Labour markets are differentiated by occupation and types of training, and these submarkets are seldom in equilibrium. This disequilibrium -- shortages and surpluses in labour markets -- is often attributed to a lack of flexibility in wage structures, the limited possibility for substitution...

Essays on Money, Banking and Regulation honors the interests and achievements of the Dutch economist Conrad Oort. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 - Fiscal and monetary policy - reviews a variety of topics ranging from the measurement of money to the control and management of...

In this book interrelated factor demand models are surveyed. New methods are developed and are analysed empirically using Dutch and U.K. time series data. New methods are discussed for obtaining closed form solutions of linear ratinal expectations models, providing deeper insights into the...

This book has two aims. The first is to investigate the causes of the bad performance of many exchange rate models. It is concluded that probably the models' bad performance is due to the use of semi-reduced form relations in almost all studies on exchange rate determination and to an...

List of Contents -- 1. The Foundations of Dutch Prosperity -- 2. A Description of Post War Economic Developments and Economic Policy in the Netherlands -- 3. Counter-Inflation Policy in the Netherlands -- 4. The Influence of Natural Gas on the Dutch Economy -- 5. Sectoral and Regional Imbalances...

Climates for Creativity and Innovation -- “Climates for Creativity and Innovation: building a context for meaning”, summary of theme discussion -- Implementation of innovation: a case study from the food industry -- Improving corporate climates for creativity; learning from four...

Economic and political background -- The excess of money -- The dangers ahead -- The monetary purge and the period of suppressed inflation, 1945–1948 -- The monetary purge -- Registration of securities -- Fiscal measures -- Internal controls -- Measures with respect to foreign trade and...

Hans-Michael Heitmuller The financing of public funds has become a strongly competitive business. Within the EU, national boundaries for this sphere have been formally removed as well as important hindrances to the trade of goods and services. Deregulation and technological innovations have...

Town and Hinterland Interactions in Rural Areas -- Multifunctionality of Towns: Exploration of the Spatial Behaviour of Households -- Farms in a Modern World: Local Integration and Off-Farm Employment -- Town-Hinterland Relations: A Social Accounting Matrix Approach -- Microsimulation of Rural...