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Innovation dynamics and endogenous market structure : econometric results from aggregated survey data

Gottschalk, Sandra; Janz, Norbert Helmut - 2001

concentration. In contrast, competition enforces innovation, i.e. sales concentration has a negative impact on R&D. …

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Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Größe und Wachstum bei Gründungen : empirische Ergebnisse für West-Deutschland

Almus, Matthias; Nerlinger, Eric A. - 1999

The present paper deals with the question whether 'Gibrat's law' is applicable to firms founded between 1989 and 1996 within the Western German manufacturing sector or not. The underlying assumption is that size of a firm has no influence on its growth. Growth is rather determined by a process...

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Growth determinants of start-ups in Eastern Germany : a comparison between innovative and non-innovative firms

Almus, Matthias; Nerlinger, Eric A.; Steil, Fabian - 1999

This empirical analysis deals with the determinants of growth and the explanation of variations in the growth between innovative and non-innovative start-ups. Based on theoretical models explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential determinants are formulated. The regression results...

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Cost pass-through in strategic oligopoly : sectoral evidence for the EU ETS

Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria - 2010

Price adjustments, particularly the cost pass-through relationships, are at the core of the analysis on how asymmetric climate change policy initiates two channels of carbon leakage: (decreasing) market shares and profit margins. Using advanced time-series techniques, this paper explores the...

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Beschäftigungsdynamik in jungen innovativen Unternehmen : empirische Ergebnisse für West-Deutschland

Almus, Matthias; Nerlinger, Eric A. - 1998

Die Ergebnisse der multivariaten Analysen zur Beschäftigungsdynamik und dem Wachstumspotential junger innovativer Unternehmen lassen erkennen, daß junge innovative Unternehmen signifikant höhere Wachstumsraten erzielen als junge Unternehmen mit traditionellen Produkten. Die Abschätzung der...

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Investigating the influence of firm characteristics on the ability to exercise market power : a stochastic frontier analysis approach with an application to the iron ore market

Germeshausen, Robert; Panke, Timo; Wetzel, Heike - 2014

This paper empirically analyzes the existence of market power in the global iron ore market during the period 1993-2012 using an innovative Stochastic Frontier Analysis approach introduced by Kumbhakar et al. (2012). In contrast to traditional econometric procedures, this approach allows for the...

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Optimal cover prices and the effects of website provision on advertising and magazine demand

Kaiser, Ulrich - 2002

I derive and estimate a model for cover price setting in print media markets where actors are faced by two interrelated demand curves: the demand for the print medium and the demand for advertising space. Publicly available data on German women's magazines observed between 1998 and 2001 are used...

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Cost pass-through of the EU emissions allowances : examining the European petroleum markets

Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria - 2010

This paper explores the ability of European refineries to pass-through costs associated with the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). We estimated a sequence of vector error correction models (VECM) within a multi-national setting which covers 14 EU member states. Using...

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A test of the quality of concentration indices

Heger, Diana (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2008

Theory predicts a positive relationship between market concentration and profitability in most scenarios. In empirical … concentration and market share variables, which are generated on the basis of the official industry classification, with information … price competition is highly significant in explaining profit levels, while none of the concentration indices performs well …

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Barriers to entry and profitability

Heger, Diana (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2008

Barriers to entry are regarded as major impediments to the working of markets. Entry must not necessarily actually take place - the perceived threat of entry may encourage incumbent firms to behave as if they are in a competitive market, even if they are not. We present empirical evidence on...

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