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Entorf, Horst; Fegert, Jörg; Kölch, Michael - 2004

. Moreover, there are ethical concerns because children are not able to give their ?informed consent? to requested clinical … activity targeted at drugs for children, though social costbenefit considerations (i.e. welfare analysis) would most probably … in the analysis of the innovation process of drugs for children, and in improving the uncertain situation of pediatric …

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R&D and Subsidies at the Firm Level: An Application of Parametric and Semi-Parametric Two-Step Selection Models

Hussinger, Katrin - 2003

This paper analyzes the effects of public R&D subsidies on R&D expenditure in the German manufacturing sector. The focus is on the question whether public R&D funding stimulates or crowds out private investment. Cross sectional data at the firm level is used. By apllying parametric and...

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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes: PISA Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration

Minoiu, Nicoleta; Entorf, Horst - 2004

conclude that educational policy should focus on integration of immigrant children in schools and preschools, with particular …

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German Exchange Rate Exposure at DAX and Aggregate Level, International Trade, and the Role of Exchange Rate Adjustment Costs

Jamin, Gösta; Entorf, Horst - 2004

This article analyses value changes of German stock market companies in response to movements of the US dollar. The approach followed in this work extends the standard means of measuring exchange rate exposure in several ways (e.g. by using multi-factor modelling instead of augmented CAPM,...

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Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German Manufacturing: A Firm-level Analysis

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin - 2004

. In estimating productivity, we control for a possible simultaneity bias by using semiparametric estimation techniques …

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The Link Between R&D Subsidies, R&D Spending and Technological Performance

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hussinger, Katrin - 2004

schemes. For this, a treatment effects analysis is conducted in a first step. The results are implemented into the estimation …

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Did Concentration on Core Competencies Drive Merger and Acquisition Activities in the 1990s? Empirical Evidence for Germany

Hussinger, Katrin - 2005

In the context of increasing globalization of markets, merger and acquisition activities in the 1990s are said to be driven by reorganization processes with respect to concentration on firms? core competencies in order to increase or maintain market power in international markets. This paper...

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Exports versus FDI in German Manufacturing: Firm Performance and Participation in International Markets

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin - 2005

This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...

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Makroökonomische Nachrichten und die Reaktion des 15-Sekunden-DAX: Eine Ereignisstudie zur Wirkung der ZEW-Konjunkturprognose

Entorf, Horst; Steiner, Christian - 2006

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Reaktion des DAX auf makroökonomischen Konjunkturmeldungen in Form von Veröffentlichungen des ZEW-Finanzmarkttests untersucht. Zur Messung der Reaktion stehen die 15- Sekunden-Intraday-Realisationen des XDAX zur Verfügung. Die mittels Vergleich von...

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Socio-economic and demographic factors of crime in Germany: evidence from panel data of the German states

Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - 1998

Our study is based on the traditional Becker-Ehrlich deterrence model, but we analyse the model in the face of currently discussed factors of crime like demographic changes, youth-unemployment and income inequality. We use a panel of the German Laender (states) that allows us to exploit...

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