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Modern trade theory emphasizes firm-level productivity differentials to explain the cross-border activities of non-financial firms. This study tests whether a productivity pecking order also determines international banking activities. Using a novel dataset that contains all German banks'...
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This paper studies the sectoral and geographical dimensions of the response of bank lending to sectoral growth. We use several bank-level datasets provided by the Deutsche Bundesbank for the 1996-2002 period. Our results show that bank heterogeneity affects how lending responds to domestic...
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-scale linked employer-employee data set for western Germany, this paper provides a first test of the relevance of different …
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unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation …
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unobserved intangible capital. Using EUKLEED, a comprehensive firm level data base for Germany, this theoretical preposition is …
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Using firm-level panel data from the German cost structure survey over the period 1992 to 2000, our empirical analysis shows that firms that increased material inputs relative to internal labor costs performed better in terms of gross operating surplus than other firms. However, firms that...
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overtime in West Germany. A descriptive analysis suggests that over a 10-year period workers with unpaid overtime experience on …
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jointly analyze wage dynamics and the incidence of profit-sharing in West Germany. Our findings reveal a significantly …
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Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the …
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