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Efficiency vs effectiveness: an analysis of tertiary education across Europe
Ozana Nadoveza Jelić* 
Margareta Gardijan Kedžo*
Margareta Gardijan Kedžo
Affiliation: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Croatia
 0000-0001-5390-057X
Article | Year: 2018 | Pages: 381 - 414 | Volume: 42 | Issue: 4 Received: June 1, 2018 | Accepted: October 21, 2018 | Published online: December 14, 2018
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FULL ARTICLE
FIGURES & DATA
REFERENCES
CROSSMARK POLICY
METRICS
LICENCING
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Source: Scheerens, Luyten and van Ravens (2011), adapted by the authors.
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Label
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Definition
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Used in period
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Countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Denmark, Germany, Estonia,
Ireland, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Netherlands, Austria,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland,
Sweden, UK
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Inputs
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(I)EX2(% GDP)
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General government expenditure (tertiary education, % GDP)
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2004-2015
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(I)FA(% EX)
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Financial aid to students as % of total public expenditure on education,
at tertiary level of education
(ISCED 5 6, %)
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2004-2012
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(I)S/T
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Ratio of pupils and students to teachers and
academic staff (tertiary education, levels 5-8)
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2013-2015
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Outputs
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(O)GRAD(20-29)
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Tertiary
education graduates, (ISCED 5-6, per 1 000 of population aged 20-29)
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2004-2012
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(O)GRADT(20-34)
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Graduates aged 20-34, tertiary education level (% of
corresponding population)
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2013-2015
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(O)POPT
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Population aged 15-64 with completed tertiary
education (levels 5-8)
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2004-2015
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(O)U/UT
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Unemployment rates (%, 15-64) all ISCED 2011 levels
/ unemployment rates
(%, 15-64) tertiary education (levels 5-8)
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2004-2015
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Quality indicators of inputs and outputs
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(O)U/UT*ACTT
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(O)U/UT * Activity rates (%, of 15-64, tertiary
education (levels 5-8))
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2004-2015
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(O)GDP PC PPS
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Gross domestic product at market prices, current
prices, purchasing power standard per capita
(% of average)
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2004-2012
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(O)UR_2016
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Average overall score, university rankings - The
Higher Education
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2013-2015
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(I)PISA
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Underachieving 15-year-old students (%, PISA survey,
an average of all fields)
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2004-2015
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Source: (Eurostat (2018b, 2018c, 2018g).
Source: Eurostat (2018d, 2018f, 2018g, 2018h, 2018j).
Source: Eurostat (2018a, 2018e, 2018i, 2018j); Times Higher Education (2017).
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Period
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2004-2012
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2013-2015
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Model
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Inputs
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Outputs
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Inputs
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Outputs
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Quantity model
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(I)EX2(% GDP)
(I)FA(% EX)
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(O)GRAD(20-29)
(O)U/UT
(O)POPT
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(I)EX2(% GDP)
(I)S/T
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(O)GRAD(20-34)
(O)U/UT
(O)POPT
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Output – quality model
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(I)EX2(% GDP)
(I)FA(% EX)
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(O)GRAD(20-29)
(O)U/UT*ACT
(O)GDPpc
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(I)EX2(% GDP)
(I)S/T)
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(O)GRAD(20-34)
(O)U/UT*ACT
(O)UR
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Input – output quality model
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(I)EX2(% GDP)
(I)FA(% EX)
(I)PISA a
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(O)GRAD(20-29)
(O)U/UT*ACT
(O)GDPpc
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(I)EX2(% GDP)
(I)S/T
(I)PISA
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(O)GRAD(20-34)
(O)U/UT*ACT
(O)UR
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Source: Authors.
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Paper
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Ahec Šonje,
Deskar-Škrbić and Šonje (2018)
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Toth (2009)
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Aristovnik and
Obadić (2011)
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Aubyn et al.
