The paper examines the role of the vertical structure of the public sector for economic growth in Germany in a long …

appear most affected, and that the effect in East Germany is somewhat larger. We investigate different market share proxies …

on its ability to generate productivity increase, and domestic innovation will be an important part of it. In this paper …. In terms of drivers of innovation growth, we find that embracing expanded market opportunities in the world economy and … misallocation in the innovation area: while state-owned firms receive more subsidies, private firms exhibit more innovation results …