Is the euro area getting closer with regard to business cycles? The study investigates the linkage between business cycle convergence and financial portfolio choice for a panel of 18 European countries. For this purpose an index is constructed which measures the similarity of investment portfolios. The idea is that financial portfolio choice has an impact on business cycles and contributes to convergence via the consumption-wealth linkage. The background of the analysis is the International Asset Pricing Model (IAPM). The results of fixed effects GMM TSLS estimations confirm the linkage. The...

Step into the day in a life of a small child and meet his special friend, his angel AN ANGEL IN MY POCKET is about a child who has a guardian angel. His angel is with him no matter what. Whether he's playing sports, at school, or going to bed his angel is there to help him through his mistakes and risky situations. These lovable characters show us how our imagination and belief can get us through the big and small events that occur on a day to day basis.

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Deutsch - Padagogik, Didaktik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Studienseminar Buchholz fur das Lehramt an Grund-, Haupt- und Realschulen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Internationale Leistungsvergleichsstudien, wie beispielweise PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), zeigen, dass die "Basiskompetenz Lesen" bei deutschen wie auch bei Kindern und Jugendlichen anderer europaischer Staaten nicht ausreichend ausgepragt ist. Die Verbesserung der Lesefahigkeit wurde daher vom Europarat im Rahmen der Lissabon-Strategie im Jahr 2003 zu den...