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International governance through soft law: The case of the OECD transfer pricing guidelines

Vega, Alberto - 2012

Soft law plays an important role in the regulation of international tax matters. This paper focuses on the case of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and analyses the relationship between this non-binding instrument and the formal sources of law. From the perspective of international law, the...

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A "happiness test" for the new measures of national well-being: How much better than GDP are they?

Delhey, Jan; Kroll, Christian - 2012

Across the globe there is growing skepticism about the usefulness of GDP as a measure of national well-being. Consequently, several alternative quality-of-life (QOL) measures were developed which either aim at healing the GDP, complementing it, or replacing it. This chapter portrays some of...

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First mover advantages in mobile telecommunications: Evidence from OECD countries

Muck, Johannes; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - 2012

We explore the existence of first mover advantages in mobile telecommunications markets. Building on a data set comprising monthly penetration rates, market concentration, number of active operators, and market shares of 90 followers from 33 OECD countries, we estimate a dynamic growth model....

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Early warning indicator model of financial developments using an ordered logit

Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2012

the real economy. This paper aims at contributing to the literature on early warning indicator exercises for asset price … price composite indicator incorporating developments in both stock and house price markets is constructed. The latter is … then further developed in order to identify periods that can be characterised as asset price booms and busts. The …

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Does inflation harm corporate investment? Empirical evidence from OECD countries

Ciżkowicz, Piotr; Rzońca, Andrzej - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-16, pp. 1-38

Theoretical models point at various channels of the impact of inflation on corporate investment. This article attempts to answer the question what the direction and strength of this possible impact is, examining the relationship between corporate investment and inflation on the sample of 21 OECD...

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Institutions and Innovations as Sources of Productivity Growth Cross-Country Evidence

Strobel, Thomas - 2010

The investigation of the determinants of economic growth plays an important role forour understanding of the sources of cross-country income differences. This paper analyzesthe effects of institutions and innovations on country productivity growth. The empiricalevidence shows that institutions...

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Working or stay-at-home mum? The influence of family benefits and religiosity

Jäger, Ulrike - 2010

It is a well-established fact that mothers' labour force participation reacts differently todifferent types of family benefits. It is also already well-known that cultural and religiousfactors have an impact on their labour force participation. But does the labour forcereaction to family...

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Migration, Trade and Unemployment

Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario - 2011

A source of anxiety of policy makers and the public in general is the detrimental impactof globalization and immigration on unemployment. The transitory restrictions forworker migration after the EU enlargements of 2004 and 2007 exemplify the supposednegative effect of immigration on labor...

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A Politico-Economic Model of Aging, Technology Adoption and Growth

Prarolo, Giovanni; Lancia, Francesco - 2007

Over the past century, all OECD countries have been characterized by a dramatic increase in economic conditions, life expectancy and educational attainment. This paper provides a positive theory that explains how an economy might evolve when the longevity of its citizens both influences and is...

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Security of Energy Supply: Comparing Scenarios From a European Perspective

Vicini, Giorgio; Gracceva, Francesco; Markandya, Anil; … - 2005

This paper compares different results from a set of energy scenarios produced by international energy experts, in order to analyze projections on increasing European external energy dependence and vulnerability. Comparison among different scenarios constitutes the basis of a critical review of...

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