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Do more trucks lead to more motor vehicle fatalities in European roads? : evaluating the impact of specific safety strategies

Castillo-Manzano, José I.; Castro-Nuño, Mercedes; … - 2015

Truck operations have recently become an important focus of academic research not only because road freight transport is a key part of logistics, but because trucks are usually associated with negative externalities including pollution, congestion and traffic accidents. While the negative...

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Terrorism and misperceptions : evidence from Europe

Arin, Kerim Peren; Khalil, Umair; Mazrekaj, Deni; Thum, … - 2023

How does exposure to Islamist terrorism change perceptions of the share of Muslims and immigrants? We conduct a large-scale survey that measures misperceptions towards minority groups in four European countries. Our results show that terror attacks in the past increased misperceptions of the...

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Are COVID fatalities in the US higher than in the EU, and if so, why?

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2020

The COVID crisis has severely hit both the United States and the European Union. Even though they are the wealthiest regions in the world, they differ substantially in economic performance, demographic characteristics, type of government, health systems, and measures undertaken to counteract...

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The 2018 reform of EU ETS : consequences for Project Appraisal

Johansson, Per-Olov - 2020

The European Union's Emissions Trading System is the largest system in the world for trade in greenhouse gases. It used to be a cap-and-trade scheme with a fixed supply of permits. However, a recent reform of the system "punctures the waterbed" by making the supply of permits endogenous. The...

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Project appraisal in the reformed EU ETS : looking for shortcuts

Johansson, Per-Olov - 2020

The European Union’s Emissions Trading System, EU ETS, has been reformed, shifting the system from a fixed-cap system into a system with an endogenous supply of permits. This paper discusses how to handle the scheme in project appraisal. The focus is on a few relatively straightforward...

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The bias of the Gini coefficient due to grouping

Van Ourti, Tom; Clarke, Philip M. - 2008

We propose a first order bias correction term for the Gini index to reduce the bias due to grouping. The first order … reveals an intuitive formula for the remaining second order bias which is useful in empirical analyses. We analyze the … it reduces a considerable share of the bias due to grouping. …

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Real-time information content of macroeconomic data and uncertainty : an application to the Euro area

Glass, Katharina; Fritsche, Ulrich - 2014

Most macroeconomic data is continuously revised as additional information becomes available. We suggest that revisions of data is an important source of uncertainty about the state of the economy. This paper evaluates the quality of major real macroeconomic Euro area variables, published by...

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Cyclical and stuctural variation in resource reallocation : evidence for Europe

Bartelsman, Eric J.; López-García, Paloma; … - 2018

This paper uses cross-country micro-aggregated data on rm dynamics and productivity from the ECB CompNet database to provide empirical evidence on factor reallocation in the EU. The analysis finds that reallocation is towards more productive firms although the magnitude varies across countries...

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Geographic concentration and spatial inequality : two decades of EPO patenting at the level of European micro regions

Christ, Julian P. - 2010

This paper contributes with empirical findings to the research on structural inequality and geographic concentration of European inventorship activity at the level of European micro regions. We analyze the spatial structure and dynamics of 43 technology fields (ISI-SPRU-OST concordance) and 6...

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Employee training and firm performance : quasi-experimental evidence from the European Social Fund

Martins, Pedro S. - 2020

As work changes, firm-provided training may become more relevant for good economic and social outcomes. However, so far there is little or no causal evidence about the effects of training on firms. This paper studies a large training grants programme in Portugal, contrasting successful firms...

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