investment (FDI). While there are many reasons for firms to go multinational and probably just as many for Germany's high …' foreign capital stocks in 22 countries between 1994 and 2003. Estimating elasticities, we find that while domestic wages do … labour is abundant. Thus, although Germany's high labour costs are not the sole driver of foreign direct investment, they may …

distribution companies in Germany. We address traditional issues in electricity sector benchmarking, such as the role of scale … effects and optimal utility size, as well as new evidence specific to the situation in Germany This paper applies parametric … and non-parametric and parametric tests to asses the efficiency of electricity distribution companies in Germany. We use …

A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and … effect on efficiency is related to differences in hospital planning in Germany and Switzerland. Based on the comparable …

investment (FDI). While there are many reasons for firms to go multinational and probably just as many for Germany's high …' foreign capital stocks in 22 countries between 1994 and 2003. Estimating elasticities, we find that while domestic wages do … labour is abundant. Thus, although Germany's high labour costs are not the sole driver of foreign direct investment, they may …

-varying coefficient estimation applying the Kalman filter, to test whether price convergence between different locations is really taking …