We investigate the density of private physicians in a two-tiered health care system, i.e., one with co-existing public and private health care providers. In particular, we analyze how the densities of private and public suppliers of outpatient health care (general practitioners and specialists)...

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Rolle von intersektoralen FuE-Spillovereffekten für das sektorale Produktivitätswachstum anhand eines Datensatzes für zwölf OECD-Volkswirtschaften im Zeitraum 1980 bis 2004. Im Rahmen der empirischen Analyse werden mithilfe von panelökonometrischen...

Despite its rather broad goal of promoting “economic, social and territorial cohesion”, the existing literature has mainly focused on investigating the Cohesion Policy’s growth effects. This ignores the fact that part of the EU expenditures is directly aimed at reducing disparities in the...

Does trade openness cause higher GDP per capita? Since the seminal instrumental variables (IV) estimates of Frankel and Romer [F&R](1999) important doubts have surfaced. Is the correlation spurious and driven by omitted geographical and institutional variables? In this paper, we generalize...

Despite its rather broad goal of promoting “economic, social and territorial cohesion”, the existing literature has mainly focused on investigating the Cohesion Policy’s growth effects. This ignores the fact that part of the EU expenditures is directly aimed at reducing disparities in the...

The goal of this study is to determine the reasons behind high cash demand in several Central European countries, especially Hungary. We distinguish between legal and illegal cash demand in an attempt to model the former. In our approach, legal cash demand can be explained by transactional and...

We investigate the density of private physicians in a two-tiered health care system, i.e., one with co-existing public and private health care providers. In particular, we analyze how the densities of private and public suppliers of outpatient health care (general practitioners and specialists)...

This paper aims to analyze the determinants of state intervention upon the social and economic life, and to grasp their implications in terms of public policy. The study starts with an over time update of the main theoretical contributions. Some indicators that quantify the extent of state...

The goal of this study is to determine the reasons behind high cash demand in several Central European countries, especially Hungary. We distinguish between legal and illegal cash demand in an attempt to model the former. In our approach, legal cash demand can be explained by transactional and...

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Rolle von intersektoralen FuE-Spillovereffekten für das sektorale Produktivitätswachstum anhand eines Datensatzes für zwölf OECD-Volkswirtschaften im Zeitraum 1980 bis 2004. Im Rahmen der empirischen Analyse werden mithilfe von panelökonometrischen...