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Financing obstacles among euro area firms
Ferrando, Annalisa; Griesshaber, Nicolas - 2011
In this study we investigate the determinants of financing obstacles using survey data on a sample of around 5000 firms from the euro area countries. This completely new survey – started at the end of 2009 - gives us the opportunity to test whether firm characteristics such as size, age,...
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FDI and structural reforms in the Baltic States
Grigonyte, Dalia - 2010
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the Baltic countries were driven by different factors. Initially the process … of privatisation and low labour costs attracted investment into public utilities and manufacturing. Later, taking … the new millennium, the bulk of foreign investment was channelled to financial services. In line with FDI literature, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009641058
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Attribution of powers and dispute resolution in selected federal systems
Lehmann, Wilhelm - 2002
The study is a resource text for Members of the EP Delegation to the European Convention and other participants and observers of the Convention and its Working Groups. It provides a succinct comparative description and evaluation of the attribution of powers and the resolution of disputes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636043
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Europeanization and Political Parties in Accession Countries: The Political Parties of Cyprus
Katsourides, Ioannis - 2003
The process of what has been labeled Europeanisation has been considered by many scholars as one of the major challenges posed by the external environment on domestic politics. Political parties are forced to deal with it as one that constitutes a fundamental change to their operational context....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636896
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Economic, Social and Territorial Situation in France
Rudolf, Kathrin Maria - 2008
This note provides an overview of France's economic, political and administrative set-up. It then concentrates on the special conditions in the Regions Centre and Ile-de-France, with a description of the EU support (ERDF) 2007-2013 within those territories. The note has been prepared in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487954
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Economic, Social and Territorial Situation of France
Kołodziejski, Marek - 2012
This note provides an overview of France, its political, economic and administrativesystem, together with a description of European Union support to France, and theOperational Programmes contained in the National Strategic Reference Frameworkfor the period 2007-2013.Special attention is given to...
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The output composition puzzle
Angeloni, Ignazio; Kashyap, Anil K.; Mojon, Benoît; … - 2003
output changes. In the euro area investment is the predominant driver of output changes, while in the U.S. consumption shifts … investment, as the proximate cause for this fact, the source of the consumption difference remains a puzzle. …
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Capital quality improvement and the sources of growth in the euro area
Sakellaris, Plutarchos; Vijselaar, Focco W. - 2004
Capital quality improvement is a general phenomenon. Therefore quality correction is needed in price indexes. There is substantial evidence of biases in the official price indexes of capital equipment. We apply to euro area statistics estimates of these biases based on US data thus deriving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009639422
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Financial factors in economic fluctuations
Christiano, Lawrence; Motto, Roberto; Rostagno, Massimo - 2010
We augment a standard monetary DSGE model to include a banking sector and financial markets. We fit the model to Euro Area and US data. We find that agency problems in financial contracts, liquidity constraints facing banks and shocks that alter the perception of market risk and hit financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640348
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Housing, consumption and monetary policy
Musso, Alberto; Neri, Stefano; Stracca, Livio - 2010
real house price, residential investment and mortgage debt on the two sides of the Atlantic. Then, it presents evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640398