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The cross-section of output and inflation in a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with sticky prices
Döpke, Jörg; Funke, Michael; Holly, Sean; Weber, Sebastian - 2009
In a standard dynamic stochastic general equilibrium framework, with sticky prices, the cross sectional distribution of output and inflation across a population of firms is studied. The only form of heterogeneity is confined to the probability that the ith changes its prices in response to a...
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The determinants of debt and (private-) equity financing in young innovative SMEs : evidence from Germany
Schäfer, Dorothea (contributor); Werwatz, Axel (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], rev
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Knowledge, location, and internationalization : empirical evidence for manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - 2012
This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business activities abroad. The empirical analysis employs...
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Funding self-employment : the role of consumer credit
Kneiding, Christoph; Kritikos, Alexander - 2011
This paper investigates whether self-employed households use consumer loans - in particular instalment loans and overdrafts - to finance business activities. Controlling for financial and non-financial household variables we show that self-employed households particularly use personal overdrafts...
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The link between R&D, innovation and productivity : are micro firms different?
Baumann, Julian; Kritikos, Alexander - 2016
than 10 employees; usually constituting the majority of firms in industrialized economies. Using the German KfW SME panel …
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Collusive benchmark rates fixing
Boot, Nuria; Klein, Timo; Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter - 2017
The fixing of the Libor and Euribor benchmark rates has proven vulnerable to manipulation. Individual rate-setters may have incentives to fraudulently distort their submissions. For the contributing banks to collectively agree on the direction in which to rig the rate, however, their interests...
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Firms in (Green) Public Procurement : financial strength indicators' impact on contract awards and its repercussion on financial strength
Baum, Christopher F.; Kordestani, Arash; Schäfer, Dorothea - 2021
SME database AMADEUS, which includes ten European countries. First, we apply probit models to investigate whether the …
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The impact of public procurement on financial barriers to green innovation : evidence from the European Community Innovation Survey
Schäfer, Dorothea; Stephan, Andreas; Fuhrmeister, Sören - 2022
The purpose of this study is to identify whether an innovative company’s likelihood of facing financial constraints is different when the company possesses a public procurement contract (PP). Theory suggests that the treatment effects of public procurement, particularly when mediated by the...
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Money for nothing and your chips for free? : the anatomy of the PC wage differential
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 1999
In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany …) had for France, that in Germany the coefficient for computer usage at the workplace did NOT remain stable and although …-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) die Rolle der Nutzung von Computern am Arbeitsplatz als Determinante der Lohnstruktur in Deutschland untersucht …
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Leading properties of Ifo indicators for West Germany
Fritsche, Ulrich - 1999
Ifo-Indikatoren werden auf ihre Vorlaufeigenschaften, auf Granger-Kausalität, die Stabilität der Vorlaufbeziehung und einen Strukturbruch untersucht. Da die Ifo-Reihen noch nicht auf die neue Gliederung der amtlichen Statistik (WZ 93) umgestellt wurden, wird erstmals die Eignung der...
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