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Real convergence, capital flows, and competitiveness in central and Eastern Europe
Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunter; Zemanek, Holger - 2009
The paper scrutinizes the role of wages and capital flows for competitiveness in the new EU member states in the context of real convergence. For this purpose it extends the seminal Balassa-Samuelson model by international capital markets. The augmented Balassa-Samuelson model is linked to the...
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When does it hurt? : the exchange rate "pain threshold" for German exports
Belke, Ansgar; Goecke, Matthias; Günther, Martin - 2009
This paper deals with the impact of the $/¿ exchange rate on German exports in the period from 1995Q1 to 2008Q4. Our main aim is to identify "pain thresholds" for German exporters. We rely on a non-linear model according to which suddenly strong spurts of exports occur when changes of the EXR...
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Global integration of Central and Eastern European financial markets : the role of economic sentiments
Belke, Ansgar; Beckmann, Joscha; Kühl, Michael - 2009
This paper examines the importance of different economic sentiments, e.g. consumer moods, for the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) during the transition process. We first analyze the importance of economic confidence with respect to the CEEC's financial markets. Since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904544
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Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries
Belke, Ansgar; Bordon, Ingo; Melnykovska, Inna; … - 2009
This paper quantifies the impact of incentives related to potential membership on institutional change as measured by the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 we show that pre-accession incentives provided by EU and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872903
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Current account imbalances and structural adjustment in the euro area : how to rebalance competitiveness
Zemanek, Holger; Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther - 2009
Low international competitiveness of a set of euro area countries, which have become evident by large current account deficits and rising risk premiums on government bonds, is one of the most challenging economic policy issues for Europe. We analyse the role of private restructuring and public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003844342
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The institutional framework of ethnic inclusion and exclusion : a cross-national analysis of the earnings of foreigners in Germany and immigrants in Canada
Reitz, Jeffrey G.; Frick, Joachim R.; Calabrese, Tony; … - 1998
The European social-welfare model differs from the North American individualistic model in the patterns, more than the overall extent, of ethnic inclusion and exclusion. Focussing on foreigners in Germany and immigrants in Canada as illustrative cases, conventional earnings decomposition...
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Short term living conditions and long term prospects of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
-Kindern. Angesichts der starken intergenerationalen Bildungskorrelation birgt das unterdurchschnittliche Bildungsniveau der in Deutschland …Der im Ausland geborene Teil der in Deutschland lebenden Bevölkerung besteht aus Ausländern und Aussiedlern, die aus … osteuropäischen Ländern nach Deutschland emigriert sind. Während die erste Gruppe mit Problemen konfrontiert ist, die aus dem typisch …
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Umfang und Kompensation von Überstunden : eine vergleichende Analyse für Westdeutschland und Großbritannien
Wagner, Gert G.; Pannenberg, Markus - 2000
Die Studie analysiert die Determinanten der Inzidenz, des Umfangs und der Kompensation von Überstunden in Westdeutschland und Großbritannien in den Jahren 1991 bis 1998. Ist die Inzidenz von Überstunden in beiden Ländern noch durchaus vergleichbar, so arbeiten britische Arbeitnehmer im...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433960
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Das "Interviewer-Panel" des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels : Darstellung und ausgewählte Analysen
Schräpler, Jörg-Peter; Wagner, Gert G. - 1999 - Paper Stand: 9. April 1999
Statistische Daten sind im allgemeinen - gemessen an idealtypischen Erhebungsbedingungen - nicht fehlerfrei, insbesondere können sie durch die Art, wie sie erhoben werden, beeinflusst werden ("Erhebungsartefakte"). Interviewereffekte spielen in diesem Zusammenhang in der Literatur eine...
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Zur Logik der Rentenanpassung : ein konstitutionenökonomischer Vorschlag
Voigt, Stefan; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
Staatlich organisierte Altersvorsorgesysteme, die in Umlage finanziert werden (in Deutschland ist dies die gesetzliche …
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