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Long-Run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities

Lechner, Michael - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

This microeconometric study analyzes the effects of individual leisure sports participation on long-term labour market variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel study...

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Comparative Analysis of Labor Market Dynamics UsingMarkov Processes: An Application to Informality

Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper discusses a set of statistics for examining and comparing labor market dynamicsbased on the estimation of continuous time Markov transition processes. It then uses these toestablish stylized facts about dynamic patterns of movement using panel data fromArgentina, Brazil and Mexico...

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German Apprenticeship Training, Earning Profiles and LabourTurnover: Theory and Evidence

Bougheas, Spiros; Yannis Georgellis - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2001

We develop a simple labour turnover model of general training. Upon completion of theirtraining, apprentices are equipped with general skills and they accumulate firm-specificskills by continuing working for their training firm. Job turnover is associated with a loss ofaccumulated firm-specific...

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Startup innovation during the past economic crisis

Abou Lebdi, Nabil; Hussinger, Katrin - 2016

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The Capital Gains Tax: A Curse but Also a Blessing for Venture Capital Investment

Bock, Carolin; Watzinger, Martin - 2017

Our study analyzes the effect of the capital gains tax on the individual investment decisions of venture capitalists. By doing so, we are able to study the decisions for a sample of 76,852 funding rounds in 32 countries from 2000 to 2012. Our results support the predictions of the theoretical...

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Public innovation in Brazil: An overview of its types,results and drivers

Cavalcante, Pedro; Camões, Marizaura - 2017

lack of evidence-based knowledge regarding different dimensions of innovation prevails. One important dimension that must … transactional costs. In that sense, many have argued that innovation can contribute to improve the public service quality and … consensus about the increase of management innovation practices over the last two decades. However, as in other countries, the …

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Entry and Innovation in Vertically Differentiated Markets

Bergemann, Dirk; Valimaki, Juuso - 1999

with a currently inferior product opts for a large but risky innovation, whereas a currently superior product chooses a … smaller but certain innovation. …

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Does Licensing Resolve Hold Up in the Patent Thicket?

Siebert, Ralph; von Graevenitz, Georg - 2008

In a patent thicket licensing provides a mechanism to either avoid or resolve hold up. We study the choice between ex ante licensing to avoid hold up and ex post licensing to resolve it. Firms’ choice of licensing contract is studied in the context of a patent portfolio race. We show that high...

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To Be Financed or Not … - The Role of Patents for Venture Capital Financing

Haeussler, Carolin; Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth - 2009

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncer-tainty and therefore rely on patents as signals when trying to assess the prospects of...

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What Inspires Leisure Time Invention?

Davis, Lee N.; Davis, Jerome; Hoisl, Karin - 2009

. Results suggest that the incidence of leisure time invention is positively related to exposure to a variety of knowledge …

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