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In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany …) had for France, that in Germany the coefficient for computer usage at the workplace did NOT remain stable and although …-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) die Rolle der Nutzung von Computern am Arbeitsplatz als Determinante der Lohnstruktur in Deutschland untersucht …
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This study uses the hedonic approach to measure the amenity value of climate in Germany. Unlike in earlier research … what theory would predict. Throughout Germany house prices are higher in areas with higher January temperatures, lower July … temperatures and lower January precipitation. In East Germany wages are higher in areas with higher January precipitation. The full …
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We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based …, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West Germany over the fifteen years for which data are available. Using a … highest negative income gap. This probably reflects out-migration from East Germany by the young and highly skilled. On the …
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This paper compares different ways to estimate the current state of the economy using factor models that can handle unbalanced datasets. Due to the different release lags of business cycle indicators, data unbalancedness often emerges at the end of multivariate samples, which is sometimes...
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Results from portfolio models for credit risk tell us that loan concentration in certain industry sectors can substantially increase the value-at-risk (VaR). The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether a tractable infection modelʺ can provide a meaningful estimate of the impact of...
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A number of recent studies and evidence for the existence of a persistent performance gap between multinational enterprises (MNE) and their domestic competitors. Therefore, the question arises whether successful firms become MNEs or whether going abroad improves home market performance. This...
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This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...
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standardised to be used in multi-country studies. Here, it is applied to Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and … of the structural primary balance. In Germany the large deterioration in revenue was partially offset by the decline in …
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German exports to shift since the 1990s is addressed by estimating Germany’s exports to EMU partner countries (intra exports …
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The coordination channel has been proposed as a means by which foreign exchange market intervention may be effective, in addition to the traditional portfolio balance and signaling channels. If strong and persistent misalignments of the exchange rate are caused by non-fundamental influences,...
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