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Schimburile cu servicii ale Uniunii Europene: tendinţe recente sub impactul globalizării şi al crizei economice
Monica, Oehler-Şincai Iulia; Agnes, Ghibuţiu - In: Revista OEconomica (2010) 02
Relying on BoP trade statistics published by Eurostat and the WTO, the paper highlights the recent changes in the EU’s services flows in terms of dynamics, composition, trade balance as well as patterns of specialisation and integration into the internal and global market. It also reveals the...
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Economic Integration and Firm-Union Interaction: The Role of Market Structure
Fung, K. C.; Huizinga, Harry - In: Journal of Economic Integration 14 (1999), pp. 554-571
This paper examines the impact of market integration in the presence of a labor union. Effects on wages, employment … differentiation, and the nature of competition in the goods market. One surprising result is that union wages and union rents can …
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Regional Development in the Creative Age
Sorin, Mazilu; Vasile, Horodnic Adrian - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XI (2011) 1, pp. 1284-1287
This article brings into question the increasing importance of creativity as a factor for regional development. For this purpose, it is briefly discussed the fine connection between culture, creativity and regional development and how creativity can increase the development of a region and...
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Does FDI in manufacturing cause FDI in business services? Evidence from French firm-level data
Nefussi, Benjamin; Schwellnus, Cyrille - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 43 (2010) 1, pp. 180-203
This paper uses a large French firm-level data set to evaluate the determinants of location choices in services. In a first step, estimates for four broad services sectors are compared with the estimates for the manufacturing sector. Using a discrete choice model, we find that this framework...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008625981
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Real exchange rate undervaluation, regional integration and services sector performance : evidence from the East African Community
Nnyanzi, John Bosco; Oryema, John Bosco; Kilimani, Nicholas - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 11 (2022), pp. 1-23
We undertake to estimate the effects of real exchange rate misalignment and regional integration on the service sector performance in selected countries from East Africa during the period of 1991-2017. The main findings, based on the traditional Pooled Mean Group ARDL technique as well as the...
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Integrating into the Global Economy through Services. The Case of Romania
GHIBUTIU, AGNES; GHIBUTIU, ANDRA - In: Global Economic Observer 2 (2014) 1, pp. 181-191
Services represent a most important and dynamic frontier of international trade and investment. The steady expansion of trade in services and its relative resilience in the recent crisis, coupled with its key role in global production networks and its increasing potential in attracting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781451
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Romania’s Trade in Services. Recent Trends and Prospects
Ghibutiu, Agnes - In: Revista de Economie Mondiala / The Journal of Global … 5 (2013) 3
Romania's trade in services has been severely hit by the global financial and economic crisis, and the negative consequences were still felt in 2012. This article aims to analyse the recent trends in Romania's services trade and assess its prospects. Relying on balance of payments statistics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145140
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Romania’s Trade in Services. Recent Trends and Prospects
Ghibutiu, Agnes - In: Revista de Economie Mondiala / The Journal of Global … 5 (2013) 3
Romania's trade in services has been severely hit by the global financial and economic crisis, and the negative consequences were still felt in 2012. This article aims to analyse the recent trends in Romania's services trade and assess its prospects. Relying on balance of payments statistics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145142
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Integrating Into the Global Economy Through Services. The Case of Romania
Ghibutiu, Agnes; Ghibutiu, Andra - In: Revista de Economie Mondiala / The Journal of Global … 6 (2014) 2
Services represent a most important and dynamic frontier of international trade and investment. The steady expansion of trade in services and its relative resilience in the recent crisis, coupled with its key role in global production networks and its increasing potential in attracting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011106071
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High Employment with Low Productivity? The Service Sector as a Determinant of Economic Development
Breitenfellner, Andreas; Hildebrandt, Antje - In: Monetary Policy & the Economy (2006) 1, pp. 110-135
Whether measured in terms of employment or value added, the service sector by far dominates the economies of …'s contribution to the development of employment and productivity between 1983 and 2003 illuminates the prevailing productivity gap … processes points to an employment potential in the tertiary sector that has not yet been fully utilized. The study further …
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