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The Balassa–Samuelson effect and pricing-to-market: The role of strategic complementarity

Bekkers, Eddy; Simonovska, Ina - In: Economics Letters 126 (2015) C, pp. 156-158

Combining Balassa–Samuelson effects with strategic complementarities between prices of tradables and non-tradables … yields a novel determinant of tradables’ prices. A larger productivity difference between tradables and non-tradables raises … the non-tradables’ price. With strategic complementarities, producers of tradables also increase prices. …

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The sectoral reallocation of government purchases as budgetary-neutral stabilisation tool: a model-based analysis

Hohberger, Stefan; Vogel, Lukas; Herz, Bernhard - In: International Economics and Economic Policy 12 (2015) 1, pp. 59-74

The paper uses a two-sector DSGE model with nominal and real rigidities to analyse the stabilising properties of fiscal policy rules in a small open economy in monetary union. The focus is on the potential of budgetary-neutral rules that adjust the composition of government purchases between...

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The Determinants of Non-tradables Inflation

Jacobs, David; Williams, Thomas - In: RBA Bulletin (2014) September, pp. 27-38

This article examines the factors that explain inflation in prices of non-tradable items in the CPI. Non-tradable goods and services by definition have relatively little exposure to international competition. Consequently, their prices are more likely to be influenced by developments in the...

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Accounting for Market Distortions in an Integrated Investment Appraisal Framework

Bagzibagli, Kemal; Jenkins, Glenn P.; Semwaga, Octave - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2014

Public investments are key policy instruments used by governments in pursuing their overall development goals and strategies. Given the limited resources available to an economy, the chosen projects should fit into the overall development strategy, which usually concerns many stakeholder groups....

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Explaining International Differences in the Prices of Tradables and Non-Tradables (with a New Zealand Perspective)

Falvey, Rodney E; Gemmell, Norman; Chang, Cherry; … - Victoria Business School, Victoria University of Wellington - 2014

The World Bank's International Comparison Program (ICP) data on national price levels for tradables and non-tradables … (and goods compared to services) reveals that New Zealand has relatively high prices of both tradables and non-tradables … observed international variations in non-tradables and tradables prices in general, and New Zealand's especially high prices in …

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Oil exports, agrarian change and the rural labour process: the ecuadorian sierra in the 1970s.

P, Peek - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the effects of petroleum exports and agrarian reform on rural area labour markets in the 1970s in Ecuador - discusses agrarian structure, land tenure, absorption of family labour in family farms and agricultural employment across farm size categories, rural...

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Contractual constraints upon the processes of labour exchange in rural Kenya.

P, Collier - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on labour contract issues in rural area labour markets, comprising a case study of Kenya - discusses the theoretical background relating to resource allocation among the rural population, changes in rural factor markets including land ownership and agricultural...

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Angst und Ärger: Zur Relevanz emotionaler Dimensionen sozialer Ungleichheit

Rackow, Katja; Schupp, Jürgen; Scheve, Christian von - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2012-10), pp. 392-409

Soziologische Theorien postulieren seit langem Zusammenhänge zwischen sozialer Ungleichheit und dem Empfinden von Emotionen. Der Vielfalt theoretischer Arbeiten steht jedoch ein Mangel an empirischen Studien gegenüber, insbesondere mit Blick auf die präzise Erfassung von Emotionen. Aus diesem...

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Lebensentwürfe heute: Wie junge Frauen und Männer in Deutschland leben wollen. Kommentierte Ergebnisse der Befragung 2012

Allmendinger, Jutta; Haarbrücker, Julia; Fliegner, Florian - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2013

Zwischen 2007 und 2012 haben wir die Lebensentwürfe und Lebensverläufe von jungen Frauen und Männern verfolgt. Heute sind die Befragten 21 bis 34 Jahre alt. Welche Einstellungen haben sie zu Familie, Arbeit und Leben? Wie haben sich ihre Hoffnungen, Träume und Pläne über die Zeit...

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Creating an EU Flexicurity System: An American Perspective

Burkhauser, Richard V. - In: CESifo DICE Report 6 (2008) 4, pp. 36-40

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