during the period 1992-2004. The main result is that regional convergence in unified Germany has been substantial. In the … years, this bimodality is weak in comparison to previous years. Nevertheless, disparities among regions located in the …

productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying … of human capital on regional productivity and convergence, but reveals no evidence of any positive geographical … on the variables under consideration. -- Regional convergence ; productivity ; human capital composition ; geographical …

We implement a method to estimate the direct effects of foreign-ownership on foreign firms' productivity and the … indirect effects (or spillovers) from the presence of foreign-owned firms on other foreign and domestic firms' productivity in … in empirical studies examining a direct causal effect of foreign ownership on firm productivity, namely that of no …

This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using … providing the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival in Germany, one of the most important … for foreign owned firms in West Germany but not in East Germany. -- foreign ownership ; firm survival ; Germany …

Comparing domestic- and foreign-owned firms in Germany, this paper finds that foreign-owned firms are more likely to …

. -- Multinationals ; backward spillovers ; productivity spillovers …

productivity growth than other firms, including other host country suppliers of multinationals. These findings provide first …. -- backward linkages ; multinational customers ; suppliers ; forced linkage ; productivity spillovers …

This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits … a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU …-calculated factor share. These findings suggest investments in knowledge-based capital, i.e., intangible capital, produce productivity …