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Economies of scale: A survey of the empirical literature

Junius, Karsten - 1997

If firms were animals rather than economic entities, a behavioral scientist trying to describe their traits would observe that firms tend to be found in herds and usually migrate towards the biggest watering holes. This paper surveys the literature on the questions why firms grow stronger with...

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The new institutional economics of antitrust and regulation

Bickenbach, Frank; Kumkar, Lars; Soltwedel, Rüdiger - 1999

Hybrid governance structures between markets and hierarchies in many industries, e.g., in energy and telecommunications, challenge antitrust and regulation policy. The paper focuses on the theoretical and methodological basis provided by the New Institutional Economics (NIE) for analyzing the...

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Macroeconomic aspects of structural labor market reforms in Germany

Dovern, Jonas; Meier, Carsten-Patrick - 2006

Using a newly constructed macroeconometric model for Germany and the rest of the Euro area, we investigate the … macroeconomic effects of structural labor market reforms in Germany. We find that neither the fact that Germany can no longer pursue … Germany by implementing labor market reforms themselves constitute impediments to successful reforms. Reforms would relative …

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Commuting, externalities, and the geographical sizes of metropolitan areas

Bode, Eckhardt - 2006

The paper proposes an econometric approach for quantifying jointly the geographical scope of commuting as well as the various forms of agglomeration economies originating from metropolitan centers. Adopting an urban economics perspective, and using land prices to measure their aggregate effects,...

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Umlagesystem versus Kapitaldeckung in der Alterssicherung

Siebert, Horst - 1997

Das Umlage- und das Kapitaldeckungsverfahren werden verglichen. Das Kapitaldeckungsverfahren hat eine größere Rendite für den einzelnen und bringt gesamtwirtschaftliche Effizienzgewinne mit sich: Es wird mehr Kapital gebildet, und Verzerrungen am Arbeitsmarkt werden beseitigt. Bei einem...

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Perspektiven der sozialen Marktwirtschaft - mehr Effizienz durch eine föderative Arbeitsteilung

Laaser, Claus-Friedrich; Stehn, Jürgen - 1995

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On the causality between output, money and the terms of trade in Germany

Scheide, Joachim - 1991

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Will the Dual System manage packaging waste?

Klepper, Gernot; Michaelis, Peter - 1992

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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition: theory and application to the German clothing industry

Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009

This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...

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Ein Modell zur Simulation des deutschen Steuer-Transfer-Systems

Gern, Klaus-Jürgen - 1996

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