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The Impact of Intergovernmental Grants on Cost Efficiency: Theory and Evidence from German Municipalities
Kalb, Alexander - 2008
In this paper we use a simple bureaucracy model of fiscal illusion to analyze the impact of intergovernmental grants on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298062
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Curvature conditions and substitution pattern among capital, energy, materials and heterogeneous labour
Koebel, Bertrand M.; Falk, Martin - 1999
This study deals with the determinants of factor demand in 27 industries of the manufacturing sector during the period 1978 to 1990. Using a quadratic cost function, six production factors are distinguished : capital, energy, three types of labour and intermediate materials. A parametric test of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297609
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Environmental tax differentiation between industries and households - implications for efficiency and employment: a multi-sector intertemporal CGE analysis for Germany
Böhringer, Christoph - 2002
This paper investigates the economic impacts of environmental tax reforms designed to reach given emission reduction targets for the German economy. Our focus is on the efficiency and employment implications of alternative schemes for emission tax differentiation between the production sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298113
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Innovationsaktivitäten von kmU im verarbeitenden Gewerbe: Was zeichnet Imitatoren und originäre Innovatoren aus?
2003
This contribution is concerned with the spread of new products in small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing sector. Based on an empirical study it is analyzed according to which factors planned product launches are either genuine market novelties or products that are new from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297332
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Research and development: financial constraints and the role of public funding for small and medium-sized enterprises
Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2002
SME in Western and East-ern Germany are compared because these regions are very different in their supply of public R … German small and medium?sized firms (SME). Special attention is paid to the role of public R&D subsidies. For this purpose …&D funding. It turns out that Western German SME are financially constrained in their R&D activities by both internal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297688
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Path dependencies versus efficiencies in regulation: Evidence from "old" and "new" broadband markets in the EU
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Camarda, Enrico Maria; Vogelsang, Ingo - 2018
pursuing normative objectives and inefficiencies related to regulatory path dependence, bureaucracy goals and an inadequate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011938040
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The Impact of Intergovernmental Grants on Cost Efficiency: Theory and Evidence from German Municipalities
Kalb, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
In this paper we use a simple bureaucracy model of fiscal illusion to analyze the impact of intergovernmental grants on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097546
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What Determines the ZEW Indicator?
Hüfner, Felix P.; Lahl, David - 2003
This paper analyzes which factors are driving the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment. Using the results of a poll among survey participants as well as Granger causality tests we identify three groups of influence factors: other sentiment indicators, financial variables and real economy data. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297299
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Auswirkungen von Erbschaften und Schenkungen auf die Vermögensbildung privater Personen und Haushalte: Eine ökonometrische Analyse auf der Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels
Westerheide, Peter - 2004
Die Untersuchung analysiert das Sparverhalten der über 30- bis unter 50jährigen Personen bzw. Haushalte mit Haushaltsvorständen in dieser Altersgruppe in Reaktion auf erhaltene Erbschaften bzw. Transfers zu Lebzeiten. Zugrunde liegen aktuelle Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels. Mittels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297351
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Integrated Financial Supervision in Germany
Schüler, Martin - 2004
With the establishment of the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) in May 2002 Germany followed the … authority in Germany. Moreover, BaFin?s tasks and structure are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297360