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Modelling long-run energy consumption under model uncertainty
Humer, Stefan; Csereklyei, Z. - EcoMod Network - 2012
The causality between energy consumption and real income in developed countries has been a very vital research topic in recent years. Raising concerns about climate change and global warming increase the pressure on policy makers to take action against energy depletion. Unfortunately these...
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Die Zyklik der Profite in der Ernährungswirtschaft: Ein internationaler Vergleich.
Koerner, Julia; Weiss, Christoph R. - Institut für Ernährungswirtschaft und … - 2001
-cost-margins over the business cycle for food industries in Germany, the USA as well as the Netherlands. Controlling for market … der Profite verschiedener Branchen der Ernährungswirtschaft in Deutschland, den USA sowie den Niederlanden. Aus der … prozyklische Schwankungen der Profite in Deutschland in hochkonzentrierten Branchen, während das Ausmaß der Schwankungen in …
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Risk Adjustment Systems in Health Insurance Markets in the US, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland
Schneider, Udo; Ulrich, Volker; Wille, Eberhard - In: CESifo DICE Report 6 (2008) 3, pp. 37-49
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Citizenship tests in five Countries: An expression of political liberalism?
Michalowski, Ines - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2009
the US, Austria, the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. A central question discussed is whether these tests can be …: countries with rather restrictive citizenship regimes such as Austria or Germany have opted for a citizenship test with a … Inhalt von Einbürgerungstests der USA, Österreichs, des Vereinigten Königreichs, Deutschlands und der Niederlande. Eine …
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On the causal relationship between trade-openness and government-size: evidence from OECD countries
Molana, Hassan; Montagna, Catia; Violato, Mara - In: International Journal of Public Policy 7 (2011) 4/5/6, pp. 226-249
The compensation hypothesis predicts a positive causation from international economic openness to the size of the public sector, as governments step in to perform a risk mitigating role to counterbalance the increasing exposure to external risk and the economic dislocations caused by growing...
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The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Competitiveness in the European Cement Industry - Results of a Matched Plant Comparison between Germany, Spain and the UK
Triebswetter, Ursula; Hitchens, D. - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 3, pp. 38-49
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Political Involvement and Apathy in Europe 1973 - 1998
Deth, Jan van; Elff, Martin - Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, … - 2000
Many studies have underlined the existence of clear and persistent differences in the levels of political interest among European citizens. In this report these differences and developments in political involvement and political apathy are described and analysed, and conventional explanations in...
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When Institutions Matter: Union Growth and Decline in Western Europe, 1950-95
Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle - Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, … - 1998
During the early post-war period, Western trade union movements grew in membership and achieved an institutionalized role in industrial relations and politics. However, during the last decades, many trade unions have seen their membership decline as they came increasingly under pressures due to...
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Politicisation and Political Interest in Europe: A Multi-Level Approach
Deth, Jan W. van; Elff, Martin - Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, … - 2001
Political interest of citizens usually is depicted as an individual attribute that can be explained by referring to the resources and skills of the people concerned. The analyses presented here are based on a critical assessment of the explanatory power of these approaches in cross-national and...
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Negative image: developing countries and country of origin – an example from Zimbabwe
Dakin, John A.; Carter, Steve - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 2 (2010) 3/4, pp. 166-186
This paper provides a joint developing country/developed country perspective on COO in relation to business-to-business transactions. A qualitative, across-cultures approach was adopted focused on interactions between Zimbabwean footwear exporters and UK based importers. Results indicated the...
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