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This report analyses tax incentives for SMEs in 20 EU countries and five non-EU countries between 2009-2013. Its findings and recommendations are based on a review of tax codes, modelling of tax burdens using two different models, a descriptive analysis of company financial ratios, and the...
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Europe trails the global frontier of productivity growth and the region's trend is sluggish. Much prospective economic … growth for Europe is likely to come from AI and its adoption by European firms which is projected to shoot up the … leaving Europe and the region experiences a net outflow when it comes to the skills required to make AI work. Moreover, the …
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Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national … governments' policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are 'empowering … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …
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Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic … research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …
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This paper examines the relationships between the R&D sector activities of the EU and the US using multivariate Granger-causality tests. The multivariate framework employed also allows us to make causal inferences about the effects of R&D activity on labour productivity in the home and foreign...
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This paper identifies the varieties and dynamics of service economies in Europe, analysing the role of knowledge base …
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We investigate financing constraints in a large cross-country data set covering most of the European economy. Firm level investment sensitivity to cash flow is used to identify financing constraints. We find that the sensitivities are significantly positive on average, controlling for country...
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SHARE is an international survey designed to answer the societal challenges that face us due to rapid population ageing. How do we Europeans age? How will we do economically, socially and healthwise? How are these domains interrelated? The authors of this multidisciplinary book have taken a...
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The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the importance of Europe's structural problems and governance as the cause of … relationship between the single currency and economic stability in Europe. We confirm the asymmetries that remained after the … introduction of the euro and then discuss the governance overhaul taking place in Europe today. This overhaul was something that …
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