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An information economics perspective on main bank relationships and firm R&D
Höwer, Daniel; Schmidt, Tobias; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2011
distributed between inventors and investors. As a result, bank lending for firm R&D has been rare. However, firms can signal the … potential to alter the risk assessment of the firm’s main bank. Additionally, we explore heterogeneities in these risk … assessments arising from the industry level and the main bank’s portfolio. We test our theoretical predictions for a sample of …
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The effects of corporate and country sustainability characteristics on the cost of debt : an international investigation
Hoepner, Andreas G. F.; Oikonomou, Ioannis; Scholtens, Bert - 2014 - This version: October 2014
We investigate the relationship between corporate and country sustainability on the cost of bank loans. We look into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010437173
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Heterogeneous labour markets in a microsimulation-AGE model : application to welfare reform in Germany
Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor) - 2008
Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
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The impact of intergovernmental grants on cost efficiency : theory and evidence from German municipalities
Kalb, Alexander (contributor) - 2008
In this paper we use a simple bureaucracy model of fiscal illusion to analyze the impact of intergovernmental grants on the cost effciency of local jurisdictions. We find that a higher degree of redistribution within a system of fiscal equalization or an increase in the amount of grants received...
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Intra- und intergenerationale Umverteilungseffekte in der bundesdeutschen Alterssicherung auf Basis humankapitaltheoretischer Überlegungen
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm (contributor);  … - 2008
In der folgenden Studie möchten wir ausgewählte Aspekte von intra- und intergenerationalen Umverteilungseffekten im System der bundesdeutschen Alterssicherung auf der Basis der Humankapitalheorie mit Simulationsmethoden analysieren. Falls es das Ziel der Politik ist, die Ungleichheit des...
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Rising wage inequality in Germany
Gernandt, Johannes (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper investigates the evolution of wages and the recent tendency to rising wage inequality in Germany, based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for 1984 to 2004. Between 1984 and 1994 the wage distribution was fairly stable. Wage inequality started to increase around 1994 in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314699
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Application of a simple nonparametric conditional quantile function estimator in unemployment duration analysis
Wichert, Laura (contributor); Wilke, Ralf A. (contributor) - 2005
reveals no major importance of the bank balance sheet channel for the relationship between stock market volatility and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003342766
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Die deutsche Steuerquote : konzeptionelle Fragen und internationaler Vergleich
Becker, Johannes; Fuest, Clemens - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 86 (2006) 6, pp. 355-360
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Kontrollen und Sanktionen zur Eindämmung der Zinssteuer-Flucht
Cansier, Dieter - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 86 (2006) 6, pp. 370-374
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003334877
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Hidden champions - how young and small technology-oriented firms can attain high export-sales ratios
Fryges, Helmut (contributor) - 2006
Determinants of a firm's export-sales ratio (degree of internationalisation) are frequently discussed in the literature related to individual firms' export activities. Stylised facts show a positive relationship between firm size and firm age on the one hand and the firm's export-sales ratio on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338001