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What drives the productive efficiency of a firm? : the importance of industry, location, R&D, and size

Badunenko, Oleg (contributor); Fritsch, Michael (contributor) - 2008

This paper investigates the factors that explain the level and dynamics of manufacturing firm productive efficiency. In our empirical analysis, we use a unique sample of about 39,000 firms in 256 industries from the German Cost Structure Census over the years 1992-2005. We estimate the...

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Allocative efficiency measurement revisited : do we really need input prices?

Badunenko, Oleg (contributor); Fritsch, Michael (contributor) - 2006

enterprises from the chemical industry in Germany. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338120

The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture : Germany 1925 - 2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012

We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579325

Who starts a business and who is self-employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - 2012

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …

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Does quality make a difference? : Employment effects of high- and low-quality start-ups

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...

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New business formation and regional development : a survey and assessment of the evidence

Fritsch, Michael - 2011

This paper reviews the current state of knowledge about the effect of new business formation on regional development. After a brief sketch of the origins of research on this issue, the main results of different lines of inquiry are discussed. Main issues are the development of start-up cohorts,...

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Business cycles, unemployment and entrepreneurial entry : first evidence from Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Pijnenburg, Katharina - 2013

Germany reveals that start-up activities are positively influenced by unemployment rates and that the cyclical component of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723921

New firm formation by industry over space and time : a multi-level analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Falck, Oliver - 2003

formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis …

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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438045

Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2015 - This version: January 2015

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany. …

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