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The political economy of regional integration in the Western Balkans

Sklias, Pantelis - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 3, pp. 21-37

productive basis, inter-state trade and financial flows and transactions, technology, infrastructure. The framework analysis is …

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Economic development as a matter of political geography

Streb, Jorge M.; Druck, Pablo F. - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 1, pp. 5-20

Can limited government be a driving force of economic development? This idea goes back to Montesquieu, and is closely related to recent research in institutional economics. Measuring limited government with the Henisz political constraints index, and economic development with income per capita,...

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Volksvertreter sind risikofreudiger als das Volk

Heß, Moritz; Scheve, Christian von; Schupp, Jürgen; … - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 10, pp. 17-21

In der Politik sind wie im Geschäftsleben oft riskante beziehungsweise gefährliche Entscheidungen zu treffen, bei denen die Ergebnisse nur schwer oder gar nicht prognostizierbar sind. Da Menschen in ihren Einstellungen gegenüber Risiken und Gefahren variieren, ist es vernünftig, dass in...

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Parteianhänger : Wohlhabende neigen zu Union und FDP - und zu den Grünen

Bach, Stefan; Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 37, pp. 11-18

Mit den Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) kann der statistische Zusammenhang zwischen der Neigung von Personen zu politischen Parteien sowie deren Einkommen und Vermögen untersucht werden. Dabei zeigt sich, dass Besserverdiener und Wohlhabende zur Union und zur FDP neigen, aber auch...

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Responsiveness of trade flows to changes in exchange rate and relative prices : evidence from Nigeria

Oyinlola, M. Abimbola; Adeniyi, Oluwatosin; Omisakin, … - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 2, pp. 123-141

This paper examines the long-run and short-run impacts of exchange rate and price changes on trade flows in Nigeria … 1980 Q1 to 2007 Q4. The results indicate that in both the short-run and long-run Nigeria's trade flows are chiefly …-Lerner (ML) condition holds thus implying that a devalued naira might hold considerable promise as the panacea to rising trade …

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¿Cómo compiten las pymes en los mercados internacionales? : análisis de un clúster local con vocación exportadora

Estrella Ramón, Antonia Maria; Jiménez Castillo, David; … - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 18 (2012) 1, pp. 87-99

This research examines whether firms with different levels of export intensity differ with respect to the competitive elements that sustain their competitiveness in foreign markets, as well as on marketing strategies implemented in their commercial activity abroad. To this end, we examine a...

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NAFTA's trade effects : new evidence with a gravity model

Montenegro, Claudio E.; Soloaga, Isidro - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 1, pp. 45-63

) trade flows. Using a traditional gravity-equation framework, we try to see to what extent the bilateral trade flows between … trade patterns. The main conclusion is that NAFTA did not have a significant effect on US trade patterns, neither with … Mexico nor with other countries in the world (with the exception of CACM). -- NAFTA ; gravity model ; trade diversion ; fixed …

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Discriminación arancelaria y decisiones de localización de las empresas

Méndez Naya, José - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 1, pp. 5-19

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of economic integration among countries on firms investment decisions when such decisions are taken strategically. It is shown that, in this context, the traditional "tariff jumping" argument is not always applicable and that localisation...

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EU-Ölembargo gegen Iran wenig wirksam

Engerer, Hella; Horn, Manfred - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 22, pp. 12-19

Die Anrainerstaaten des Persischen Golfs sind mit etwa 40 Prozent der weltweiten Exporte die bei weitem wichtigste Anbietergruppe auf dem Weltrohölmarkt. Nach Europa gehen etwa 13 Prozent der Rohölausfuhren der Golfstaaten und sechs Prozent der Ausfuhren an Erdölprodukten. Von den Golfstaaten...

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Financial development, international trade and economic growth : empirical evidence from Pakistan

Shaheen, Safana; Awan, Masood Sarwar; Waqas, Muhammad; … - In: Romanian journal of fiscal policy : RJFP 2 (2011) 2, pp. 11-19

explore the long run equilibrium relationship and the possible direction of causality between international trade, financial … international trade, while broad money (M2) and gross domestic product (GDP) are used as the proxies for financial development and … supply leading hypothesis is accepted. Moreover, unidirectional causality is observed from international trade to economic …

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