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Beyond Balassa and Samuelson: Real Convergence, Capital Flows, and Competitiveness in Greece
Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Schnabl, Gunther; … - 2015
We scrutinize the role of capital flows for competitiveness in seven euro-area countries in the context of real convergence and crisis with a specific focus on Greece. The paper extends the seminal Balassa-Samuelson model to include international capital markets. Capital flows are assumed to be...
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Why do firms invest in the Baltic Sea Region
Kotilainen, Markku; Nikula, Nuutti - 2010
, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and the regions of St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Kaliningrad in Russia. We …We have defined the Baltic Sea Region as consisting of the following countries and regions: Denmark, Estonia, Finland … Petersburg, Poland, Estonia and Sweden are the most important destinations, 3) in the sample of real estate firms R&D and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273019
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Determinants for Foreign Direct Investment in the Baltic Sea Region
Nikula, Nuutti; Kotilainen, Markku - 2013
, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and Russia. We investigate foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from 1995 to 2010 to …We have defined the Baltic Sea Region as consisting of the following countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037621
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As East You Go, the More They Grow: Transition Economies in a New Setting
Gligorov, Vladimir; Pöschl, Josef; Richter, Sandor - 2004
Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. A challenge to the enlarged Union's (EU …, only Estonia and Lithuania currently meet all the Maastricht convergence criteria. A brief study of foreign trade data …
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Energy security in the Baltic Sea Region: Transition within geopolitical constraints
Slakaityte, Veronika; Surwillo, Izabela; Berling, Trine … - 2022
, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany). By locating the national energy policies in a historical context …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014301806
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Fundamental housing prices in the Baltic States: empirical approach
Kulikauskas, Darius - In: Baltic Journal of Economics 16 (2016) 2, pp. 53-80
This paper investigates if the imbalances in the Baltic residential real estate markets that were mounting up prior the crisis of 2008–2009 could have been detected in real time. It develops an empirical framework comprised of various empirical techniques for assessing housing price...
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Competitiveness of the Baltic States in international high-technology goods trade
Falkowski, Krzysztof - In: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 21 (2018) 1, pp. 25-43
The aim of the article is to assess the international competitiveness of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania …, Estonia was found to be most competitive in this regard, although in Latvia some progress was observed. In contrast, Lithuania …-technology goods, while the number of advantages for Estonia and Latvia was relatively small. Still, among the three Baltic States …
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Imbalanced Job Polarization and Skills Mismatch in Europe
Sparreboom, Theo; Tarvid, Alexander - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 49 (2016) 1, pp. 15-42
This paper considers the education of the labour force based on an analysis of trends in and the relationships between job polarization and skills mismatch. Both job polarization and skills mismatch have become topics of increasing interest, but relationships between the two have been relatively...
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The Baltic States' integration into the European division of labour
Laaser, Claus-Friedrich; Schrader, Klaus - 2004
The analysis of Baltic trade statistics and gravity estimates reveal that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have rapidly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273120
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The Baltic challenge and Euro-area entry
Darvas, Zsolt - 2009
Resident Fellow Zsolt Darvas takes a look at the issue of the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - and the …
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