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The incidence of the European Union Emissions Trading System and the role of revenue recycling : empirical evidence from combined industry- and household-level data

Beznoska, Martin; Cludius, Johanna; Steiner, Viktor - 2012

We calculate the expected incidence of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) using industry and household-level data. By combining data on direct CO2 emissions by production sector from the German Environmental Account with the German Input-Output Accounts, we calculate the CO2...

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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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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 …

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Income taxes and entrepreneurial choice : empirical evidence from Germany

Fossen, Frank M. (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2006

Germany, the top marginal income tax rates were reduced exclusively for entrepreneurs in 1994 and 1999/2000. These tax reforms …

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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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Self-employment - a way to end unemployment? : empirical evidence from German pseudo-panel data

Glocker, Daniela (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

basis of pseudo-panel data for Germany in the period 1996-2002. The estimation method accounts for cohort fixed effects and …

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"Marginal employment" and the demand for heterogenous labour : empirical evidence from a multi-factor labour demand model for Germany

Freier, Ronny (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

marginal employment range between -.4 (number of male workers in west Germany) to -1 (working hours for women). We illustrate …’ social security contributions (SSC) on marginal employment in Germany. …

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GEE estimation of a two-equation panel data model : an analysis of wage dynamics and the incidence of profit-sharing in West Germany

Pannenberg, Markus (contributor); Spieß, Martin (contributor) - 2007

jointly analyze wage dynamics and the incidence of profit-sharing in West Germany. Our findings reveal a significantly …

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Severance pay and the shadow of the law : evidence for west Germany

Goerke, Laszlo (contributor); Pannenberg, Markus (contributor) - 2005

Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the …

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Risk aversion and trade union membership

Goerke, Laszlo (contributor); Pannenberg, Markus (contributor) - 2008

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