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Regional Versus Individual Aspects of the Digital Divide in Germany
Schleife, Katrin - 2008
This paper analyzes the regional dimension of the German digital divide. It studies the determinants of home Internet … show that population density itself cannot explain regional differences in Internet use rates. The results rather indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298672
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Political ignorance and the internet
Bertschek, Irene; Müller, David F. - 2021
We examine the link between Internet usage and political ignorance. We construct a novel Index as a direct measure of … and being representative for the German electorate. The empirical results show that in the earlier years of Internet … diffusion there is a negative link between using the Internet and political ignorance. This link changes sign in later years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012876069
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Does Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Food Grant Consumers the Right to Know? Evidence from an Economic Experiment
Dannenberg, Astrid; Scatasta, Sara; Sturm, Bodo - 2008
Opponents of the voluntary labeling scheme for genetically modified (GM) food products often argue that consumers have the ?right to know? and therefore advocate mandatory labeling. In this paper we argue against this line of reasoning. Using experimental auctions conducted with a sample of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298039
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Is it Who You Ask or How You Ask? Findings of a Meta-Analysis on Genetically Modified Food Valuation Studies
Dannenberg, Astrid - 2008
This paper presents a meta-analysis of 46 primary studies reporting a total of 108 genetically modified food valuation estimates. The analysis shows that elicitation methods and formats used in the primary studies affect valuation estimates much more than do sample characteristics. Moreover,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298677
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Does Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Food Grant Consumers the Right to Know? Evidence from an Economic Experiment
Dannenberg, Astrid; Scatasta, Sara; Sturm, Bodo - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
Opponents of the voluntary labeling scheme for genetically modified (GM) food products often argue that consumers have the ?right to know? and therefore advocate mandatory labeling. In this paper we argue against this line of reasoning. Using experimental auctions conducted with a sample of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097865
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Is it Who You Ask or How You Ask? Findings of a Meta-Analysis on Genetically Modified Food Valuation Studies
Dannenberg, Astrid - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper presents a meta-analysis of 46 primary studies reporting a total of 108 genetically modified food valuation estimates. The analysis shows that elicitation methods and formats used in the primary studies affect valuation estimates much more than do sample characteristics. Moreover,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097933
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Firm Level Innovation and Productivity: Is there a Common Story Across Countries?
Peters, Bettina; Lööf, Hans; Janz, Norbert - 2003
Recent studies have documented extensive heterogeneity in firm performance within countries, and innovation has been found as an important determinant. This paper addresses the issue of innovation firm performance across countries. A growing number of national firm level studies on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297274
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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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Computer Use and the Employment Status of Older Workers: An Analysis Based on Individual Data
Schleife, Katrin - 2004
This paper analyzes computer use by older male employees and estimates the impact of computer use on their employment status, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for the years 1997 and 2001. In line with previous research on the diffusion of new technologies, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297386
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Integrated Product Policy and Environmental Product Innovations: An Empirical Analysis
Rehfeld, Katharina-Maria; Rennings, Klaus; Ziegler, Andreas - 2004
The European Commission has recently stepped up its promotion of the ?Integrated Product Policy?. The objective of the IPP is to support the realisation of environmental product innovations and thus to achieve a broad reduction of all environmental impacts throughout a product?s life cycle....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297394