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Title:Has the Euro-Mediterranean partnership affected Mediterranean business cycles? Author(s):CANOVA, Fabio; SCHLAEPFER, AlainDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Barcelona GSE Working Paper; 2012/548Abstract:We date turning points of the reference cycle for 19 countries in the Mediterranean, for selected regions, and for the area. Cycles phases are asymmetric, with expansions lasting, on average, much longer than recessions. ...
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Title:Has the Euro-Mediterranean partnership affected Mediterranean business cycles? Author(s):CANOVA, Fabio; SCHLAEPFER, AlainDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2014/10023Abstract:We date turning points of the reference cycle for 19 Mediterranean countries and analyze their structure and interdependencies. Fluctuations are volatile and not highly correlated across countries; recessions are deep but ...
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Title:Has the Euro-Mediterranean partnership affected mediterranean business cycles? Author(s):CANOVA, Fabio; SCHLAEPFER, AlainDate:2015Citation:Journal of applied econometrics, 2015, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 241-262Type:ArticleAbstract:We date turning points of the reference cycle for 19 Mediterranean countries and analyze their structure and interdependencies. Fluctuations are volatile and not highly correlated across countries; recessions are deep but ...
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Title:Has the Similarity of Business Cycles in Europe Increased with the Monetary Integration Process? A Use of the Classical Business Cycles Author(s):GARNIER, JulienDate:2003Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2003/12 -
Title:Head-content or Headcount? Temporary Labour Movements as a Source of Growth Author(s):TANI, MassimilianoDate:2005Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2005/17
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Title:Health selection and the effect of smoking on mortality Author(s):ADDA, Jérôme; LECHENE, ValérieDate:2013Citation:Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2013, Vol. 115, No. 3, pp. 902-931Type:ArticleAbstract:We show that individuals who are in poorer health, independently from smoking, are more likely to start smoking and to smoke more cigarettes than those with better non-smoking-related health. We present evidence of selection, ...
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Title:Health Selection and the Effect of Smoking on Mortality Author(s):ADDA, Jérôme; LECHENE, ValérieDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2012/02Abstract:We show that individuals who are in poorer health, independently from smoking, are more likely to start smoking and to smoke more cigarettes than those with better non-smoking health. We present evidence of selection, ...
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Title:A Herding Approach to Merger Waves Author(s):CABRAL, InesDate:2002Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2002/26
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Title:Herding in Delegated Portfolio Management:When is Comparative Performance Information Desirable? Author(s):GUMBEL, AlexanderDate:1998Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1998/22
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Title:Heterogeneity and Dynamics of Temporary Equilibria: Short-Run Versus Long-Run Stability Author(s):MARET, IsabelleDate:1994Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1994/22
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Title:Heterogeneity and Stability: Variations on Scarf's Processes Author(s):BILLETTE DE VILLEMEUR, EtienneDate:1998Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 1998/38
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Title:Heterogeneity of household characteristics and reglarities of aggregate demand Author(s):MARET, IsabelleDate:1994Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1994Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Economics
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Title:Heterogeneous Firms, `Profit Shifting‘ FDI and International Tax Competition Author(s):KRAUTHEIM, Sebastian; SCHMIDT-EISENLOHR, TimDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2009/15Abstract:We develop a stylized model of international tax competition between a large country and a tax haven. In the large country, firms in a monopolistically competitive industry generate positive profits which can be taxed by ...
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Title:Heterogeneous Individuals in the International Economy Author(s):BROER, TobiasDate:2009Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2009Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Does financial globalisation increase inequality? Should households with little financial wealth still hold foreign assets? Are consumption patterns of low income earners more dispersed than those of the rich? Do aggregate ...
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Title:Heterogeneous switching costs and vertical mergers : cases for state intervention? Author(s):WIENRICH, UlrikeDate:2010Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2010Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:Over the last months economic discussions have been as intense as rarely before, questioning the foundations of economic theory as well as practice. The financial and economic crisis has had a strong impact on economic ...
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Title:Heterogeneous Trading Strategies with Adaptive Fuzzy Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning: A behavioral approach Author(s):BEKIROS, Stelios D.Date:2010Citation:Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2010, 34, 6, 1153-1170Type:ArticleAbstract:The present study addresses the learning mechanism of boundedly rational agents in the dynamic and noisy environment of financial markets. The main objective is the development of a system that “decodes” the knowledge-acquisition ...
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Title:Heuristic learning in intraday trading under uncertainty Author(s):BEKIROS, Stelios D.Date:2015Citation:Journal of empirical finance, 2015, Vol. 30, pp. 34-49Type:ArticleAbstract:Until recently economists focused on structural models that were constrained by a lack of high-frequency data and theoretical deficiencies. Little academic research has been invested in actually trying to build successful ...
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Title:Hidden and Repressed Inflation in Soviet-Type Economies - Definitions, Measurements and Stabilization Author(s):NUTI, Domenico MarioDate:1986Citation:Contributions To Political Economy, 1986, 5, 37-82Type:Article
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Title:Hidden consequences of a first-born boy for mothers Author(s):ICHINO, Andrea; LINDSTRÖM, Elly-Ann; VIVIANO, ElianaDate:2014Citation:Economics Letters, 2014, Vol. 123, No. 3, pp. 274–278Type:ArticleAbstract:- In the US, the UK, Italy and Sweden women whose first child is a boy work less than women with first-born girls. - Differently from the literature we show that after a first-born boy the probability that women have more ...
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Title:The hidden costs of tax evasion : collaborative tax evasion in markets for expert services Author(s):BALAFOUTAS, Loukas; BECK, Adrian; KERSCHBAMER, Rudolf; SUTTER, MatthiasDate:2014Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI ECO; 2014/01Abstract:In markets where transactions are governed by contractual incompleteness, revealed intentions to evade taxes may affect market performance. We experimentally examine the impact of tax evasion attempts on the performance ...