(2009)
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Yotova and
Stefanova (2017)
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Year
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2005-2013 (avg)
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2006
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1999-2007 (avg)
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1998-2001
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2002-2005
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1998-2001
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2002-2005
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1998-2001
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2002-2005
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1998-2001
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2002-2005
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2012 and 2014
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Model
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1
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2
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1
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1
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2
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3
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1
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1
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2
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2
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3
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3
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4
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4
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1
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2
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3
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No. of EU countries
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11
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17
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22
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22
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22
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25
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9
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Austria
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|
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15
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|
|
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13
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9
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11
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9
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10
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6
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9
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8
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Bulgaria
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3
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3
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1
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|
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10
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8
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10
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8
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24
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20
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23
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25
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6
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5
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5
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Belgium
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21
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21
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26
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25
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8
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8
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7
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9
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Cyprus
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|
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37
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27
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1
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1
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10
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27
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23
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Czech
Republic
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1
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1
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11
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1
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33
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7
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17
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18
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14
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17
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22
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24
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3
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3
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1
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Germany
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13
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15
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16
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12
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10
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9
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11
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10
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11
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Denmark
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1
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11
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1
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9
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1
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11
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10
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8
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7
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|
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Estonia
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8
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2
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21
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16
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19
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27
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28
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17
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22
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18
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15
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17
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16
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7
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7
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6
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Greece
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|
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18
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19
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10
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31
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18
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22
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28
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27
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19
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24
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24
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23
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Spain
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1
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32
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17
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34
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26
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27
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20
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20
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21
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18
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18
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15
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Finland
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12
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1
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1
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20
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1
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7
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1
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7
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1
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7
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1
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5
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France
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9
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34
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24
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32
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19
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17
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16
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11
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12
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13
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12
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14
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|
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Croatia
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9
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8
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26
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32
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23
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Hungary
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4
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7
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16
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12
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28
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9
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23
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23
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24
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26
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23
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22
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21
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22
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8
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8
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8
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Ireland
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17
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21
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14
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Italy
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|
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1
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18
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23
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22
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12
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12
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13
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14
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13
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12
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13
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12
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|
|
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Lithuania
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1
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1
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1
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12
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1
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28
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26
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21
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19
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17
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16
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16
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17
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1
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1
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1
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Latvia
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1
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1
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|
|
|
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20
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13
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23
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17
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|
|
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1
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1
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1
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Malta
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|
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|
|
|
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16
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15
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19
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16
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7
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9
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11
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10
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|
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Netherlands
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|
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10
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|
|
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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5
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1
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6
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|
|
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Poland
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5
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1
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17
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1
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22
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13
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22
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20
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18
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15
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16
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19
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15
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18
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5
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6
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4
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Portugal
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14
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25
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25
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22
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21
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22
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21
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20
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21
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Romania
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2
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6
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13
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35
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10
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1
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13
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|
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2
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2
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2
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Sweden
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|
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8
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23
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8
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27
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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|
|
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Slovenia
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7
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5
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1
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13
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12
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9
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14
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15
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18
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25
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25
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25
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20
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4
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4
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4
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Slovakia
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6
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4
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1
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1
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36
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1
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24
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24
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25
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24
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15
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14
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19
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19
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United Kingdom
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7
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22
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19
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17
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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|
|
|
|
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2004-2006
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2007-2009
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2010-2012
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2013-2015
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1
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Belgium
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Belgium
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Belgium
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Belgium
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Ireland-Lithuania
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2
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Bulgaria
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Bulgaria
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Belgium-Czech Rep.-Estonia
-Finland
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Bulgaria
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Czech Rep.-Germany-Slovakia-UK
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3
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Czech Rep.
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Czech Rep.
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Czech Rep.
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Czech Rep.
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Czech Rep.
