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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001
quits are important reasons for wage rigidities for high skilled labour. Compared to findings from the USA, in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445640
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The rationale for wage rigidity : survey evidence from German and US firms
Franz, Wolfgang (contributor);  … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001735359
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Institutional frameworks and labor market performance : comparative views on the U.S. and German economies
Buttler, Friedrich (ed.); Franz, Wolfgang (ed.);  … - 1995
market institutions in both the USA and Germany. Particular emphasis is given to the substantial differences between the US … and Germany in the ways important areas are regulated. The authors show that the impact of institutions on economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650132
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The rationale for wage rigidity : survey evidence from German and US firms
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428502
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Methods of analyzing the relationship between new business formation and regional development
Fritsch, Michael - 2012
The paper reviews the approaches that have been followed for analyzing the effect of new business formation on regional development. It begins with an outline of how start-ups may affect regional development. In dealing with different ways of empirically assessing these effects, I particularly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712861
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Balanced skills and the city : an analysis of the relationship between entrepreneurial skill balance, thickness and innovation
Bublitz, Elisabeth; Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2013
Being a "jack-of-all-trades" increases the probability of running an entrepreneurial venture successfully; but what happens to "jack-of-few-trades" who lack sufficient skills? This paper investigates a possible compensation mechanism between balanced skills and cities, and how this compensatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723599
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Historical shocks and persistence of economic activity : evidence from a unique natural experiment
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael; … - 2016
This paper investigates the persistence of entrepreneurship in the region of Kaliningrad between 1925 and 2010. During this time period the area experienced a number of extremely disruptive shocks including; devastation caused by World War II, a nearly complete replacement of the native German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455999
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New business formation and the productivity of manufacturing incumbents : effects and mechanisms
Changoluisa, Javier; Fritsch, Michael - 2014
We analyze the effect of new business formation on the productivity of incumbent manufacturing establishments. We obtain robust empirical evidence of productivity improvements that are due to the emergence of new businesses in the same industry, that is, on the output market. This effect is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433913
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Persistence of regional entrepreneurship : causes, effects, and directions for future research
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017
This paper reviews the empirical evidence of persistent levels of regional self-employment and new business formation and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an important role in explaining persistence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606960
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Measuring the Knowledge Base of Regional Innovation Systems in Germany in terms of a Triple Helix Dynamics
Leydesdorff, Loet; Fritsch, Michael - 2005
positive or negative. On the basis of data at the district level in Germany the conclusions of a previous study about the … einer früheren, für die Niederlande durchgeführten Studie auch auf Deutschland zutreffen. Wie in den Niederlanden erweist … sich auch in Deutschland die medium-tech Industrie als wesentliche Triebkraft der regionalen Wissensbasis während die …
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