impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S and (3 … compensation in both countries. The impact of foreign competition on payperformance sensitivity differs between the US and Germany …In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the …

debate on potentially negative impacts of cost-increasing energy policies on international competitiveness. We use firm …-level data from three countries with similar industry structure but different energy policies: Germany, Switzerland, and Austria …

competition at the industry level of OECD countries. An instrumental variable approach, reveals a positive e ffect on industries …' competition intensity of leniency programs indicating e ffectiveness in cartel destabilization and eff ective deterrence …

The paper studies the effects of the Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003) merger on competition in the Swiss pharmaceutical … market and compares the assessment of the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) with the post-merger market developments. We …

analysis. These findings show that European Commission interventions are competition enhancing and support the expected …

Innovations are a key factor to ensure the competitiveness of establishments as well as to enhance the growth and … market mechanism. As a response, public instruments have been implemented to stimulate private innovation activities. The … Establishment Panel and apply various microeconometric methods to estimate the effect of public measures on innovation activities of …

Public procurement has been at the centre of recent discussions on innovation policy on both European and national … levels (e.g., Aho-Report, Barcelona Strategy). It has a large potential to stimulate innovation since it accounts for 16% of … combined EU-15 GDP. We embed public procurement for innovation into the broader framework of public policies to stimulate …

Ambitious unilateral EU environmental policy has raised concerns about adverse competitiveness implications for … competitiveness implications. The simulations further indicate that limited access to low-cost emission abatement via the CDM in the … EU ETS alleviates adverse competitiveness impacts to a comparable extent as the most ambitious BTA scheme. Increasing …

. Benefit sanctions are a partial or complete reduction of the benefit level for a certain period of time. In Germany, sanctions …