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Productivity Growth and Value Chains in Four European Countries

Karpowicz, Izabela - 2020

Advanced economies have been witnessing a pronounced slowdown of productivity growth since the global financial crisis … productivity slowdown over the past two decades in four closely integrated European countries, Austria, Denmark, Germany and the … Netherlands, based on firm-level data. Participation in global value chains appears to have affected productivity positively …

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Domestic R&D spillovers and absorptive capacity : some evidence for US, Europe and Japan

Aldieri, Luigi; Sena, Vania; Vinci, Concetto Paolo - In: International journal of production economics 198 (2018), pp. 38-49

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Does the WTO Help Member States Clean Up?

Aaronson, Susan Ariel - 2014

Corruption (the abuse of entrusted authority for illicit gain) is pervasive, hard to measure, and damaging both to economic growth and human rights. Corruption is also intimately associated with trade. However, the international organization governing trade, the WTO, says nothing about...

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The Future of Acp-Eu Trade Relations : An Overview of the Forthcoming Negotiations

Bilal, Sanoussi - 2003

In the forthcoming negotiations on new trading arrangements between the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the European Union (EU), the ACP Group will be confronted with a number of issues. This paper reviews the state of the current debate, presents some of the options advocated...

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Regional Integration in Africa through the Harmonisation of Laws

Simo, Regis Y. - 2015

Domestic laws on the African continent have been considered inadequate to attract the investment needed for development and economic growth. A crucial catalyst in attracting investment on the continent is law reform. The formulation of legislation has twofold effects: firstly, it is perceived to...

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The Ties that Bind Asia, Europe, and United States

Kim, Soyoung - 2010

We investigate changes in Asia's regional and global trade linkages and their influence on macroeconomic relationships among Asia, Europe, and United States (US). We first document changes in trade patterns of East Asia, Europe, and US and discuss stylized facts about East Asia's trade...

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Reaping the Benefits of Deeper Euro-Med Integration Through Trade Facilitation

Bourdet, Yves - 2012

The current political turmoil in the Arab world has contributed to renewed interest in the Barcelona Process. This paper explores whether deeper integration in the form of trade facilitation – i.e. improved and simplified trade procedures – could be an important part of a reform agenda....

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Reaping the benefits of deeper Euro-Med integration through trade facilitation

Bourdet, Yves; Persson, Maria - 2011

The current political turmoil in the Arab world has contributed to renewed interest in the Barcelona Process. This paper explores whether deeper integration in the form of trade facilitation - i.e. improved and simplified trade procedures - could be an important part of a reform agenda. Adopting...

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Ten years after : achievements and challenges of the Euro-Mediterranean economic and financial partnership

Brach, Juliane - 2006

EU and twelve countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) engaged in 1995 in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) in political, economic and cultural matters with the aim to foster cooperation, stability, and prosperity around the Mediterranean Basin. The Economic and Financial...

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Institutional convergence of CIS towards European Benchmarks

Melnykovska, Inna; Gawrich, Andrea; Drautzburg, Thorsten - 2008

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