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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 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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Contests for Cooperation: A New Approach in German Innovation Policy

Eickelpasch, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael - 2005

A new approach in German innovation policy organizes contests of proposals for developing innovation networks. Based on an overview of the different programs, we investigate the advantages, problems and limitations of such an approach. We find that this type of policy may have a relatively large...

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The Environmental and Economic Effects of European Emissions Trading

Kemfert, Claudia; Kohlhaas, Michael; Truong, Truong Phuoc; … - 2005

reference to the case of Germany. We look at the value of the flexibility gained by trading compared to fixed quotas. The … regional emissions trading scheme, then Germany, Great Britain, and Czech Republic are the main sellers of emissions permits … Germany and other regions. When we take into account the economy-wide and terms of trade effects of emissions trading, however …

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Impacts of the German support for renewable energy on electricity prices, emissions and profits: an analysis based on a European electricity market model

Traber, Thure; Kemfert, Claudia - 2007

renewable energy in Germany into two effects: a substitution effect triggered by the displacement of conventional sources and a … Germany are reduced by 32 Mt CO2, but are hardly altered if we consider the European electricity sector in total. Finally, the …

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The cost of climate change to the German fruit vegetation sector

Kemfert, Claudia; Kremers, Hans - 2009

This paper applies the concept of damage coefficients introduced in Houba and Kremers (2008) to provide an estimate of the cost of climate change - in particular the cost of changes in mean regional temperature and precipitation - to the fruit vegetation sector. We concentrate on the production...

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The impact of domestic and global biofuel mandates on the German agricultural sector

Sorda, Giovanni; Banse, Martin; Kemfert, Claudia - 2009

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Refunding ETS-proceeds to spur the diffusion of renewable energies: an analysis based on the dynamic oligopolistic electricity market model EMELIE

Traber, Thure; Kemfert, Claudia - 2009

We use a quantitative electricity market model to analyze the welfare effects of refunding a share of the emission trading proceeds to support renewable energy technologies that are subject to experience effects. We compare effects of supporting renewable energies under both perfect and...

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Does quality make a difference? Employment effects of high- and low-quality start-ups

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...

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New business formation and regional development: A survey and assessment of the evidence

Fritsch, Michael - 2011

This paper reviews the current state of knowledge about the effect of new business formation on regional development. After a brief sketch of the origins of research on this issue, the main results of different lines of inquiry are discussed. Main issues are the development of start-up cohorts,...

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