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4
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Denmark
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Denmark
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Denmark
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Ireland-Lithuania-UK
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Ireland-Lithuania
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5
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Germany
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Germany
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Belgium-Slovakia-Finland
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Bulgaria-Hungary-Finland-UK
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Germany
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6
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Estonia
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Estonia
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Estonia
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Estonia
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Estonia
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7
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Ireland
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Ireland
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Ireland
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Ireland
|
Ireland
|
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8
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Spain
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Spain
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Spain
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Spain
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Spain
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9
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France
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France
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France
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France
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France
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10
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Croatia
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Croatia
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Czech Rep.-Spain-Croatia
-Poland
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Czech Rep.-France-Poland
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Czech Rep.-Lithuania
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11
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Italy
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Italy
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Italy
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Italy
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Italy
|
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12
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Latvia
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Latvia
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Latvia
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Czech Rep.-France-Lithuania-Poland-Romania
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Czech Rep.-Germany-Ireland-Lithuania-UK
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13
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Lithuania
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Lithuania
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Lithuania
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Lithuania
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Lithuania
|
|
14
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Hungary
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Hungary
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Ireland-Slovakia-Finland
-UK
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Hungary
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Hungary
|
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15
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Netherlands
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Netherlands
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Belgium-Denmark-Finland
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Ireland-Finland-UK
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Ireland-Lithuania-
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16
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Austria
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Austria
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Belgium-Slovakia-Finland
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Bulgaria-Spain-Slovakia-UK
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Czech Rep.-Spain-Slovakia-UK
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17
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Poland
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Poland
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Poland
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Poland
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Lithuania
|
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18
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Portugal
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Portugal
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Ireland-Lithuania-Poland -Slovakia
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France-Lithuania-Romania-UK
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Lithuania-Slovakia
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19
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Romania
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Romania
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Poland-Slovakia
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Romania
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Romania
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20
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Slovenia
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Slovenia
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Lithuania-Slovakia-UK
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Bulgaria-Lithuania-Hungary-UK
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Ireland-Lithuania
|
|
21
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Slovakia
|
Slovakia
|
Slovakia
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Slovakia
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Slovakia
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|
22
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Finland
|
Finland
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Finland
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Finland
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Ireland-Lithuania
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|
23
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Sweden
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Sweden
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Belgium-Denmark-Finland
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Ireland-Finland-UK
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Ireland-Lithuania
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24
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UK
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UK
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UK
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UK
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UK
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Source: Authors.
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2004-2006
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2007-2009
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2010-2012
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2013-2015
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1
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Belgium
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Ireland-Italy-Slovakia-UK
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Ireland-France-Lithuania-Slovakia-UK
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Czech Rep.-Germany-Ireland-Austria
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Germany-Netherlands-UK
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2
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Bulgaria
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Czech Rep.-Latvia-Lithuania-Slovakia
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Czech Rep.-Slovakia
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Czech Rep.-Germany-Slovakia-
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Germany-Lithuania-Slovakia-Sweden-
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3
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Czech Rep.
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Czech Rep.
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Czech Rep.
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Czech Rep.
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Lithuania-Hungary-UK
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4
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Denmark
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Ireland-Lithuania
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Ireland-Lithuania
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Ireland-Lithuania
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Denmark
|
|
5
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Germany
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Czech Rep.-Ireland
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Germany
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Germany
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Germany
|
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6
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Estonia
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Czech Rep.-Ireland-Poland-UK
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Czech Rep.-Ireland-Lithuania-Romania
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Czech Rep.-Germany-Ireland-Lithuania
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Denmark-Lithuania-Netherlands-Sweden
|
|
7
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Ireland
|
Ireland
|
Ireland
|
Ireland
|
Ireland
|
|
8
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Spain
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Czech Rep.-Ireland-France
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Czech Rep.-France-Austria-Slovakia
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Czech Rep.-Spain-France-Italy
|
Spain
|
|
9
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France
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France
|
France
|
France
|
France
|
|
10
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Croatia
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Czech Rep.-Croatia-Poland
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Czech Rep.-Poland
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Czech Rep.-Lithuania
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Denmark-Lithuania-Slovakia-Sweden-
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|
11
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Italy
|
Italy
|
Italy
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Italy
|
Italy-UK
|
|
12
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Latvia
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Latvia
|
Czech Rep.-Lithuania-Romania-Slovakia
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Czech Rep.-Germany-Lithuania
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Lithuania-Hungary-UK
|
|
13
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Lithuania
|
Lithuania
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Lithuania
|
Lithuania
|
Lithuania
|
|
14
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Hungary
|
Lithuania-Poland-Slovakia-UK
|
Czech Rep.
