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Electoral uncertainty, fiscal policies & growth : theory and evidence from Germany, the UK and the US

Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Malley, James R.; … - 2003

economic growth. The model is estimated using quarterly data for Germany, the UK and the US from 1960 to 1999. Our econometric …

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Economic growth and endogenous fiscal policy : in search of a data consistent general equilibrium model

Malley, James R.; Philippopulos, Apostolēs - 2000

explaining the interaction between private agents and fiscal authorities in the U.S., West Germany, Japan and the U.K. over the … is necessary to formally test the models' theoretical restrictions. In West Germany and Japan there is evidence that the …

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Asymmetries in earnings, employment and wage risk in Great Britain

Angelopulos, Kōnstantinos; Lazarakis, Spyridon; … - 2017

This paper examines the relationship between idiosyncratic risk in labour income and fluctuations in aggregate labour market quantities for Great Britain. We use data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) for 1991-2008 and from the BHPS sub-sample of Understanding Society for 2010-2014....

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The (parlous) state of German unions

Addison, John T. (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2006

Gewerkschaft / Deutschland, Gewerkschaftsmitglied, Globalisierung - German unions, union membership, globalization …

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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : first evidence from quantile regressions

Wagner, Joachim; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2006

Using OLS and quantile regression methods and rich cross-section data sets for western and eastern Germany, this paper …

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Who are the workers who never joined a union? : Empirical evidence from Germany

Schnabel, Claus (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2005

provides the first empirical analysis of trade union never-membership in Germany. We show that between 54 and 59 percent of all … employees in Germany have never been members of a trade union. Individuals' probability of never-membership is significantly …

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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'...

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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...

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Lingering illness or sudden death? : pre-exit employment developments in German establishments

Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2012

Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear "shadow of death" effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. -- firm …

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Do exporters really pay higher wages? : First evidence from German linked employer-employee data

Schank, Thorsten (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2006

Exports , wages , exporter wage premium , linked employer-employee data , Germany … same industry and region. This paper uses a large set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to analyze this …

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