandels der DDR: Peter Plötz, Klaus Bolz: Westhandel der DDR : eine vergleichende Betrachtung des Handels mit der Bundesrepublik Deutschland un...
Zürn, Michael - In: Deutschland Archiv: Zeitschrift für das vereinigte … 21 (1988) 12, pp. 1333-1335
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Improving Credibility by Delegating Judicial Competence: The Case of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Voigt, Stefan; Ebeling, Michael; Blume, Lorenz - 2004
It is argued that government credibility is an important resource and that it can be improved by delegating decision-making competence beyond the nation-state. It is hypothesized that such delegation should result in higher income and growth. Some former British colonies retained the Judicial...
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Estimating the shape of economic crises under heterogeneity
Dovern, Jonas; Jannsen, Nils - 2009
During the ongoing financial crisis the analysis of similar historical crises has gained more and more attention among economic researchers and forecasters. Existing studies, however, do not tackle the immense heterogeneity that is present in cross-country samples in a formal and consistent way....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265233