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Umfang und Kompensation von Überstunden : eine vergleichende Analyse für Westdeutschland und Großbritannien

Wagner, Gert G.; Pannenberg, Markus - 2000

In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours … of overtime for full-time male workers with overtime in Great Britain is roughly twice those in Germany for all years. We … time. In Germany, we observe a remarkable decrease in the share of workers who work paid overtime and a significant …

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Social custom, free-riders, and trade union membership in Germany and Great Britain

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 1998

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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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The Determinants of Debt and (Private-) Equity Financing in Young Innovative SMEs : Evidence from Germany

Zimmermann, Volker; Werwatz, Axel; Schäfer, Dorothea - 2004

Financial theory creates a puzzle. Some authors argue that high-risk entrepreneurs choose debt contracts instead of equity contracts since risky but high returns are of relatively more value for a loan-financed firm. On the contrary, authors who focus explicitly on start-up finance predict that...

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Long - Term Effects of Unpaid Overtime: Evidence for West Germany

Pannenberg, Markus - 2002

overtime in West Germany. A descriptive analysis suggests that over a 10-year period workers with unpaid overtime experience on …

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The Distribution and Heterogeneity of Technical Efficiency within Industries: An Empirical Assessment

Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2004

This paper analyzes the distribution of technical efficiency within manufacturing industries. Using a representative sample of 35,000 firms in 255 industries of the German cost structure census, technical efficiencies are estimated by applying a deterministic frontier production function with...

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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; Spiess, Martin - 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; Pannenberg, Markus - 2005

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

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The Effects of Industry-Level Uncertainty on Cash Holdings: The Case of Germany

Baum, Christopher F.; Schäfer, Dorothea; Talavera, … - 2006

This paper investigates the link between the optimal level of non-financial firms' liquid assets and industry-level uncertainty. We develop a structural model of a firm's value maximization problem that predicts that as industry-level uncertainty increases the firm will increase its optimal...

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Risk aversion and trade union membership

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2008

In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining outcomes. Using German panel data (GSOEP) and three novel...

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