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Nonlinear adjustment, purchasing power parity and the role of nominal exchange rates and prices
Beckmann, Joscha - 2011
close scrutiny. Using monthly data from 1973:01 to 2009:12 from the USA, UK, Germany, France and Japan, this paper as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580305
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Parasites and raven mothers : a German-Japanese comparison on (lone) motherhood
Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - 2010
countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan … fertility rates that resulted in Germany can be transfered to Japan. -- Out-of-wedlock childbearing ; fertility ; family law … ; Germany ; Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008933296
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Sticky prices vs. sticky information : a cross-country study of inflation dynamics
Bredemeier, Christian; Goecke, Henry - 2011
six countries (US, UK, Germany, France, Canada, and Japan). We evaluate the models‘ abilities to match empirical second … parametrizations, sticky information performs better in France while sticky prices dominate in the UK and Germany. Sticky prices match … betrachtet dazu die Inflationsdynamiken in sechs verschiedenen Ländern (USA, Großbritannien, Deutschland, Frankreich, Kanada und …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124276
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Exchange rate pass-through into German import prices : a disaggregated perspective
Beckmann, Joscha; Belke, Ansgar; Verheyen, Florian - 2013
This study analyzes the exchange rate pass-through into German import prices based on disaggregated data taken on a monthly basis between 1995 and 2012. Our main contribution is twofold: firstly, we employ various time-series techniques to analyze data for different product categories, and also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771153
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Germany's solar cell promotion : dark clouds on the horizon
Frondel, Manuel (contributor); Ritter, Nolan (contributor);  … - 2008
This article demonstrates that the large feed-in tariffs currently guaranteed for solar electricity in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725733
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Does product market competition decrease employers' training investments? : evidence from German establishment panel data
Görlitz, Katja (contributor); Stiebale, Joel (contributor) - 2008
Using a large panel data set of German manufacturing establishments, this paper investigates the impact of competition on training incidence as well as on the number of trained workers. According to theory, one would expect a negative relationship between product market competition and firms'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725752
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Less social health insurance - more private supplementary insurance? : empirical evidence from Germany
Augurzky, Boris (contributor); Tauchmann, Harald (contributor) - 2008
This paper uses individual level data to analyze the effect of changes in the compulsory benefit package of the German statutory health insurance scheme on the demand for private supplementary insurance. In particular, we aim at measuring the effect of excluding dentures from the benefit package...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725798
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The impact of FDI on innovation in target firms
Stiebale, Joel (contributor); Reize, Frank (contributor) - 2008
This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the welfare effects of foreign direct investment by investigating the effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions on innovation activities in target firms. The empirical analysis is based on survey and ownership data for a large sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729056
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Measuring energy security : a conceptual note
Frondel, Manuel (contributor);  … - 2008
parameter. Applying the proposed concept to empirical energy data on Germany and the U.S. (1980-2004), we find that there is an … inter-temporally increasing gap in the energy supply risk between both countries, with Germany suffering much more from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729090
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The impact of international outsourcing on labour market dynamics in Germany
Bachmann, Ronald (contributor); Braun, Sebastian (contributor) - 2008
Using an administrative data set containing daily information on individual workers' employment histories, we investigate how workers' labour market transitions are affected by international outsourcing. In order to do so, we estimate hazard rate models for match separations, as well as for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740136