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Well-being in Germany: What explains the regional variation?

Vatter, Johannes - 2012

This paper examines regional differences in subjective well-being (SWB) in Germany. Inferential statistics indicate a diminishing but still significant gap between East and West Germany, but also differing levels of SWB within both parts. The observed regional pattern of life satisfaction...

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Unemployment benefits as a search subsidy: New evidence on duration and wage effects of unemployment insurance

Gangl, Markus - 2002

Vergleich sind allenfalls die negativen Dauereffekte der Arbeitslosenversicherung in den USA etwas stärker, während in der …

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Welfare state stabilization of employment careers: Unenployement benefits and job histories in the United States and West Germany

Gangl, Markus - 2002

Economic job search theory offers two complementary predictions about the effects of unemployment benefits on job search outcomes among unemployed workers. By raising workers' reservation wages, unemployment benefits should contribute to both prolonged spell duration and improved...

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Differences in US-German time-allocation: Why do Americans work longer hours than Germans?

Schettkat, Ronald - 2002

The conventional view is that Americans work longer hours than Germans and other Europeans but when time in household production is included, overall working time is very similar on both sides of the Atlantic. Americans spend more time on market work but German invest more in household...

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Corporate governance versus economic governance: banks and industrial restructuring in the US and Germany

Vitols, Sigurt - 1995

USA große Industrieunternehmen Anfang der achtziger Jahre ihre auf freiwilliger Basis koordinierten Lohnverhandlungen …

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The origins of bank-based and market-based financial systems: Germany, Japan, and the United States

Vitols, Sigurt - 2001

This paper examines the historical origins of the bank-based financial systems in Germany and Japan and the market-based financial system in the US. It critically examines the "timing of industrialization" (TOI) thesis, i.e. the assertion that variation in the current structure of financial...

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The legal framework for corporate governance: explaining the development of contract law in Germany and the United States

Casper, Steven - 1998

jeweiligen politischen Ökonomie in Deutschland und in den USA führen zu unterschiedlichen Formen der Modernisierung des … innovationsorientierter Produktmarktstrategien.In den USA ist die juristische Kompetenz, gerade auch, was die Klärung juristischer … in den USA verhindert die Schaffung eines allgemein gültigenrechtlichen Rahmens, der wiederum Voraussetzung für eine …

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Inflation versus central bank independence? Banking regulation and financial stability in the US and Germany

Vitols, Sigurt - 1995

Most recent discussion of the relationship between the banking system and macroeconomic performance have focused on the deegree of independence of the central bank as the key variable influencing the choice between inflation and unemployment. This paper argues that the stability of the financial...

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Case management: Anglo-amerikanische Konzepte und ihre Anwendbarkeit im Rahmen der bundesdeutschen Krankenversorgung

Ewers, Michael - 1996

Entwicklung sowie die aktuelle Anwendung und Diskussion der Methode in den USA, Großbritannien und Deutschland nachgezeichnet …

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Die Brennstoffzelle zwischen Umwelt-, Energie- und Wirtschaftspolitik: Darstellung der öffentlichen Förderprogramme für Wasserstoff- und Brennstoffzellentechnologie in Deutschland,...

Weider, Marc; Metzner, André; Rammler, Stephan - 2003

Japan, den USA und seit 2003 auch auf europäischer Ebene, an Dynamik gewonnen. So kam es zur Formulierung von Fahrplänen und … Wasserstoff- und Brennstoffzellentechnologie in Deutschland, der Europäischen Union, den USA und Japan. Neben den politischen …

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