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Market Structure and Market Access
Francois, Joseph; Wooton, Ian - CESifo - 2008
We examine the interaction between goods trade and market power in domestic trade and distribution sectors. Theory suggests a set of linkages between service-sector competition and goods trade supported by econometrics involving imports of 22 OECD countries vis-à-vis 69 exporters. Competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181406
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Competition, Imitation, and R&D Productivity in a Growth Model with Sector-Specific Patent Protection
Mosel, Malte - CESifo - 2010
Recent empirical studies suggest a need for a flexible patent regime responding to industry characteristics. In practice, sector-specific modifications of patent strength already exist but lack theoretical foundation. This paper intends to make up for this neglect by scrutinizing in what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572561
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Modeling Institutions, Start-Ups and Productivity during Transition
Brixiova, Zuzana; Egert, Balazs - CESifo - 2010
The transition paths from plan to market have varied markedly across countries. Central and Eastern European and the … firms at an earlier stage of transition, underscoring the importance of reforms. The role of the state sector as an employer … during transition rises in countries where reforming institutions is particularly costly. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572571
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Good Institutions are not enough: Ongoing Challenges of East German Development
Carlin, Wendy - CESifo - 2010
A major theme in accounts of the transitional recession and delayed convergence in post-communist economies is the role of institutions. Yet via unification, East Germany had immediate access to credible, high quality institutions. This paper argues that success in a capitalist economy depends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671711
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Financial Constraints and Moral Hazard: The Case of Franchising
Fan, Ying; Kühn, Kai-Uwe; Lafontaine, Francine - CESifo - 2013
Financial constraints are an important impediment to the growth of small businesses. We study theoretically and empirically how the financial constraints of agents affect their decisions to exert effort, and, hence the organizational decisions and growth of principals, in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877784
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Competition in the Service Sector and the Performances of Manufacturing Firms: Does Liberalization Matter?
Forlani, Emanuele - CESifo - 2010
Services form an increasing proportion of the inputs used in manufacturing. We explore empirically whether competition in the service sector affects downstream manufacturing firms’ efficiency, via the inputs used. Using French micro-data for services, we calculate proxies for competition in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534010
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Sources of the German Productivity Demise – Tracing the Effects of Industry-Level ICT Investment
Eicher, Theo; Röhn, Oliver - CESifo - 2007
deeply lacking in the mid 1990’s as compared to the US. The transition to the new economy mitigated the German productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181228
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The Employment Effects of Labor and Product Markets Deregulation and their Implications for Structural Reform
Berger, Helge; Danninger, Stephan - CESifo - 2006
This study explores the effects of labor and product market deregulation on employment growth. Our empirical results, based on an OECD country panel from 1990-2004, suggest that lower levels of product and labor market regulation foster employment growth, including through sizable interaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181330
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Employment Growth, Inflation and Output Growth: Was Phillips Right? Evidence from a Dynamic Panel
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Škare, Marinko - CESifo - 2011
In this paper we analyse the short- and long-run relationship between employment growth, inflation and output growth in Phillips’ tradition. For this purpose we apply FMOLS, DOLS, PMGE, MGE, DFE, and VECM methods to a nonstationary heterogeneous dynamic panel including annual data for 119...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144885
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The Ifo Investment Database
Strobel, Thomas; Sauer, Stefan; Wohlrabe, Klaus - CESifo - 2013
In this paper we present the Ifo Investment Database, which provides annual investment data for 12 investment assets in 50 German industries from 1991 onward. The data is consistent with national accounts statistics provided by the German Federal Statistical Office and is based on investments in...
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