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This paper provides a description and a discussion of some important aspects relating to recent productivity developments in the euro area. Following decades of stronger gains in the euro area than in the US, labour productivity growth has fallen behind that in the US in recent years. This...
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Sectoral shifts, such as shrinkage of low labour productivity and the low-wage construction sector, can lead to apparent increased aggregate average labour productivity and average wages, especially when capital intensity differs across sectors. For 11 main sectors and 13 manufacturing...
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Die Arbeitskosten in der privaten Wirtschaft sind in Deutschland 2010 lediglich um 0,6 Prozent gestiegen. Im …. Damit hat sich in einem Jahr mit starkem Wirtschaftswachstum in Deutschland der langjährige Trend fortgesetzt, nach dem die … betrug die jährliche Zunahme hingegen 2,8 Prozent, im EU-Durchschnitt 3,3 Prozent. Insgesamt liegt Deutschland bei den …
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verwandter Institute aus den nordischen Ländern sowie Deutschland und Österreich regelmäßig über die aktuelle und erwartete … zurückliegenden Jahren. Beispielhaft skizzieren Finnland, Deutschland, Lettland, Norwegen und Schweden den Ausgangspunkt und die …
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The proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA) is an opportunity to prevent and remedy anti-competitive conduct by large digital platforms. If the Act is designed in an adequate manner to target specific problems, it can improve the contestability of platform services markets and markets that rely...
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The term 'global brand' has become widely used by the media and by consumers. Business week publishes annually its widely known ranking of the 'Best Global Brands' (with Coca-Cola as number 1 in the past years) and consumers on summer vacations purchase brands such as Heineken or Marlboro they...
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The report focuses on the relative macroeconomic performance since the global financial crisis of six Northern European countries with a special emphasis on Finland. While fiscal and monetary policies have definitely impacted on macroeconomic outcomes in the six countries examined, as a whole...
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Investment in brands drives the allocation of resources in our economy. It increases competition, pushes firms to innovate, and decreases asymmetries in the market leading to a higher level of economic development. Investment in brands and intangibles has seen an increase in the last fifteen...
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