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Data is dangerous: Comparing the risks that the United States, Canada and Germany see in data troves
Aaronson, Susan Ariel - 2020
of the United States, Canada and Germany to data risks posed by popular apps such as FaceApp, Facebook, Strava, TikTok …
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The distribution of top incomes in five Anglo-Saxon countries over the twentieth century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …
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Market forces and the continent's growth problem
2009
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Nach 1995 deutliche Wachstumsschwäche der deutschen Wirtschaft im internationalen Vergleich
Gornig, Martin; Görzig, Bernd - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 12, pp. 183-184
internationalen Vergleich präsentiert. Die Informationen decken den Zeitraum von 1970 bis 2004 ab. Sie zeigen, dass Deutschland seine …
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Ranking of Countries - The WEF, IMD, Fraser and Heritage Indices
Ochel, Wolfgang; Röhn, Oliver - In: CESifo DICE Report 04 (2006) 2, pp. 48-60
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Avoiding the common wisdom fallacy: The role of social sciences in constitutional adjudication
Petersen, Niels - 2011
argument, I will discuss decisions of different jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada, Germany and South Africa. …
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What accounts for the US-Canada education-premium difference?
Kryvtsov, Oleksiy; Ueberfeldt, Alexander - 2009
education premium, in Canada and the United States from 1980 to 2000. Both countries experienced a similar increase in the …
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Product market competition, corporate governance and firm performance: an empirical analysis for Germany
Januszewski, Silke I.; Köke, Jens; Winter, Joachim K. - 1999
Productivity growth has been slow in many continental European countries over the last few decades, especially in … comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …
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The transatlantic productivity gap: Is R&D the main culprit?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2011
last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US …The literature has pointed to different causes to explain the productivity gap between Europe and United States in the …&D investment into productivity gains. The proposed microeconometric estimates are based on a unique longitudinal database covering …
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Understanding West German economic growth in the 1950s
Eichengreen, Barry; Ritschl, Albrecht - 2008
We evaluate explanations for why Germany grew so quickly in the 1950s. The recent literature has emphasized convergence, structural change and institutional shake-up while minimizing the importance of the postwar shock. We show that this shock and its consequences were more important than...
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