reduce competitiveness and that increased levels of foreign direct investment or export-orientation in manufacturing will …

reduce competitiveness and that increased levels of foreign direct investment or export-orientation in manufacturing will …

result in a distortion of competition between the energy-intensive industries of countries, putting Kyoto-target into … distortion of competition. However, one can not exclude the possibility that short-term competition distortion of climate policy …

assumed to cause economic costs by restricting the utilisation of fossil fuels. This can result in a distortion of competition … economic costs for climate protection significantly and thus diminish the distortion of competition. However, one can not … exclude the possibility that short-term competition distortion of climate policy could be considerable, depending on the …

In this paper we describe the development of regional specialisation and geographical concentration in Germany between …. By and large and with some exceptions, this conclusion holds both for West Germany and Germany as a whole, as well as for …

Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms … sources, too. The importance of these knowledge sources varies with the type of innovation. These results, which are broadly …