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Czech Rep.-Germany
|
Hungary
|
|
15
|
Netherlands
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland
|
Netherlands
|
Netherlands
|
Netherlands-
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|
16
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Austria
|
Ireland-Italy-Slovakia-UK
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Austria
|
Austria
|
Denmark-Netherlands-Sweden-UK
|
|
17
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Poland
|
Poland
|
Poland
|
Lithuania
|
Denmark-Ireland-Lithuania-UK
|
|
18
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Portugal
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland-France
|
Ireland-Lithuania-Romania
|
Germany-Ireland-Lithuania
|
Denmark-Lithuania-Slovakia-Sweden-UK
|
|
19
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Romania
|
Lithuania-Poland-Slovakia
|
Romania
|
Romania
|
Denmark-Spain-Slovakia-UK
|
|
20
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Slovenia
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland-UK
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland-Lithuania-UK
|
Ireland-Lithuania
|
Denmark-Ireland-Lithuania-UK
|
|
21
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Slovakia
|
Slovakia
|
Slovakia-
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Slovakia
|
Slovakia
|
|
22
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Finland
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland-UK
|
Czech Rep.-Germany-Ireland-Austria
|
Denmark-Lithuania-Netherlands-Sweden
|
|
23
|
Sweden
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland
|
Germany-Ireland-Netherlands
|
Germany-Netherlands-Austria
|
Sweden
|
|
24
|
UK
|
UK
|
UK
|
UK
|
UK
|
|
|
|
2004-2006
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2007-2009
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2010-2012
|
2013-2015
|
|
1
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Belgium
|
Ireland-France-Italy-Slovakia-UK
|
Belgium
|
Czech Rep.-Germany-Ireland-Austria
|
Germany-Netherlands-UK
|
|
2
|
Bulgaria
|
Czech Rep.-Latvia-Lithuania-Slovakia
|
Czech Rep.-Slovakia
|
Czech Rep.-Germany-Slovakia
|
Germany-Lithuania-Slovakia-Sweden
|
|
3
|
Czech Rep.
|
Czech Rep.
|
Czech Rep.
|
Czech Rep.
|
Czech Rep.
|
|
4
|
Denmark
|
Ireland-Lithuania
|
Denmark
|
Ireland-Lithuania
|
Denmark
|
|
5
|
Germany
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
Germany
|
|
6
|
Estonia
|
Estonia
|
Estonia
|
Estonia
|
Estonia
|
|
7
|
Ireland
|
Ireland
|
Ireland
|
Ireland
|
Ireland
|
|
8
|
Spain
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland-France
|
Czech Rep.-Germany-France-Austria-Slovakia
|
Spain
|
Spain
|
|
9
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France
|
France
|
France
|
France
|
France
|
|
10
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Croatia
|
Croatia
|
Czech Rep.-Poland
|
Czech Rep.-Lithuania
|
Denmark-Lithuania-Slovakia-Sweden
|
|
11
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
Italy
|
|
12
|
Latvia
|
Latvia
|
Latvia
|
Czech Rep.-Lithuania-Poland-Finland
|
Germany-Ireland-Lithuania-Finland-UK
|
|
13
|
Lithuania
|
Lithuania
|
Lithuania
|
Lithuania
|
Lithuania
|
|
14
|
Hungary
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland-Poland-UK
|
Czech Rep.-Slovakia-Finland
|
Czech Rep.-Germany
|
Hungary
|
|
15
|
Netherlands
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland-Finland
|
Netherlands
|
Netherlands
|
Netherlands
|
|
16
|
Austria
|
Ireland-Italy-Slovakia-UK
|
Austria
|
Austria
|
Denmark-Sweden-UK
|
|
17
|
Poland
|
Poland
|
Poland
|
Poland
|
Poland
|
|
18
|
Portugal
