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Which households use banks?
Beck, Thorsten; Brown, Martin - 2011
This paper uses survey data for 29,000 households from 29 transition economies to explore how the use of banking services is related to household characteristics, bank ownership structure and the development of the financial infrastructure. At the household level we find that the holding of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640628
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European code for good conduct for microcredit provision : version 1.0
Goulet, Raphael (contributor) - Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Unternehmen … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009641096
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Tax co-ordination in Europe: assessing the first years of the EU-Savings Taxation Directive
Hemmelgarn, Thomas - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009639915
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Finance and diversification
Manganelli, Simone; Popov, Alexander - 2010
We study how financial market efficiency affects a measure of diversification of output across industrial sectors borrowed from the portfolio allocation literature. Using data on sector-level value added for a wide cross section of countries and for various levels of disaggregation, we construct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640281
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Financial regulation, financial globalization and the synchronization of economic activity
Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Papaioannou, Elias; Peydró, … - 2010
We identify the effect of financial integration on international business cycle synchronization, by utilizing a confidential database on banks’ bilateral exposure and employing a country-pair panel instrumental variables approach. Countries that become more integrated over time have less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640319
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640626
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Roma in an Expanding Europe: Breaking the Poverty Cycle
Ringold, Dena; Orenstein, Mitchell A.; Wilkens, Erika - 2003
Poverty among Roma remains one of the most pressing issues for Central and Eastern European states as they move toward … nature of Roma poverty-a multifaceted challenge that can only be addressed by a policy approach that attends to all … overnight. Indeed, poverty among Roma communities in some West European countries highlights the scope of the challenge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636922
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La pauvreté: Premières réflexions sur les moyens de lutte et pistes pour l’action
Caremier, Bénédicte; Ioannides, Isabelle; Milner, … - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636979
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Linking Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management Policy Challenges and Opportunities
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Entwicklung; … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009637043
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Evaluation of EC support to partner countries in the area of energy : Final report
Aide à la Décision Economique - 2008
developing countries as a means of reducing poverty; - Securing energy supplies to the EU; - Improving nuclear safety in the … Former Soviet Union (FSU). The first goal is increasingly perceived as an important dimension of the fight against poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009638735