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The Change of Sales Modes in International Markets: Empirical Results for German and British High-Tech Firms

Fryges, Helmut - 2005

-based firms in Germany and the UK, this paper applies logistic regressions and analyses empirically the probabilities of changing …

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The Dynamics of Overconfidence: Evidence from Stock Market Forecasters

Deaves, Richard; Lüders, Erik; Schröder, Michael - 2005

As a group, market forecasters are egregiously overconfident. In conformity to the dynamic model of overconfidence of Gervais and Odean (2001), successful forecasters become more overconfident. What?s more, more experienced forecasters have ?learned to be overconfident,? and hence are more...

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There's no Place Like Home: A Strategic Framework to Overcome Liability of Foreignness in the German Car Market

Sofka, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Jörg - 2005

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 …

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Fixed-term Contracts as Sorting Mechanisms: Evidence From Job Durations in West Germany

Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - 2005

We estimate the effect of initial episodes under fixed-term contracts (FTCs) on job duration in the further course of the employment spell, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from 1985 to 2002. Using a statistical matching approach, we find that job exit rates are initially...

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Individual and Plant-level Determinants of Job Durations in Germany

Boockmann, Bernhard; Steffes, Susanne - 2005

We examine job durations of German workers using a linked employeremployee dataset. The descriptive evidence suggests that firm characteristics have a substantial influence on the job exit rate. However, the extent of dispersion in durations is not substantially lower at the firm level than for...

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Rent-Sharing and Collective Bargaining Coverage: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2005

Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm-profitability and wages. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to firm-specific rents varies with collective bargaining coverage. To address this issue, we...

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Application of a simple nonparametric conditional quantile function estimator in unemployment duration analysis

Wichert, Laura; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2005

The paper analyses the potential impact of stock market developments on lending behaviour from different perspectives. First we scrutinize the impact of stock market movements on the banks? and on the borrowers? balance sheets. Subsequently we estimate aggregate credit supply and demand...

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The Impact of a Stock Market Downturn on Corporate Financing Activities in Germany

Westerheide, Peter; Meitner, Matthias - 2005

The paper analyses the potential impact of stock market developments on lending behaviour from different perspectives. First we scrutinize the impact of stock market movements on the banks' and on the borrowers' balance sheets. Subsequently we estimate aggregate credit supply and demand...

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Ganztagsschulen und Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern: Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie für Deutschland

Beblo, Miriam; Lauer, Charlotte; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2005

Der Ausbau von Ganztagsschulen genießt derzeit – u.a. auf Grund des schlechten Abschneidens deutscher Schüler bei der PISA-Studie – hohe Priorität in der politischen Agenda. In diesem Beitrag soll untersucht werden, wie sich der Ausbau von Ganztagsschulen auf die Erwerbsbeteiligung von...

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Descriptive Evidence on Labor Market Transitions and the Wage Structure in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Garloff, Alfred - 2005

structure in Germany. Motivated by search theory, we use the data to explore descriptively labor market transitions and features …

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