In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U ….S. economy during the last 40 years. In this paper, we replicate their findings for China and Germany, using detailed firm …

The paper examines the role of the vertical structure of the public sector for economic growth in Germany in a long …, federal government activities could have substantially contributed to productivity growth. A review of the German experience … the public sector with regard to productivity growth, since the results indicate that a smaller budget share of the state …

The compilation of commercial property price indices is a big challenge. In Germany, substantive data gaps prevent the …

1994 are used to construct price indices for personal computers in Germany. The use of hedonic methods allows to correct … compared to various indices calculated for the US market it seems that the decline of quality adjusted prices in Germany has …

matched-model price indexes for personal computer database software. Our database covers the price development in Germany from …