comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are … econometric analysis of firm performance in Germany. Based on a unique panel data set with detailed information on almost 400 … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …

impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3 … Germany. A differentiation between imported intermediates (efficient sourcing strategy) and final inputs (competition) reveals …In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the …

electricity companies and transnational competition, Chile and Brazil have only partially liberalized their electricity sector …

of firms in Western Germany and Eastern Germany as a transitional economy. Innovative activity has a positive impact on … firm value proxied by ratings in Western Germany, but a negative impact in Eastern Germany. We also consider future … financial distress, and find that R&D in Eastern German firms leads to higher default risk, in contrast to Western Germany …

general as well as in technology- and knowledge-intensive subsectors. We compare Germany and Portugal which exhibit, though EU … results for Germany reveal exactly the opposite effect. These results suggest that both specialization and diversity theories …

Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … Germany lead to better earnings prospects compared to degrees obtained abroad for persons with migration background …. Independently of gender and skill level, the estimates affirm higher earnings to educational attainment in Germany. …

This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups … the West and East of Germany, we first derive theoretical hypotheses on group specific correlations between regional … Italy. In the case of Germany, results are quite sensitive to the model specification and the employee group considered. In …