Hohe finanzielle Zuschüsse- vor allem aus Westdeutschland und der EU- prägen die ökonomische, soziale und räumliche Entwicklung in den neuen Bundesländern. Der Aufbau einer nachhaltigen Wirtschaftsstruktur ist in den peripheren Räumen der neuen Bundesländer in einem genauso...

Dezentrale, wettbewerblich organisierte föderale Ordnungen, bei denen zentrale Kompetenzen auf niedrigen institutionellen Ebenen liegen und in denen Gebietskörperschaften eine vergleichsweise geringe Größe aufweisen, sind mit beträchtlichen Vorteilen verbunden. So ist es besser möglich,...

We estimate the effects of R&D on firms' credit ratings and on financial distress. The main purpose is the comparison of firms in Western Germany and Eastern Germany as a transitional economy. Innovative activity has a positive impact on firm value proxied by ratings in Western Germany, but a...

The paper analyzes effects of occupational and regional mobility on the matching rate using the monthly panel disaggregated on regional and occupational level. The main contribution of the paper is measuring the effect of substitutability between vacancies for different occupations and vacancies...

This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups. In the light of high and persistent differences in unemployment and wage rates between the North and South of Italy and the West and East of Germany, we first derive theoretical...

Public sector sponsored training was implemented at a large scale during the transition process in East Germany. Based on new administrative data, we estimate the differential effects of three different programs for East Germany during the transition process. We apply a dynamic multiple...