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Sustainability, social rights and international trade: the TTIP
"This article analyses the prospects opened up in the social field by the negotiation on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and United States ...
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Changing workplace relations in foreign investment firms in Poland
"Purpose – The article aims to consider the relationship between foreign investors and trade unions in forging new labour relations and workplace institutions in Polish firms. The research focuses on ...
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Foreign direct investment, trade, and skilled labour demand in Eastern Europe
"In this paper, we study the effects of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade on relative skilled labour demand in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Our estimates show significant ...
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EU competitiveness and industrial location
"In its May 2005 the Group of Economic Policy Analysis (GEPA) discussed the issue of EU competitiveness and industrial location. At that meeting, a request was made for BEPA to prepare a report ...
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Unions and the welfare impact of foreign direct investment - a wisdom extension
"This paper extends the recent literature, e.g. Leahy and Montagna (Economic Journal 110: 80–92, 2000), in relation to the link between unionization, inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and ...
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Investitionshindernis als Drohkulisse.
""Die unternehmerische Mitbestimmung ist nicht der Grund, dass Investitionen in Deutschland nicht getätigt werden", sagt der Chef der US-amerikanischen Handelskammer. Zum selben Ergebnis kommt eine ...
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Trade unions, wage bargaining coordination, and foreign direct investment
"Conventional wisdom is that a high trade union bargaining strength and a system of coordinated wage bargaining reduce the attractiveness of an economy as a location for foreign direct investment, ...
