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Suurten yritysten ja niiden arvoketjujen rooli taloudessa
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Seppälä, Timo; Mattila, Juri - 2016
This report analyzes the role of the largest companies in the Finnish economy. According to the results, the ten largest companies in terms of their value added together produce 7,6 % of the Finnish GDP. In addition, these companies generate notable multiplicative effects in the economy....
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Estonia in Global Value Chains
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Mattila, Juri; Seppälä, Timo - 2017
In this study, we analyse Estonia’s position in global value chains using World Input-Output Data and firm-level data. We find that 69% of Estonia’s total exports are intermediate goods and services, exceeding the EU average (65%). Two-thirds of Estonian imports are intermediates. Our...
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China's public procurement protectionism and Europe's response: The case of medical technology
Erixon, Fredrik; Guildea, Anna; Guinea, Oscar; … - 2021
This paper concerns China's market for medical technologies and how the Chinese state is assisting its own companies to …, orthopaedics and pacemakers. In the last decades, Europe's exports of medical devices to China have grown robustly. On the back of … for European firms as China doubles down on various policies that advantage local firms, while ultimately harming …
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Public servants in parliament: Theory and evidence on its determinants in Germany
Stutzer, Alois; Braendle, Thomas - 2009
This paper addresses the personal linkages between the public service and the legislature that emerge because public servants pursue a political mandate. There are concerns that the strong representation of public servants in many Western parliaments compromises the constitutionally proposed...
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Kein Rückzug in die Festung Europa!
Feld, Lars P.; Fuest, Clemens; Haucap, Justus; … - 2020
Die Corona-Pandemie legt die Stärken und Schwächen der Europäischen Union (EU) bloß und verdeutlicht die Unterschiede in der Leistungs- und Widerstandsfähigkeit der europäischen Volkswirtschaften. Die vorliegende Studie widmet sich daher der Frage, wie die EU gestärkt und mit höherer...
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No retreat into fortress Europe!
Feld, Lars P.; Fuest, Clemens; Haucap, Justus; … - 2020
The Corona pandemic exposes the strengths and weaknesses of the European Union (EU) as well as the differences in the resilience of the European economies. This study therefore looks at how the EU and its member states can emerge stronger and more competitive from the crisis. The ideas of the...
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Mehr Freiheit wagen: Warum eine wettbewerbsorientierte Rahmenordnung zu mehr Arbeit und Wohlstand führt
Klepper, Carl Dominik; Schnettler, Katrin - 2006
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Mehr Langfristdenken in Gesellschaft und Politik
Donges, Juergen B.; Engels, Wolfram; Hamm, Walter; … - 1994
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Employment effects of regulatory thresholds for French and German companies
Poutvaara, Panu; Drometer, Marcus; Méango, Romuald; … - 2017
This study presents a comparative analysis of regulatory thresholds applicable to firms in France and in Germany. A central question tackled by the report is whether regulations related to limits on firms’ employment appear to prevent French firms from growing above these thresholds. The first...
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The ownership society: Social security is only the beginning ...
Wray, L. Randall - 2005
As his new term begins, President George W. Bush has been trying to focus his domestic agenda on what he calls the ownership society, a sweeping vision of an America in which more citizens would hold significant assets and be free to make their own choices about providing for their health care...
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