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This paper aims at analyzing the impact of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) on frms' investment policies in the … optimal investment policy, even in the presence of stringent Employment Protection Laws, than those facing financial …
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This paper aims at analyzing the impact of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) on firms' investment policies in the … position to determine their optimal investment policy, even in the presence of stringent employment protection laws, than those …
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Strong credit growth rates in transition countries may result from a normal catching-up process in a framework of …
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Credit growth rates as high as 30% or 50% a year were observed in some Central Eastern European countries (CEECs) in 2006-2007, such as the Baltic States, Bulgaria or Romania. This strong credit growth could have been due to the catching-up process but could also have been excessive, paving the...
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Studies on the finance-growth link use different proxy variables for financial development. Among the most used is the total credit share in the GDP. Previous empirical studies show to be sensitive to the choice of the finance proxy indicator. Total credit share in the GDP appears biased in...
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Studies on the finance-growth link use different proxy variables for financial development. Among the most used is the total credit share in the GDP. Previous empirical studies show to be sensitive to the choice of the finance proxy indicator. Total credit share in the GDP appears biased in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015401436
We present a model of wage contract violation that implies a possibility of multiple equilibria in the level of arrears. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the costs of late payment faced by other employers operating in the same labor market, resulting in a network...
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East Germany, a unique socialist command economy prior to the 1990s, underwent rapid transition to a market …-oriented economic system. This transition has been of intense interest given the environment of Eastern Germany vis-a-vis Western … Germany, a setting different from most other transition economies. However, changes in the Eastern wage structure during …
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