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Minimum Wages and Competition : The Case of the German Roofing Sector

Kraft, Kornelius - 2012

This paper analyses the effects of minimum wages on competition in the German roofing sector. The case is particularly interesting since this sector is faced with a uniform minimum wage despite significant regional disparities in productivity and wages. As a control industry we take the plumbing...

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Die Bedeutung der Automobilindustrie für die deutsche Volkswirtschaft im europäischen Kontext : Endbericht an das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie ; (Projekt Nr. 29...

Legler, Harald; Gehrke, Birgit; Krawczyk, Olaf; … - 2009

Im Blickfeld dieser Studie stand die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Automobilindustrie in Deutschland im langfristigen … Bedeutung für den Forschungs- und Innovationsstandort Deutschland. Die Automobilindustrie wurde dabei nicht isoliert betrachtet … Deutschland mit ein. Darüber hinaus wurde der Rolle des inländischen Absatzmarktes und der Bedeutung des Premiumsegments für die …

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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition : theory and application to the German clothing industry

Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009

This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...

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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition : theory and application to the German clothing industry

Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009

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Does energy policy hurt international competitiveness of firms? : a comparative study for Germany, Switzerland and Austria

Rammer, Christian; Gottschalk, Sandra; Peneder, Michael; … - 2016

This paper investigates the impact of energy policies on the export performance of firms. There has been a long policy debate on potentially negative impacts of cost-increasing energy policies on international competitiveness. We use firm-level data from three countries with similar industry...

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