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Exchange rate pass-through into German import prices : a disaggregated perspective
Beckmann, Joscha; Belke, Ansgar; Verheyen, Florian - 2013
This study analyzes the exchange rate pass-through into German import prices based on disaggregated data taken on a monthly basis between 1995 and 2012. Our main contribution is twofold: firstly, we employ various time-series techniques to analyze data for different product categories, and also...
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Saving behavior and housing wealth : evidence from German micro data
Gröbel, Sören; Ihle, Dorothee - 2016
Housing property is the most important position in a household's wealth portfolio. Even though there is strong evidence that house price cycles and saving patterns behave synchronously, the underlying causes remain controversial. The present paper examines if there is a wealth effect of house...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557789
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Saving behavior and housing wealth
Gröbel, Sören; Ihle, Dorothee - 2016
Housing property is the most important position in a household's wealth portfolio. Even though there is strong evidence that house price cycles and saving patterns behave synchronously, the underlying causes remain controversial. The present paper examines if there is a wealth effect of house...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473623
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Does German development aid promote German exports?
Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas - 2008
exports from Germany to the recipient countries. The findings indicate that in the long run,German aid is associated with an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291870
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The winding road to industrial safety: Evidence on the effects of environmental liability on accident prevention in Germany
Hoffmeister, Onno; Schwarze, Reimund - 2007
The German Environmental Liability Law (ELL) of 1991 has introduced far-reaching civil liability for environmental damages with the aim to increase firms? efforts to prevent accidents. Previous studies find poor evidence that this goal has actually been achieved. One and a half decades after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293420
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Why are mothers working longer hours in Austria than in Germany? A comparative micro simulation analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293998
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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294455
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Innovation and exports of German business services enterprises: First evidence from a new type of firm data
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the link between innovation activities (measured by the share of engineers and scientists in the workforce) and exports of German business services firms based on a large representative longitudinal sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294458
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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: First comparative evidence on the post-acquisition target performance using new data
Weche Gelübcke, John P. - 2012
This study provides the first comparative evidence of foreign and domestic acquisitions in Germany. A propensity score … Germany which find significant productivity improvements and no changes in terms of employment. These findings are of … particular interest to Germany as one of the most important FDI in ow destinations worldwide. They contribute to the foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294459
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Exports, R&D and productivity in German business services firms: A test of the Bustos-model
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper uses newly available data for German business services firms to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown...
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