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Social custom, free-riders, and trade union membership in Germany and Great Britain
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283773
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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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"Take it or go to court" : the impact of sec. 1a of the German protection against dismissal act on severance payments
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2010
on panel data for West Germany indicate that the legal change did have a negative effect on severance pay. -- panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003984405
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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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Direct evidence for income comparisons and subjective well-being across reference groups
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2015
This note provides evidence for the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being (SWB), using novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346880
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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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Let bygones be bygones? : socialist regimes and personalities in Germany
Friehe, Tim; Pannenberg, Markus; Wedow, Michael - 2015
This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295790
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Severance pay and the shadow of the law : evidence for West Germany
Goerke, Laszlo (contributor); Pannenberg, Markus (contributor) - 2005
Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003297598