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Employment effects of work sharing: an econometric analysis for West Germany
Steiner, Viktor; Peters, Ralf-Henning - 2000
In this paper we estimate the employment effects of a reduction in weekly normal hours in West German manufacturing on the basis of an econometric models using industry panel data. We distinguish between unskilled, skilled and high-skilled workers and show that labor demand elasticities with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297683
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The bright and dark side of cooperation for regional innovation performance
Broekel, Tom; Meder, Andreas - 2008
Studies analyzing the importance of intra- and inter-regional cooperation for regional innovation performance are mainly of qualitative nature and focus strongly on the positive effects that high levels of cooperation can yield. For the case of the German labor market regions and the Electrics &...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263894
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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform
Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2008
We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment Assistance with an income maintenance program and stronger means testing. We model the tax-benefit system and use the Socio-Economic Panel. We estimate a discrete labour supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297991
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Who Gets the Money? The Dynamics of R&D Project Subsidies in Germany
Aschhoff, Birgit - 2008
The question of the allocation of public R&D funding is becoming particularly important when it comes to identifying the effects of state subsidies, in terms of input or output additionality. This analysis goes one important step further than the existing literature by including the time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298027
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The effect of subsidies on R&D investment and success: do subsidy history and size matter?
Aschhoff, Birgit - 2009
This study provides insights into the effects of public R&D grants on R&D input and output of firms from Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298803
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Who Gets the Money? The Dynamics of R&D Project Subsidies in Germany
Aschhoff, Birgit - 2009
This paper looks at which firms receive R&D project grants and how this public support evolves over time by considering in particular firm's previous participation. The question of the allocation of public R&D funding is becoming particularly important when it comes to identifying the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298811
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Structural properties of cooperation networks in Germany: From basic to applied research
Brökel, Tom; Graf, Holger - 2010
industries. The study is based on a new data source on subsidized R&D cooperation in Germany, which is presented in detail and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281619
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Rio - 10 Years After: A Critical Appraisal of Climate Policy
Böhringer, Christoph; Vogt, Carsten - 2002
Ten years after the initial Climate Change Convention from Rio in 1992, the developed world is likely to ratify the Kyoto Protocol which has been celebrated as a milestone in climate protection. Standard economic theory, however, casts doubt that Kyoto will go beyond symbolic policy. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298112
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Competing internationally: On the importance of R&D for export activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Wastyn, Annelies - 2010
Export is an important factor to improve growth and welfare especially for industrialized small, open economies such as … Belgium. Policy may be interested in key variables that can influence export. This paper finds evidence for the importance of … R&D for export activities using Belgian firm-level data. To control for reverse causality, R&D-subsidy variables are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302586
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Alleviating Adverse Implications of EU Climate Policy on Competitiveness: The Case for Border Tax Adjustments or the Clean Development Mechanism?
Anger, Niels; Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria; Löschel, Andreas - 2008
European energy-intensive and export-oriented sectors. We analyze the economic and environmental implications of two different … policy on energy-intensive and export-oriented industries. The regulatory protection of these industries via subsidies for EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298671