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This paper examines long-term recovery outcomes for businesses impacted by major natural disasters. Data were collected via two large-scale mail surveys–one administered to Santa Cruz County, California businesses eight years after the Loma Prieta earthquake and one administered to businesses...
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, France, Germany, Japan, the US, and UK. In the first chapter, we document that a pronounced secular upward trend in cash … only in Canada, France, UK and the US. The agency motive plays a role in the rise in cash balances in Germany, consistent …
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Significant increases in the incidence of global terrorism, serious criminal activities, and the ever-present threat of natural catastrophes have emphasised the need for businesses to prepare for managing crises. A more systematic and robust conceptual approach has long been overdue to identify...
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Entre 2009 y 2014, los países de la OCDE han acometido un importante proceso de consolidación fiscal. En el presente trabajo examinamos el efecto de este proceso sobre la actividad económica. Los multiplicadores fiscales de corto plazo se estiman entre el 1,2 % y el 2 % del PIB, mayores que...
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Paper prepared for presentation at the 7th Industrieforum PelletsStuttgart (Germany), 10th October 2007 …Compared to other heating markets the wood pellets market is quite young and small in Germany. Nevertheless it is a … within the scope of this project. Therefore people in different parts of Germany have been asked about their heating system …
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transmission from international to retail coffee prices in France, Germany and the United States. We show that ignoring these two … faster during the post-ICA period in France and Germany. Our results suggest that, for these two countries, changes in …
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General economic developments as well asrecent fundamental changes in the CommonAgricultural Policy will likely impact significantly on theEuropean farm structure. Although a decline of totalfarm numbers continues to be the general observation,important differences occur across regions and...
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organic milk in Germany is highly price-inelastic. Low absolute price elasticities for organic milk indicate that price …
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Price promotions are important marketing activities for (food) retailers; brand loyalty is a major requisite to foster brands' assets. Several theoretical papers have analyzed the relationship between price promotions and brand loyalty resulting in mixed or perhaps contradictory outcomes; only a...
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In this study the case of olive oil imports of Germany is examined since olive oil is a traditional Mediterranean … commodity and Germany is the biggest importer in the EU. A gravity model has been employed so as to analyse those factors that … Mediterranean Partner country of the EU has the highest impact on trade flows to Germany, thus supporting further Euromediterranean …
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