We report results on the ex ante predictability of monthly excess stock returns in Germany using real-time and revised …

We report results on the ex ante predictability of monthly excess stock returns in Germany using real-time and revised …

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. …

trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia … von kombinierten Firmen-Beschäftigten-Daten aus Deutschland um zu zeigen, dass diese Lohnzuschläge verschwinden, wenn die …

Using a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper analyses wage setting in a cohort of newly founded … and other establishments from 1997 to 2001. While theory provides alternative explanations for higher or lower wages in … smaller in eastern than in western Germany. The wage differential is shown to decline over time as the newly founded firms …