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Centralization of strategic decisions during the Great Recession : an empirical analysis of European manufacturing firms
Bakonyi, Zoltán; Muraközy, Balázs - 2016
This study analyzes which types of firm-level shocks were associated with the centralization of strategic decision-making during the recession of 2008-09. We use a unique survey dataset of more than 14000 manufacturing firms from seven European countries which includes direct information on...
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Technology, profits and wages
Coveri, Andrea; Pianta, Mario - 2019
Building on a Post-Keynesian theoretical framework, integrated with an analysis of technology, this article investigates the structural determinants of income distribution. We develop a simultaneous model on wage and profit dynamics identifying as key determinants productivity growth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123473
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Temporary agency work and the great recession
Baumgarten, Daniel; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2016
We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456524
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Temporary agency work and the Great Recession
Baumgarten, Daniel; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2016
We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458914
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The productivity impact of R&D investment : a comparison between the EU and the US
Castellani, Davide; Piva, Mariacristina; Schubert, Torben; … - 2016
in the high-tech industries), and this contributes to explaining the higher productivity of US firms. Conversely, EU …
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Austrian linkages to the European economy and the transmission mechanisms of ecnomic crisis
Francois, Joseph F.; Holzner, Mario; Pindyuk, Olga - 2011
, and where industry structure (number of varieties and allocation of capital stock across industries) is fixed. We … Industrie in der EU übertrug sich auf die damit verbundenen Branchen in Österreich. Die österreichische Wirtschaft konnte eine … Industrie einen weniger negativen Einfluss auf die österreichische Wirtschaft ausgeübt zu haben. …
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"Completing Europe's Economic and Monetary Union" : any support from the citizens?
Farina, Francesco; Tamborini, Roberto - 2016
The aim of the 'Five Presidents Report' cited in the title acknowledges that an important driver of the European economic crisis has been the faulty original design of the Monetary Union, and that substantial steps are urgently needed towards the creation of truly supranational institutions. Yet...
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Trends in child well-being in European Union countries during the Great Recession : a cross-country comparative perspective
Natali, Luisa; Martorano, Bruno; Handa, Sudhanshu; … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010495732
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European universities during the crisis : a public policy perspective, with a brief excursion to the US
Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2015
The crisis slowed down the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy (for the EU to become the most competitive region in the world). The crisis has aggravated the divergence between the North West of Europe and Southern Europe in labor productivity imparted by the knowledge economy. At the same...
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