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Enterprise productivity: a three-speed Europe

Dall'Olio, Andrea; Iootty, Mariana; Kanehira, Naoto; … - European Central Bank - 2014

Between 2003 and 2008 productivity patterns diverged between the fast growing, newest members of the European Union and the slower paced, elder ones – as would be expected. However, there are also striking divergences within the latter group, with productivity in Southern Europe going into...

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Exploring flows to tax havens through means of a gravity model: evidence from Italy

Cassetta, Alessia; Pauselli, Claudio; Rizzica, Lucia; … - Banca d'Italia - 2014

We exploit a gravity model to study the main determinants of cross-border financial flows and to identify those flows that appear to be abnormally above the predicted value. Our data include all Italian cross-border bank transfers that took place between 2007 and 2010. We find that, other things...

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Obesity of women in Jordan - Prevalence and associated factors : making a case for a comprehensive obesity policy

Göllner S.; Nimeh Z. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

This paper analyses the current burden of obesity in the female population of Jordan on a national scale and examines the factors associated with it. Demographics and Health Surveys DHS were used for the years 2002, 2007 and 2009 covering a total of 23,197 women, 15-49 years of age, and...

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Negotiating Mega-Agreements: Lessons from the EU

Messerlin, Patrick - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2014

powers is to address the trade-impeding effects of differences in national regulation. Past experience demonstrates there are …

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Dynasties in professions: the role of rents

Mocetti, Sauro - Banca d'Italia - 2014

regulation, suggest that rents significantly affect childrenï¿½s propensity to follow their parentsï¿½ professional career paths …. From a policy perspective, the removal of anti-competitive regulation and other positional advantages may increase both …

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Impact of regulatory process on telecommunications market performance: Evidence from parametric and non parametric approach

Khalifa, Ahmed Ben; Slama, Ramzi Ben; Debbichi, Sami - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

In this paper we explore the impact of regulation; privatization and competition on the both mobile and fixed phone … first, analyze the effect of regulation, privatization and competition on mobile networks performance in terms of quality … between indicators: independence, regulation, competition and privatization on the market performance. The second approach is …

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Médicaments biosimilaires : quels enjeux économiques et politiques ?

Bocquet, François - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014

After generics, which are copies of chemical medicines, "copies" of already patented biologics (biosimilars) are entering the biologics market and competing with their originators. Many uncertainties remain regarding the development of this newly emerging market, and the ability of biosimilars...

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Judicial versus Private Auctions: Better without Protection?

Paredes, Ricardo; Crisosto, Andrés; Martí, Philippe - In: Estudios de Economia 41, 2 Year 2014, pp. 171-186

Using a sample of 680 and 1,300 judicial and private auctions respectively, we analyze the effect on the wealth of those the law is intended to protect of different regulations applicable to each type of auctions. We find that consistent with a simple economic model, Courts assign judicial...

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Job quality in segmented labour markets : the Israeli case: country case study on labour market segmentation

Neuman, Shoshana - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2014

Till the early-1990s the collectively-bargained labour contract (between the trade-union that presented the employees, and the employer or the employers'- association) was the norm in Israel, granting salaried workers a stable and protected labour contract. Thereafter, and more significantly...

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What drives sub-national bioenergy development? Exploring cross-level implications of environmental policy integration in EU and Swedish bioenergy policy

Söderberg, Charlotta - In: European Journal of Government and Economics 3 (2014) 2, pp. 119-137

What are the sub-national implications, in policy and practice, of environmental policy integration (EPI) in EU and Swedish bioenergy policy? Focusing on the exceptional bioenergy expansion within the Biofuel Region in north Sweden, this paper discusses cross-level implications of supranational...

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