large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment … in Germany increased (unlike in the U.S. and Britain, where it fell). British and German evidence is further backed up … with alternative data sets for these countries. I find evidence for the Krugman hypothesis when Germany is compared to the …

Germany through firm-specific advantages. Still, some face significant challenges. A submarket analysis shows that home market … advantages are more deeply rooted in the Western part of Germany and that foreign competitors find a more accessible competitive … environment in Eastern Germany. Therefore, East Germany is a superior platform for deploying effective and efficient …

country knowledge. We use a broad sample of roughly 1,000 firms in Germany to empirically test the existence of liabilities of …

innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …

We analyze the effectiveness of publicly financed training and retraining programs in east Germany as measured by their …

European Union. Regression results are provided for Western Germany, France, and Italy. It is shown that labour mobility is … highest in Germany, followed by France, and Italy. However, even in Germany, the accommodation of a shock to unemployment by …

policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an application to western Germany it is demonstrated that nonparametric …

more than 7,000 firm observations in Germany over a multi-year period. Our theoretical predictions are only supported for …