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R&D and non-linear productivity growth of heterogeneous firms
Kancs, D'Artis; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2012
The present paper studies the relationship between R&D investment and firm productivity growth by explicitly accounting … for non-linearities in the R&D-productivity relationship and inter-sectoral firm heterogeneity. In order to address these … issues, we employ a two step estimation approach, and match two firm-level panel data sets for the OECD countries, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319727
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An outlier-robust extreme bounds analysis of the determinants of health-care expenditure growth
Hartwig, Jochen; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2012
Hartwig (2008) has presented empirical evidence that the difference between real wage growth and productivity growth at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319714
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Exchange rate transmission and export activity at the firm level
Lassmann, Andrea - 2013
This paper analyses how exchange rate shocks are transmitted at the firm level and establishes a nexus to firm-level export activity. Using precise survey data from a sample of Swiss firms, I find that an appreciation increases the probability of a decrease in firm-level costs, prices and...
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Bestimmungsfaktoren der Gewinnmargen von Unternehmungen: Eine Analyse auf der Basis von Schweizer Branchendaten
Arvanitis, Spyros; Wörter, Martin - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285911
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Does high inflation cause central bankers to lose their job? Evidence based on a new data set
Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; de Haan, Jakob - 2007
to the share of the term in office elapsed, political and regime instability, the occurrence of elections, and inflation … independence. This is confirmed in models for cross-section inflation in which TOR becomes insignificant once its endogeneity is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277741
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The impact of international organizations on the environment: An empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Ramada-Sarasola, Magdalena - 2006
When analyzing the impact of international organizations on the environment, two main issues arise. First, we have to quantify the participation of the organizations on countries they deal with. Second, the environmental impact of this involvement has to be measured. This paper attempts to do...
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Keeping a low profile: What determines the allocation of aid by non-governmental organizations?
Koch, Dirk-Jan; Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; … - 2008
NGOs play an important role in international development cooperation, but the allocation of NGO aid has rarely been mapped, let alone explained. Based on a representative dataset for 61 important NGOs from various OECD countries, we analyze the targeting of NGO aid across a large number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277421
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The information content of capacity utilisation rates for output gap estimates
Graff, Michael; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2010
From a theoretical perspective, the output gap is probably the most comprehensive and convincing concept to describe the cyclical position of an economy. Unfortunately, for practical purposes, the concept depends on the determination of potential output, which is an inherently unobservable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277761
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Testing the growth effects of structural change
Hartwig, Jochen - 2010
Against the backdrop of Baumol's model of unbalanced growth, a recent strand of literature has presented models that manage to reconcile structural change with Kaldor's stylized fact of the relative constancy of per-capita GDP growth. Another strand of literature goes beyond this, arguing that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277772
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Are new donors different? Comparing the allocation of bilateral aid between non-DAC and DAC donor countries
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2010
Major DAC donors are widely criticized for weak targeting of aid, selfish aid motives and insufficient coordination. The emergence of an increasing number of new donors may further complicate the coordination of international aid efforts. On the other hand, new donors (many of which were aid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278175