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EU Brings High Income Gains to its Members by Reducing Trade Costs

In Germany, real GDP is more than 170 billion euros higher each year, for all member states together it is around 940 billion euros. The single market brings the greatest welfare gains.

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The EU provides its members with high income gains by reducing trade costs. Thanks to the single market, the customs union, the...

At the example of Ghana a new KCG study shows, how exporting contributes to the development of a country. ...

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Inequity Aversion, Welfare Measurement and the Gini Index

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Philipp Wichardt , Ulrich Schmidt

Over the last decades, research in behavioural economics has demonstrated that individual welfare (utility), as relevant for economic...

Andreas Fuchs , Hannes Öhler

Little is known about foreign aid provided by private donors. This paper contributes to closing this research gap by comparing the...

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