Similar Search Results

Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Meerovich, Mark G. - 2014

, housing policy was carried out in different countries differently. This is particularly true for Germany and Russia. Even … Germany and Russia, identifying the similarities and differences. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369269

FTR allocations to ease transition to nodal pricing: An application to the German power system

Kunz, Friedrich; Neuhoff, Karsten; Rosellón, Juan - 2014

A shift from zonal pricing to smaller zones and nodal pricing improves efficiency and security of system operation. Resulting price changes do however also shift profits and surplus between and across generation and load. As individual actorscan lose, they might oppose any reform. We explore how...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421020

Do entrepreneurs really earn less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435309

Technical efficiency and CO2 reduction potentials: An analysis of the German electricity generating sector

Seifert, Stefan; Cullmann, Astrid; von Hirschhausen, … - 2014

In this paper, we analyze the technical efficiency of CO2 reduction potentials of German power and heat plants, using a non-parametric sequential Data Envelopment Analysis. We apply a metafrontier framework to evaluate plant-level efficiencies in the transformation of inputs into desirable...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435315

Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2015

Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481527

The partisan effects of voter turnout: How conservatives profit from rainy election days

Arnold, Felix; Freier, Ronny - 2015

In this short note, we use data from different elections in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia between 1975 and 2010 to show that the social democrats generally profit from higher voter turnout at the expense of the conservatives. We deal with the endogeneity of voter turnout by using...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010501783

Corporate Donations to the Arts: Philanthropy or Advertising?

Frank, Björn; Geppert, Kurt - 2002

This paper is an attempt to provide evidence on two questions: Why do companies sponsor art events, and where exactly does the money go? We analyse data collected on the revenue structure of cultural institutions in Berlin and Hamburg. This data set not only tells us where the money goes, it...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260636

Outsourcing and Firm-level Performance

Görzig, Bernd; Stephan, Andreas - 2002

Using firm-level panel data from the German cost structure survey over the period 1992 to 2000, our empirical analysis shows that firms that increased material inputs relative to internal labor costs performed better in terms of gross operating surplus than other firms. However, firms that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260638

Structural unemployment and the output gap in Germany : evidence from an SVAR analysis within a hysteresis framework

Fritsche, Ulrich; Logeay, Camille - 2002

. Our identification of the model implies long-lasting output gaps for Germany – especially for the disinflation period of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260640

Outsourcing and the demand for low-skill labour in German manufacturing : new evidence

Geishecker, Ingo - 2002

This paper analyses how international outsourcing has affected the relative demand for low skilled workers in Germany …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260641