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Concentration and Specialisation Trends in Germany since Reunification
Suedekum, Jens - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2004
In this paper we describe the development of regional specialisation and geographical concentration in Germany between …. By and large and with some exceptions, this conclusion holds both for West Germany and Germany as a whole, as well as for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957315
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New economic geography in Germany : testing the Helpman-Hanson model
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002
In this paper we find evidence that the new economic geography approach is able to describe and explain the spatial characteristics of an economy, in our case the German economy. Using German district data we estimate the structural parameters of a new economic geography model as developed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957322
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International Firm Activities and Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge Production Functions for German Firms
Wagner, Joachim - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2006
Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957417
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The final frontier? Border effects and German regional wages
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002
Recent studies of border effects have focused on the intra-country and inter-country comparison of trade flows. It is found that borders have a negative impact on the size of cross-border trade. In order to estimate border effects on a regional level one needs not only data on inter-country but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957468
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Zur Mikrostruktur des Exportbooms
Wagner, Joachim - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001
Dieser Aufsatz nutzt geheime Einzeldaten aus amtlichen Erhebungen in niedersächsischen Industriebetrieben, um einen Blick hinter die Kulissen des Exportbooms zu werfen. Hierbei zeigt sich eine ausgeprägte Heterogenität der Exportdynamik zwischen Betrieben innerhalb einer Hauptgruppe,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010984977
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Locating foreign affiliates in Germany : the case of Swedish MNEs
Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001
costs in the Swedish multinational enterprises? (MNEs?) decision to locate in Germany. We find that the location decision is … sensitive to the level of wage costs in Germany and in other potential locations in high-income Europe, but not to the level of … schwedischer Tochtergesellschaften in Deutschland im Vergleich mit denen in anderen Ländern untersucht. Es zeigt sich, dass die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010984983
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Threshold effects and regional economic growth - evidence from West Germany
Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001
West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on the growth of West German regions. The paper finds that the relative … real world case, here West Germany, shows that the model might help to explain regional growth patterns. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985021
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Spatial R&D spillovers and economic growth : evidence from West Germany
Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2000
The paper bases itself on recent theoretical writings in growth economics that empha-size the effects of both own R&D efforts and of interregional technology spillovers on regions´ productivity. We propose robust estimation techniques to evaluate the R&D spillovers across West German functional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985079