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European economic and political issues Volume 9 / William B. Stickle, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- European economic and political issues ; 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--Europe--20th century.
- History.
- History--Europe--21st century.
- Europe--Economic conditions--1945-.
- Europe.
- Europe--Politics and government--1989-.
- Europe--Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Commack, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Among the topics in this volume are: the non-market sector in Europe and the US; the effects of European financial institutions on research and development; Canadian tourism to Europe; single mothers in Europe; the role of public benefits; and the secondary market behaviour of European securitization.
- Contents:
- Intro
- European Economic and Political Issues Volume 9
- Contents
- Preface
- The Non-Market Sector in Europe and in the United States: Underground Activities and Home Production
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Stylized Facts
- Non-Market Sector in Dynamic Equilibrium Models
- Two Mechanisms for Risk Hedging and Optimal Labor Allocation
- The Reallocation Mechanism: A Fiscal Policy Experiment
- Conclusions
- References
- How European Financial Institutions Affect Their R&
- D and Economic Development
- Observations from East West Comparison
- Endogenous Growth Model with Financing Regime and R&
- D
- Empirical and Policy Implications
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- An Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) of Canadian Tourism to Europe
- Methodology
- Literature Review
- The Theoretical Model2
- Elasticities3
- The Tourism Model
- Data and Description
- Variables of the Model
- Empirical Results
- The Case of the Aggregate Demand9
- The Demand for Leisure Tourism
- The Demand for Business Tourism
- The AIDS Model for the Visiting-Friends (VF) Consumers
- Concluding Remarks
- Testing Residual Autocorrelation Results
- The Derivation of the AIDS Specification
- Single Mother in Europe: A Decomposition Approach
- Data and Variables
- The Prevalence of Single Mothers in Europe, 1994-2001
- Decomposing the Cross-Country Variation
- Appendix: Variance Decomposition
- Overreaction in Venture Capital and Private Equity Markets: Evidence from European Markets before the Burst of the Bubble
- Theoretical Base
- Cause of Overreaction in VC/PE Markets: Proposed Hypotheses
- Data and Methodology
- Results
- Appendix A
- References.
- The Role of Public Benefits: A Case Study for Seven European Countries
- Unemployment Insurance Benefit Schemes
- Net Replacement Rates as Unemployed
- Follow-On/Alternative Schemes for Unemployed
- Net Replacement Rates as Unemployed, Insured/Follow-On Or Alternative Schemes
- Early Retirement Schemes
- Net Replacement Rates as Insured Unemployed and Early Retiree
- Sickness Benefit and Disability Pension Schemes
- Net Replacement Rates as Sick and Disabled
- Secondary Market Behavior of European Securitization
- Data
- Model
- Estimation Procedure
- Estimation Results
- General Model Specification
- An Attempt to Measure the Influence of the Maastricht Criteria and the Stability Pact on Growth and Unemployment in the European Union
- Some Theoretical Considerations Regarding the Stability Pact
- Historical Analysis of the Maastricht Criteria
- Measuring the Direct Effects of the Maastricht Criteria on Growth
- The Effects of the Maastricht Criteria on Unemployment
- An Alternative Growth-Induced and Employment-Induced Stability Pact
- Summary and Conclusion
- The Orientation of the Financial System: Alternative Approaches and the Case of the European Monetary Union
- Background
- Existing Indices
- Assessing the Orientation of the Financial System
- Comparison of Cultural Profiles of Young Managers from the Countries of South-Eastern Europe and Russia
- Brief Introduction of Hofstede's Study of Cultural Profiles in Studied Countries
- Cultural Profiles of Young Managers
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60876-558-X
- OCLC:
- 610059067
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