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...

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...

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...

Mit der steigenden Nachfrage nach neuem Wissen kommt der öffentlichen Forschung eine wachsende Rolle als Produzentin von wirtschaftlich relevantem Wissen zu. Durch eine Stärkung des Wissens- und Technologietransfers soll dieses Potenzial besser für Wachstum und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit einer...

Die hohe Beteiligung an Innovationsaktivitäten und der weiterhin hohe wirtschaftliche Erfolg, den Innovatoren aus der Einführung neuer Produkte und Prozesse - gerade auch auf internationalen Märkten - erzielen können, zeigt, dass das deutsche Innovationssystem insgesamt wettbewerbsfähig...

Die wachsende Bedeutung von Wissen und die daraus resultierende Notwendigkeit, neue, insbesondere auch wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse möglichst schnell in wirtschaftliche Aktivitäten umzusetzen, lenkt die Aufmerksamkeit von Wissenschaft und Politik verstärkt auf so genannte akademische...

The growing importance of knowledge and the ensuing need to translate research results, and especially new scientific findings as quickly as possible into economic activities are drawing the attention of academia and politicans increasingly towards what is referred to as academic spin-off...

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...

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...