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Questioning the Stereotype of the 'Malingering Bureaucrat' : Absence from Work in the Public and Private Sector in Germany
Prümer, Stephanie - 2019
for Germany, we indeed find absenteeism of employees to be higher in the public than the private sector. The differences … that the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" seems to be an exaggeration, at least for Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868787
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Top incomes and top taxes in Germany
Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor);  … - 2006
We analyze the distribution and taxation of top incomes in Germany during the 1990s on the basis of individual tax … findings are as follows: (i) incomes are highly concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (ii) the German economic … concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (iv) although effective tax rates are significantly lower than statutory ones …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003300942
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Margins of international banking : is there a productivity Pecking order in banking, too?
Buch, Claudia M.; Koch, Cathérine Tahmee; Kötter, Michael - 2009
Modern trade theory emphasizes firm-level productivity differentials to explain the cross-border activities of non-financial firms. This study tests whether a productivity pecking order also determines international banking activities. Using a novel dataset that contains all German banks'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923511
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Do better capitalized banks lend less? : long-run panel evidence from Germany
Buch, Claudia M.; Prieto, Esteban - 2012
Insufficient capital buffers of banks have been identified as one main cause for the large systemic effects of the recent financial crisis. Although higher capital is no panacea, it yet features prominently in proposals for regulatory reform. But how do increased capital requirements affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570042
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Labor demand during the crisis : what happened in Germany?
Bohachova, Olga; Boockmann, Bernhard; Buch, Claudia M. - 2011 - This version: October 2011
In Germany, the employment response to the post-2007 crisis has been muted compared to other industrialized countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009375256
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Taxing banks : an evaluation of the German bank levy
Buch, Claudia M.; Hilberg, Björn; Tonzer, Lena - 2014
Bank distress can have severe negative consequences for the stability of the financial system, the real economy, and public finances. Regimes for restructuring and restoring banks financed by bank levies and fiscal backstops seek to reduce these costs. Bank levies attempt to internalize systemic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257339
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Wage Cyclicality Under Different Regimes of Industrial Relations
Gartner, Hermann - 2010
Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137244
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Are the Self-Employed Really Jacks-of-All-Trades? Testing the Assumptions and Implications of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data
Lechmann, Daniel S. J. - 2011
Using a large representative German data set and various concepts of self-employment, this paper tests the "jack-of-all-trades" view of entrepreneurship by Lazear (AER 2004). Consistent with its theoretical assumptions we find that self-employed individuals perform more tasks and that their work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117831
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Labor Demand During the Crisis : What Happened in Germany?
Bohachova, Olga - 2011
In Germany, the employment response to the post-2007 crisis has been muted compared to other industrialized countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118541
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Let's Take Bargaining Models Seriously : The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009
Hirsch, Boris - 2011
results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121755