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Prominent Numbers, Indices and Ratios in Exchange Rate Determination and Financial Crashes: in Economists’ Models, in the Field and in the Laboratory
Pope, Robin; Selten, Reinhard; Kube, Sebastian; von … - 2009
. The paper’s findings support a single world currency rather than variable unpredictable exchange rates subjected to the …
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The economics of international differences in educational achievement
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
An emerging economic literature over the past decade has made use of international tests of educational achievement to analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique advantages over national studies: It can exploit...
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Sample selectivity and the validity of international student achievement tests in economic research
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
Critics of international student comparisons argue that results may be influenced by differences in the extent to which countries adequately sample their entire student populations. In this research note, we show that larger exclusion and non-response rates are related to better country average...
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Biokraftstoffe: Eine weltwirtschaftliche Perspektive
Henke, Jan Michael - 2005
Biokraftstoffe werden weltweit in immer mehr Ländern von der Politik gezielt gefördert. Dies geschieht aus agrar-, energie- und klimapolitischen Gründen. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt die derzeitigen und zukünftigen Märkte für Biokraftstoffe und die Förderprogramme in einzelnen Ländern....
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Skill policies for Scotland
Heckman, James Joseph; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - 2005
This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families and to supplement failing ones. Targeted early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274195
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Skill Policies for Scotland
Heckman, James Joseph; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - 2004
This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families and to supplement failing ones. We present evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274209
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Globale Einkommensdisparitäten und -polaritäten
Henrich, Károly - 2004
Die These, die neuere Globalisierung der sozioökonomischen Beziehungen habe die kontinuierliche, erweiterte Reproduktion sozialer Ungleichheit hervorgebracht, ist nur bedingt haltbar. Tatsächlich begann, nachdem noch um das Jahr 1000 die Durchschnittseinkommen in den verschiedenen Weltregionen...
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Representing GASPEC with the World Gas Model
Egging, Ruud; Holz, Franziska; von Hirschhausen, … - 2008
countries, sometimes called GASPEC. We use the World Gas Model, a dynamic, strategic representation of world gas production … North America would be affected more than other parts of the world. Lastly, the vulnerability of gas importers worldwide on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274286
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The world gas market in 2030: development scenarios using the world gas model
Huppmann, Daniel; Egging, Ruud; Holz, Franziska; … - 2009
In this paper, we discuss potential developments of the world natural gas industry at the horizon of 2030. We use the … World Gas Model (WGM), a dynamic, strategic representation of world natural gas production, trade, and consumption between … 2005 and 2030. We specify a base case which defines the business-as-usual assumptions based on forecasts of the world …
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The globalization of steam coal markets and the role of logistics: an empirical analysis
Zaklan, Aleksandar; Cullmann, Astrid; Neumann, Anne; … - 2009
In this paper, we provide a comprehensive multivariate cointegration analysis of three parts of the steam coal value chain - export, transport and import prices. The analysis is based on a rich dataset of international coal prices; in particular, we combine data on steam coal prices with freight...
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