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Phasing out coal: A just transition approach
Galgóczi, Béla - 2019
The clock is ticking and time is running short for us to have a realistic chance to get climate change under control and prevent it becoming irreversible and selfsustaining. Phasing out coal is widely seen as a 'low hanging fruit' of climate policy commitments in the move towards a net zero...
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Emerging patterns of manufacturing structural change
Haraguchi, Nobuya; Rezonja, Gorazd - 2011
In the past, research on changes in relative importance among broad three sectors - ;agriculture, industry, and service - showed general patterns of a country's structural transformation along with economic development. However, there has been devoid of empirical studies investigating in the...
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Subsidizing national champions: an evolutionary perspective
Aubert, Cécile; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008
A national-champions-related industrial policy has become (again) en vogue among European politicians. Against this background, our work orders different types of national champions along the industry lifecycle. Different types of locally bound externalities appear along the lifecycle. In a...
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A Systemic Industrial Policy to Pave a New Growth Path for Europe
Aiginger, Karl - 2012
The European Union is a successful integration experiment, with an increasing number of member countries and an unexpected depth of integration. According to many indicators, it is the largest economic region in the world, leading in many "beyond GDP" indicators representing well being including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435384
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Transmission of Government Spending Shocks in the Euro Area: Time Variation and Driving Forces
Kirchner, Markus; Cimadomo, Jacopo; Hauptmeier, Sebastian - 2010
This paper provides new evidence on the effects of government spending shocks and the fiscal transmission mechanism in the euro area for the period 1980-2008. Our contribution is two-fold. First, we investigate changes in the macroeconomic impact of government spending shocks using time-varying...
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Instability and nonlinearity in the euro area Phillips curve
Musso, Alberto; Stracca, Livio; van Dijk, Dick - 2007
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the functional form of the euro area Phillips curve over the past three decades. In particular, compared to previous literature we analyse the stability of the relationship in detail, especially as regards the possibility of a time-varying mean of...
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Transmission of government spending shocks in the euro area: Time variation and driving forces
Kirchner, Markus; Cimadomo, Jacopo; Hauptmeier, Sebastian - 2010
This paper provides new evidence on the effects of government spending shocks and the fiscal transmission mechanism in the euro area for the period 1980-2008. Our contribution is two-fold. First, we investigate changes in the macroeconomic impact of government spending shocks using time-varying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605265
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Cluster policy as a development strategy: Case studies from the Middle East and North Africa
Benner, Maximilian - 2012
Cluster policy has become a method of choice for policymakers in many countries. Promoting strong localized industries is an appealing perspective for practitioners, as it can be seen as a way to anchor economic activity in regions in an era of globalization. If cluster policy is successful, it...
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The cluster-based development strategy in Kazakhstan's agro-food sector: A critical assessment from an Austrian perspective
Wandel, Jürgen - 2010
This paper challenges the uselfullness of the cluster-based development strategy to diversify and increase the competitiveness of Kazakhstan's economy, regarding the case of the country's agro-food sector. For this it refers to insights of the Austrian Market Process Theory. It is argued that...
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Deciding about (de-)centralization of industrial policy: Delegation by a central authority vs. bargaining of regional governments
Morasch, Karl - 2003
Die europäische Kommission ist primärer Träger der Industriepolitik in der europäischen Union. Industriepolitische … Industriepolitik besser von einem zentralen Träger durchgeführt wird, der Spillovers internalisiert, oder von den regionalen … Industriepolitik regional oder durch eine zentrale Instanz durchgeführt werden soll. Interessanterweise schneidet bei Verhandlungen mit …
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