Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 2,547
Cover Image
Russian Regions: Foreign Trade and Economic Development
Sherov-Ignatyev, Vladimir - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Russia is one of the most heterogeneous countries, consisting of more than 80 regions. Among other features, its … beginning of the second decade of the century was marked by the serious breakthrough in Russia?s role in the processes of global … and regional integration. Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan arranged a functioning customs union (CU RBK), and in 2012 Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740357
Cover Image
Effects of Energy Price Changes on Russian Economy
Suni, Paavo - In: CESifo Forum 9 (2008) 2, pp. 9-15
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013146
Cover Image
Inflation rate dispersion and convergence in monetary and economic unions: lessons for the ECB
Weber, Axel A.; Beck, Günter W. - Center for Financial Studies - 2005
Using a set of regional inflation rates we examine the dynamics of inflation dispersion within the U.S.A., Japan and across U.S. and Canadian regions. We find that inflation rate dispersion is significant throughout the sample period in all three samples. Based on methods applied in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010986384
Cover Image
Price stability, inflation convergence and diversity in EMU: Does one size fit all?
Weber, Axel A.; Beck, Günter W. - Center for Financial Studies - 2005
Using a unique data set of regional inflation rates we are examining the extent and dynamics of inflation dispersion in major EMU countries before and after the introduction of the euro. For both periods, we find strong evidence in favor of mean reversion (?-convergence) in inflation rates....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010986440
Cover Image
Inflation Rate Dispersion and Convergence in Monetary and Economic Unions: Lessons for the ECB
Beck, Günter W.; Weber, Axel A. - Center for Financial Studies - 2005
Using a set of regional inflation rates we examine the dynamics of inflation dispersion within the U.S.A., Japan and across U.S. and Canadian regions. We find that inflation rate dispersion is significant throughout the sample period in all three samples. Based on methods applied in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022439
Cover Image
Price Stability, Inflation Convergence and Diversity in EMU: Does One Size Fit All?
Weber, Axel A.; Beck, Günter W. - Center for Financial Studies - 2005
Using a unique data set of regional inflation rates we are examining the extent and dynamics of inflation dispersion in major EMU countries before and after the introduction of the euro. For both periods, we find strong evidence in favor of mean reversion (ß-convergence) in inflation rates....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022451
Cover Image
Handbook of Agricultural Economics
Evenson, Robert (contributor); Pingali, Prabhu (contributor) - Elsevier
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642941
Cover Image
The Marginal Cost of Saving a Life in Health Care: Age, Gender and Regional Differences in Switzerland
Felder, Stefan; Werblow, Andreas - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) 145 (2009) II, pp. 137-153
We estimate the marginal cost of life using age- and gender-specific health care expenditures and mortality rates of the 26 Swiss cantons for the period 1997 to 2006. We show triple the marginal cost of saving a life for women as compared to men, reflecting a lower marginal elasticity of medical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009683
Cover Image
Reconciling Diversity with Equality: The Role of Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements in Maintaining an Effective State in Canada
Bird, Richard M.; Vaillancourt, Francois - Rotman Institute for International Business, Rotman … - 2001
Regional diversity may influence the nature and effectiveness of public sector activities through many economic and political channels. The most important and prominent manifestation of diversity in Canada has been the rise to dominance in the largely francophone province of Quebec of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005642057
Cover Image
The development of support for less favoured areas and deprivileged regions: challenge of agricultural policy in Serbia
Bogdanov, Natalija - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
Policy objectives and measures of support to less favoured areas have undergone significant changes during the last reforms of the CAP. Regardless of changes in policy objectives and methods of its implementation, the LFA support remains one of the most important implementation mechanisms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125213