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The development gap between the CIS and EU
Sinitsina, Irina; Atamanov, Aziz; Chubrik, Alexander; … - 2008
); * innovation potential, including R&D, information and communication technologies, and institutional environment; * openness and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326590
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European capitals of culture and life satisfaction
Steiner, Lasse; Frey, Bruno S.; Hotz, Simone - 2013
This paper analyzes whether hosting the most prestigious European cultural event, the European Capital of Culture, has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316915
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Citizen-Centric Governance Indicators: Measuring and Monitoring Governance by Listening to the People and Not the Interest Groups
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2009
these purposes as they do not conceptualize governance and fail to capture how citizens perceive the governance environment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298608
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Modeling economic, social and environmental implications of a free trade agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation
Jarocinska, Elena; Maliszewska, Maryla; Ščasný, Milan - 2010
The EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which entered into force in 1997 foresees the possible establishment of a free trade area (FTA) between the parties. The aim of our study is to evaluate the possible economic, social and environmental impact of such a free trade agreement...
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Lessons from the Southern enlargement of the EU for the environmental dimensions of Eastern enlargement in particular for Poland
Kuik, Onno J.; Oosterhuis, Frans H. - 2001
This paper analyses the environmental dimensions the past accession of Greece, Portugal and Spain to the EU in order to draw lessons for the current accession of countries of Central and Eastern Europe. A distinction is made between scale, composition and technique effects. Two major conclusions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608821
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Culture and institutions : economic development in the regions of Europe
Tabellini, Guido - 2005
Does culture have a causal effect on economic development? The data on European regions suggest that it does. Culture … individual self-determination. To isolate the exogenous variation in culture, I rely on two historical variables used as … level. The exogenous component of culture due to history is strongly correlated with current regional economic development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261295
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Assessing the development gap
Sinitsina, Irina; Chubrik, Alexander; Denisova, Irina; … - 2007
communication technologies, and institutional environment; * environmental performance in terms of environmental stresses, efforts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326581
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Metro Cebu: A Metropolitan Area in Need of Coordinative Body
Gonzales, Glenda R. - 2004
Urbanization and rapid increase in population in Metro Cebu brought about increased demand for basic services and infrastructure. The creation of the Metro Cebu Development Council comprising of the four (4) cities and six (6) municipalities in the eastern part of the Cebu Province, as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429781
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Migration and Local Public Services
Dahlberg, Matz; Fredriksson, Peter - 2001
Using unique Swedish micro data we examine the impact of local public services on community choice. The choice of community is modeled as a choice between a discrete set of alternatives. The US literature has produced conflicting evidence with respect to the importance of local public services....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321798
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Urban Congestion Pricing – Economists and Practitioners Join Hands
Rave, Tilmann - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 3, pp. 3-4
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