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland-France
|
Ireland-Lithuania-Poland-Romania
|
Germany-Ireland-Lithuania
|
Denmark-Spain-Lithuania-Slovakia-Sweden-UK
|
|
19
|
Romania
|
Lithuania-Poland-Slovakia
|
Romania-
|
Romania
|
Denmark-Spain-Slovakia-UK
|
|
20
|
Slovenia
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland-Poland-Finland
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland-Lithuania-UK
|
Ireland-Lithuania
|
Denmark-Estonia-Ireland-Finland-UK
|
|
21
|
Slovakia
|
Slovakia
|
Slovakia
|
Slovakia
|
Slovakia
|
|
22
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
Finland
|
|
23
|
Sweden
|
Czech Rep.-Ireland
|
Germany-Ireland-Netherlands
|
Germany-Netherlands-Austria
|
Sweden
|
|
24
|
UK
|
UK
|
UK
|
UK
|
UK
|
|
|
|
Quantity
model
|
Output
quality model
|
Input
and output quality model
|
|
|
|
2004-2006
|
2007-2009
|
2010-2012
|
2013-2015
|
2004-2006
|
2007-2009
|
2010-2012
|
2013-2015
|
2004-2006
|
2007-2009
|
2010-2012
|
2013-2015
|
|
1
|
Belgium
|
1
|
1
|
0,954
|
0,905
|
0,94
|
0,973
|
0,929
|
0,989
|
0,961
|
1
|
0,929
|
0,989
|
|
2
|
Bulgaria
|
0,879
|
1
|
0,964
|
1
|
0,707
|
0,879
|
0,864
|
0,986
|
0,707
|
0,879
|
0,864
|
0,986
|
|
3
|
Czech
Rep.
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0,951
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0,98
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
4
|
Denmark
|
1
|
0,932
|
0,912
|
1
|
0,877
|
0,996
|
0,993
|
1
|
0,877
|
1
|
0,993
|
1
|
|
5
|
Germany
|
0,876
|
0,954
|
1
|
1
|
0,93
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0,93
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
6
|
Estonia
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0,931
|
0,77
|
0,837
|
0,739
|
0,748
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
7
|
Ireland
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
8
|
Spain
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0,92
|
0,943
|
1
|
1
|
0,92
|
0,952
|
1
|
1
|
|
9
|
France
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
10
|
Croatia
|
1
|
0,803
|
0,806
|
0,873
|
1
|
0,808
|
0,806
|
0,821
|
1
|
0,808
|
0,806
|
0,821
|
|
11
|
Italy
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
12
|
Latvia
|
1
|
0,943
|
0,905
|
0,857
|
1
|
0,919
|
0,904
|
0,862
|
1
|
1
|
0,955
|
0,924
|
|
13
|
Lithuania
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
14
|
Hungary
|
0,898
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0,811
|
0,847
|
0,879
|
1
|
0,816
|
0,909
|
0,879
|
1
|
|
15
|
Netherlands
|
0,929
|
0,916
|
0,853
|
0,878
|
0,947
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0,957
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
16
|
Austria
|
0,719
|
0,805
|
0,841
|
0,843
|
0,977
|
1
|
1
|
0,9
|
0,977
|
1
|
1
|
0,9
|
|
17
|
Poland
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0,995
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0,975
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
18
|
Portugal
|
0,591
|
0,628
|
0,679
|
0,725
|
0,742
|
0,713
|
0,74
|
0,733
|
0,742
|
0,713
|
0,74
|
0,737
|
|
19
|
Romania
|
0,768
|
1
|
1
|
0,748
|
0,751
|
1
|
1
|
0,725
|
0,751
|
1
|
1
|
0,725
|
|
20
|
Slovenia
|
0,811
|
0,735
|
0,741
|
0,768
|
0,81
|
0,763
|
0,789
|
0,752
|
0,824
|
0,763
|
0,789
|
0,833
|
|
21
|
Slovakia
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
22
|
Finland
|
1
|
1
|
0,995
|
0,997
|
0,935
|
0,99
|
0,967
|
0,924
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
23
|
Sweden
|
0,903
|
0,906
|
0,914
|
1
|
0,908
|
0,969
|
0,98
|
1
|
0,908
|
0,969
|
0,98
|
1
|
|
24
|
UK
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
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