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Looking back, looking forward: Central and Eastern Europe 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Grieveson, Richard; Gligorov, Vladimir; Havlik, Peter; … - 2019

, we measure the convergence of per capita income, wages and life expectancy in CESEE with Western Europe since 1989, and …

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Dutch disease in former Soviet Union: Witch-hunting?

Égert, Balázs - 2009

This study seeks to determine the extent to which countries of the former Soviet Union are infected” by the Dutch Disease. We take a detailed look at the functioning of the transmission mechanism of the Dutch Disease, i.e. the chains that run from commodity prices to real output in...

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Entrepreneurship and economic growth: An investigation into the relationship between entrpreneurship and total factor productivity growth in the EU

Dabkowski, Andrzej P. - 2011

Endogenous growth theory assigns an important role for entrepreneurship in the process of economic development. This paper sets to formally test the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth. Entrepreneurship is represented by a number of proxy variables, whereas Total Factor Productivity is...

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Effects of the EU-enlargement on income convergence in the eastern border regions

Wilhelmsson, Fredrik - 2009

This paper analyses the effect of the EU enlargement process on income convergence among regions in the EU and in the … regional income differences are reduced within EU15. The income convergence within the EU is mainly driven by reductions in the … conditions in the regions are controlled for by fixed regional effects there are strong evidences of convergence among regions in …

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Agglomeration in Europe in the context of socio-ecological transition

Styczynska, Izabela; Zaman, Constantin - 2012

This paper analyses the spatial distribution of economic activity in the European Union at NUTS2 level over the 2001-2010 period. The aim of the study is twofold: (i) to provide descriptive evidence of the agglomeration distribution in Europe and its evolution over time across countries; (ii) to...

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The impact of socio-ecological transition on employment structure and patterns in the context of (non) rural regions

Najman, Boris; Neumann, Alexander; Styczynska, Izabela - 2013

This paper focuses on emerging labour patterns within the Socio-Ecological Transition (SET), with particular attention paid to the effects of urbanisation. Based on the European Labour Force Survey (ELFS), the authors mobilize micro-econometric approaches in order to understand three major...

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Special economic zones: 20 years later

Jensen, Camilla; Winiarczyk, Marcin - 2014

In this paper the authors undertake an ex-post evaluation of whether the special economic zones (SEZs) introduced in Poland in 1994 have been successful in meeting regional development objectives. They evaluate the policy of as many of its objectives as possible: employment creation, business...

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The bail-out!: Positive political economics of Greek-type crises in the EMU

Fahrholz, Christian; Wojcik, Cezary - 2010

The Greek bail-out was highly controversial. An oft-heard assessment is that i) the bail-out was a mistake, ii) the political haggling over it was irrational and iii) the bail-out will create a moral hazard problem. Contrary to this view, our analysis suggests that, given EMU's present...

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Fiscal policy in the EU in the crisis: A model-based approach

Székely, István P.; Roeger, Werner; Veld, Jan in 't - 2011

This paper uses a multi region DSGE model with collateral constrained households and residential investment to examine the effectiveness of fiscal policy stimulus measures in a credit crisis. The paper explores alternative scenarios which differ by the type of budgetary measure, its length, the...

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Macroeconomic preconditions of the realization of a new growth model

Drobyshevsky, Sergey; Sinelnikov-Murylev, Sergey - 2013

The model of the Russian economy that was formed in the 2000s does not match a new stable growth path, though it helped to calmly overcome the crisis of 2008 and 2009. The state needs to provide stability in the fields under its direct control, i.e. the budgetary and monetary policies. In the...

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