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Kaiser, Ulrich - 1999

In an a priori view, it is usually assumed that the business cycle of manufacturing industries leads the business cycle of the service sector. This seems to be even more plausible for the relationship between business-related services, whose high growth rates in recent years were largely due to...

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Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen

Kaiser, Ulrich - 2000

Der Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung von Tarifverträgen in Dienstleistungsunternehmen sowie deren Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungspolitik im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen. Der empirische Teil basiert auf der ZEW/Creditreform Konjunkturumfrage bei unternehmensnahen...

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Collective wage agreements and the adjustment of workers and hours in German service firms

Kaiser, Ulrich - 2000

factors when firms from the service sector are faced with demand shocks. The estimation results indicate that collective wage …

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Productivity effects of organizational change: microeconometric evidence

Bertschek, Irene - 2001

the input factors and workplace reorganization. The estimation results show that changes in human resources practices do … observable firm heterogeneity are larger if workplace reorganization is realized. We therefore apply Kernel density estimation … realized. We therefore apply Kernel density estimation technique to demonstrate that the entire labor productivity distribution …

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Quantification of qualitative data using ordered probit models with an application to a business survey in the German service sector

Kaiser, Ulrich; Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2000

This paper aims at providing business survey analysts with simple econometric tools to quantify qualitative survey data. We extend the traditional and commonly applied method proposed by Carlson and Parkin (1975) to capture observable survey respondent heterogeneity. We also discuss...

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A note on the calculation of firm-specific and skill-specific labor costs from firm-level data

Kaiser, Ulrich - 2000

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Research cooperation and research expenditures with endogenous absorptive capacity : theory and microeconometric evidence for the German service sector

Kaiser, Ulrich - 2000

This paper derives a three stage Cournot duopoly game for research collaboration, research expenditures and product market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb from other firms is made dependent on their own research efforts, e.g., firms' absorptive capacity is treated as an...

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Product innovation and product innovation marketing : theory and microeconometric evidence

Kaiser, Ulrich - 2001

This paper derives a three stage Cournotoligopoly game for product innovation, expenditure on introducing the product and competition on the product market. Product innovation is assumed to increase consumer utility but is effective only if the innovating firm invests in marketing, so that...

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R&D cooperation and R&D intensity : theory and micro-econometric evidence for german manufacturing industries

Kaiser, Ulrich; Licht, Georg - 1998

This paper develops a three stage oligopoly game for R&D cooperation, R&D expenditure and product market competition. In the first stage, firms decide whether or not to conduct R&D in cooperation with other firms. In the second stage the level of R&D investment is determined. Finally, firms...

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The impact of political announcements on expectations concerning the starting date of the EMU : a microeconometric approach to the detection of event-dependent answering patterns i...

Kaiser, Ulrich - 1997

This paper examines German business survey data to uncover the influence of political news on expectations concerning the starting date of the European Monetary Union (EMU). In this survey the participants were asked to indicate whether they expect a punctual or a delayed start of the EMU....

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