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Nested Stochastic Possibility Frontiers with Heterogeneous Capital Inputs
Erber, Georg; Madlener, Reinhard - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
This paper studies the productivity impact of heterogeneous capital inputs of selected EU-15 member countries and of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963835
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A Further Examination of the Export-Led Growth Hypothesis
Dreger, Christian; Herzer, Dierk - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
This paper challenges the common view that exports generally contribute more to GDP growth than a pure change in export volume, as the export-led growth hypothesis predicts. Applying panel cointegration techniques to a production function with non-export GDP as the dependent variable, we find...
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On the Relevance of Exports for Regional Output Growth in China
Dreger, Christian; Zhang, Yanqun - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013
Despite high economic growth during the last decades, China is still vulnerable to shocks arising from industrial states. The advanced economies determine Chinese export performance, with subsequent effects on output growth. Using a production function approach, this paper examines to which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896202
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Does Euro Area Membership Affect the Relation between GDP Growth and Public Debt?
Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
We analyse the relationship between the debt to GDP ratio and real per capita GDP growth for the euro area members by distinguishing between periods of sustainable and non-sustainable debt. Thresholds are theory-based and depend on the macroeconomic framework. If the interest rate exceeds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784003
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Understanding the Contributions of Reallocation to Productivity Growth: Lessons from a Comparative Firm-Level Analysis
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard … decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm entry, we find that reallocation rates and productivity contributions are … very low under socialism. After reforms, they rise dramatically, and productivity contributions greatly exceed those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005071141
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Trends in the Internationalisation of R&D: The German Perspective
Beise, Marian; Belitz, Heike - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 1998
In this paper we present latest facts about the R&D activities of German multinational companies abroad and R&D activities of foreign companies in Germany. These results confirm that Germany is still an attractive location for R&D activites of multinational companies in many technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216264
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How Innovative Are Spin-offs at Later Stages of Development?: Comparing Innovativeness of Established Research Spin-offs and Otherwise Created Firms
Lejpras, Anna - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
The literature argues that research spin-offs (RSOs)-enterprises originating from a university or research institute-appear to have higher innovative potential and capabilities than other start-ups, at least in the early stages of their development. Yet, little is known about the innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010601625
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Innovation, Adoption, Ownership, and Productivity: Evidence from Ukraine
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Vakhitova, Hanna; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
How do new and foreign firms achieve superior productivity? Do they conduct more and better R&D? Or do they distinguish … IT and less in R&D than initially state-owned firms. Productivity gains from R&D and non-technology investment are … investment. New firm productivity growth is a result of higher investment volume rather than investment efficiency. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555913
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Monetary Policy, Bank Bailouts and the Sovereign-Bank Risk Nexus in the Euro Area
Fratzscher, Marcel; Rieth, Malte - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015
The paper analyses the empirical relationship between bank risk and sovereign credit risk in the euro area. Using structural VAR with daily financial markets data for 2003-13, the analysis confirms two-way causality between shocks to sovereign risk and bank risk, with the former being overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011164334
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Effects of Foreign Presence in a Transition Economy: Regional and Industry-Wide Investments and Firm-Level Exports in Ukrainian Manufacturing
Lutz, Stefan; Talavera, Oleksandr; Park, Sang-Min - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
negative competition effects on domestic firms' performance while, at the same time, domestic firms' productivity may be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068659