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Optimal rent extraction in pre-industrial England and France : default risk and monitoring costs
Priks, Mikael (contributor) - 2005
Beginning in the mid-seventeenth century, England changed its system of raising revenues from tax farming, combined with the granting of monopolies, to direct collection within the government administration. Rents were then transferred from tax farmers and monopolists to the central government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002855576
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A tale of two countries : unions, closures and growth in Britain and Norway
Bryson, Alex (contributor); Dale-Olsen, Harald (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730740
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European market integration for gas? : volume flexibility and political risk
Asche, Frank; Osmundsen, Petter; Tveterås, Ragnar - 2000
, Dutch and Russian gas export prices to Germany in 1990-1998 are examined. Cointegration tests show that the different border … prices for gas to Germany move proportionally over time, indicating an integrated gas market (the Law of One Price holds). We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781639
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Sectoral trends and cycles in Germany
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Westermann, Frank - 2001
We examine the comovements between the output indexes of three German sectors (manufacturing, mining, and agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398919
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The internationalisation of British and German start-up companies in high-technology industries
Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - 1998
Established theories in international business come to different conclusions when specifically applied to the analysis of the international activities of start-up companies in high-technology industries. Using a new dataset of 495 British and German start-ups operating in high-technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000680661
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Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries
Bloom, Nicholas (contributor); Van Reenen, John (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003313493
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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Alganand, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - 2009
also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894405
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The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation : transitions between states and their determinants. A comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Bryson, Alex; Pahnke, … - 2009
Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and Britain. That said, comparatively … in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894436
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Slip sliding away : further union decline in Germany and Britain
Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Pahnke, André; … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941048
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The application of the capability approach to high-income OECD countries : a preliminary survey
Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich - 2011
The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income OECD countries. The survey aims at a basis of mutual exchange on relevant CA issues among researchers analyzing well-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011367