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Voter Involvement, Fiscal Autonomy and Public Sector Efficiency: Evidence from German Municipalities

Geys, Benny; Heinemann, Friedrich; Kalb, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

political sphere is related to government performance – in terms of its efficiency – using a broad panel of German … municipalities. Our results suggest that voter involvement indeed has a positive impact on (technical) efficiency. Crucially, however …, this efficiency-enhancing effect of voter involvement is significantly (positively) affected by local governments? fiscal …

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Patent litigation in Europe

Cremers, Katrin; Ernicke, Max; Gaessler, Fabian; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

We compare patent litigation cases across four European jurisdictions - Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the UK - covering cases filed during the period 2000-2008. For our analysis, we assemble a new dataset that contains detailed information at the case, litigant, and patent level for...

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The effect of patent litigation on firm performance: Evidence for Germany

Schliessler, Paula - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

I analyse how patent litigation outcome in Germany affects the performance of the disputing firms by interpreting changes in a firm's credit rating as a proxy for changes in firm performance. The results match theoretical considerations on the functioning of the bifurcated German patent...

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Patent litigation settlement in Germany: Why parties settle during trial

Cremers, Katrin; Schliessler, Paula - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

This paper looks at the decision to settle patent litigation in Germany from a new angle by focusing on detailed data on within-trial actions and motivations by plain-tiff, defendant and the courts. Using a new dataset covering about 80% of all patent litigation cases in Germany between 2000 and...

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The appeals process: An empirical assessment

Hüschelrath, Kai; Smuda, Florian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

The appeals process - whereby the losing party of an administrative or judicial decision can seek reconsideration of their arguments before a higher institution - is an important mechanism to correct legal errors and to improve existing laws and regulations. We use data of 467 firm groups that...

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Determinants of the duration of European appellate court proceedings in cartel cases

Smuda, Florian; Bougette, Patrice; Hüschelrath, Kai - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

The duration of appellate court proceedings is an important determinant of the efficiency of a court system. We use …

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Determinants of Patent Litigation in Germany

Cremers, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information from suits filed during the period from 1993 to 1995 at two of the three most important district courts. A control group was formed by selecting a random sample from the population...

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A note on how to realize the full potential of the EU-SILC data

Berger, Melissa; Schaffner, Sandra - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015

The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) is a rotational panel provided by Eurostat that covers variables with a high potential for comparative European labour market and social research. Unfortunately, its current availability limits its potential research...

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Selection bias in innovation studies: A simple test

De Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Wastyn, Annelies - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

selection bias. Using a novel dataset of the whole population of patents by Belgian firms, we show that the single-office count … results in a selection bias that affects econometric estimates of innovation production functions. We propose a methodology to … evaluate whether estimates that rely on the single-office count are affected by a selection bias. …

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The Research Data Centre of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW-FDZ)

Gottschalk, Sandra - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

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