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OECD - 2020

Consumer data rights are gaining more attention across the globe as more consumers come to rely on data-driven services in the digital economy. This paper looks at the role for competition policy and enforcement in driving competitive outcomes in markets involving consumer data. It was prepared...

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Robo-Advice for Pensions

OECD - 2017

Riding the wave of technological innovation in finance, the robo-advice model has emerged as one potential solution for helping individuals manage their pensions and invest savings for retirement. This report provides an overview of the types of robo-advisors that are now available and discusses...

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ICT-linked firm reorganisation and productivity gains

Falk, Martin - 2004

In the EU, most large firms use e-business applications, such as enterprise resource planning and online procurement. Based on e-business watch data for EU-4 (Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom) we find that the actual use of enterprise resource planning and online procurement is...

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Alternative Systeme der Arbeitslosenversicherung : das Beispiel der Vereinigten Staaten und des Vereinigten Königreichs

Glismann, Hans H.; Schrader, Klaus - 2001

Im Rahmen eines Vergleichs der amerikanischen und britischen Systeme der Arbeitslosenversicherung wird gezeigt, daß das amerikanische System, auch anders als das deutsche, eine negative Rückkopplung zwischen den Ausgaben für die Arbeitslosenversicherung und der Höhe der Freisetzung von...

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Measuring the regional "Third-Mission-Potential" of different types of HEIs

Jaeger, Angelika; Kopper, Johannes - 2013

access to research facilities and highly qualified human capital. Traditional missions of higher education institutions … processes. As the Third Mission is a comparably unexplored research field, important questions are still to be answered. As … able to profit from knowledge spillover effects more effec-tively than others. The research aim of this article is to …

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Can a real business cycle model without price and wage stickiness explain UK real exchange rate behaviour?

Meenagh, David; Minford, Patrick; Nowell, Eric; Sofat, … - 2010 - Updated

This paper establishes the ability of a Real Business Cycle model to account for real exchange rate behaviour, using UK data. We show that a productivity simulation is capable of explaining initial real appreciation with subsequent depreciation to a lower steady state. The model is tested by the...

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Competition in electricity spot markets : economic theory and international experience

Fehr, Nils-Henrik M. von der; Harbord, David Cameron - 1998

The main purpose of this survey paper is to consider the attempts that have been made to apply economic theory and empirical methods to the analysis of electricity markets, and to evaluate them in light of theoretical considerations and empirical evidence. We describe the key features of the...

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What do we know about recent exchange rate models? : in-sample fit and out-of-sample performance evaluated

Cheung, Yin-Wong; Chinn, Menzie David; Garcia Pascual, … - 2003

Previous assessments of nominal exchange rate determination have focused upon a narrow set of models typically of the 1970's vintage, including monetary and portfolio balance models. In this paper we re-assess the in-sample fit and out-of-sample prediction of a wider set of models that have been...

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SOC(HE)-Italy : a classification for graduate occupations

Cattani, Luca; Purcell, Kate; Elias, Peter - 2014

This paper presents an application to the Italian labour force of the British SOC(HE)2010 classification for graduate occupations, thereby creating a statistical tool for exploration of the Italian graduate labour market. In order to achieve this goal, the classification is replicated, using...

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Does inequality harm democracy? : an empirical investigation on the UK

Soci, Anna; Maccagnan, Anna; Mantovani, Daniela - 2014

This paper presents an empirical investigation about the effect of an increase in economic inequality on some aspects of the quality of a democracy. The main novelty of the paper lies in its methodology: it applies to a single country (instead of a pool of countries) - the UK - in a long run...

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