on industrial innovations in Germany. We discuss the characteristics of companies that benefit from the findings of … of received knowledge spillovers, we found no higher probability of publicly supported innovations for firms in Germany …

The paper examines the role of the vertical structure of the public sector for economic growth in Germany in a long …

bulk of direct administrative services for citizens and firms in Germany. Surveyed municipalities differ substantially in …

-level dataset to study this redistribution in East Germany where the entire state-owned economy was either privatized or liquidated … within less than five years. We examine whether the privatization authority followed its mandate to privatize competitive … investors, and are more likely to remain in business even 20 years after leaving public ownership. The privatization agency …