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The East German Wage Structure after Transition [PDF]

We extend the literature on transition economies' wage structures by investigating the returns to tenure and experience. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases.
Regina T. Riphahn, Robert Orlowski
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Hyperbolic Discounting and Politics: The beneficial effects of bureaucrats [PDF]

This paper introduces hyperbolic discounting into politics. In our model, politicians act according to the preferences of voters in order to be re-elected.
Marcus Drometer
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Endogenous Information and Privacy in Automobile Insurance Markets [PDF]

This paper examines the implications of insurers’ offering a voluntary monitoring technology to insureds in automobile insurance markets with adverse selection and without commitment.
Lilia Filipova
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Multilateralism versus Regionalism!? [PDF]

The well-known question whether regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the multilateral trading system (MTS) are "strangers, friends, or foes" (Bhagwati and Panagariya, 1996) has gained new importance with the widespread proliferation of RTAs in recent ...
Bernhard Herz, Marco Wagner
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Trouver l'organisation dans la communication : Le discours comme action et signification

Communiquer
Cet article discute de deux façons dont le langage et le discours sont associés dans la conception de l'organisation : en tant qu'activités communicationnelles des agent·e·s (conversations); et en tant qu'interprétations discursives définissant les agent·
James R. Taylor, Daniel Robichaud
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Text is a Text is a Text

Pynchon Notes, 1993
Interpreting postmodern literary texts increasingly means entering into the current conversation of critical theory: the debate over the nature and status of postmodernism itself and over the status of the subject, of master narratives and, finally, of language as well.
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Differential labor mobility, agglomeration, and skill-biased migration policies [PDF]

The paper analyzes the impact of skill-biased migration policies under the economics of agglomeration. It therefore develops an agglomeration model with two types of mobile worker who are heterogeneous and differ both within and between skill groups with
Stephan Russek
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Government R&D Subsidies as a Signal for Private Investors [PDF]

Government subsidies for R&D are intended to promote projects with high returns to society but too little private returns to be beneficial for private investors. This may be caused by spillovers or a low appropriability rate.
Robin Kleer
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La fluidité : un moyen pour évaluer la compréhension de l’écrit

Langues & Cultures
Il nous a été donné de constater que des élèves de 4ème année moyen rencontraient des difficultés à accéder au sens des textes alors que les directives officielles affirmaient qu’ils étaient en mesure de comprendre tous les types d’écrits.
Imane MISSOUM BENZIANE, Fatima AIT DJIDA   +1 more
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Dynamic Clusters [PDF]

Globalization has had an enormous impact on traditional industrial structures. It seems almost the case that everything is everywhere the same. And yet, in reality, some regions in a single industrialized country enjoy rapid economic growth while others ...
Oliver Falck, Stephan Heblich
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