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This paper contributes to the empirical literature on convergence by applying convergence model to components of …, we extend the traditional convergence model to allow for spatial correlation between countries in the sample, by … Education. More precisely, half-life convergence for Defence occurs in 6.37 years, for Health in 3.11 years and for Education in …
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the Europe 2020 Strategy. As provided in the Convergence Programme 2014-2020, this objective entails a series of steps … are calculated, using linear and quadratic functions, the Gross Domestic Product GDP trends, and, with the convergence …
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. The techniques used are σ and β convergence tests, combined with the deterministic sensitivity analysis. The sample …
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This paper attempts to give an economic perspective of the impact of the innovation industries. The estimation method used is that of panel data modelling, based on data from regions from European countries, including countries from Central and Eastern Europe, for which exploratory analysis was...
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There is a great variation in the development of private health insurance (PHI) between European countries. Using data provided by Insurance Europe, World Bank and Standard and Poor's for 30 European countries, our research investigates the main factors influencing the size of these markets. In...
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The paper investigates government R&D spending during the business cycle. When analyzing this expenditure, it is important to mention two opposing aspects: on the one hand, government spending on R&D can be seen as a stimulus measure for the government to mitigate the effects of the recession on...
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The present paper is constituted around the idea of EU sustainable convergence in higher education in the context of … whose implementation facilitates the sustainable convergence achievement. The model represents the result of mapping and … also of obtaining sustainable convergence (at the EU level). The implementation of the model provides each higher education …
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This paper assesses the exchange rate convergence in selected euro-candidate countries using an alternative approach to … official exchange rate stability convergence criterion. We apply various versions of correlation analysis on daily returns and … a sufficient degree of convergence. If anything, a majority of the currencies analyzed in the paper experienced a …
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development, and also about the suitability of accepting the plurality of reporting frameworks or the need for convergence. This … study aims to investigate the issues of plurality and convergence in sustainability reporting standards, by mobilizing the … challenges in this area. We frame a discussion on the opportunities and pitfalls of convergence in sustainability reporting …
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context of their real convergence to the EU average level (EU-28 and EU-16). A few final remarks identify some paradoxes of …
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