General Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Attractiveness of European Financial Centers -- Evidence from Domiciliation Decisions in the Mutual Fund Industry -- Impact of the Domiciliation Decision on Fund Fees -- General Conclusion -- Appendix.

Public and Private Enforcement of Competition Law in Europe - Introduction and Overview -- Public Enforcement of Anti-Cartel Laws - Theory and Empirical Evidence -- Leniency Programmes and the Structure of Cartels - Remarks from an Economic Perspective -- The Role of Fines in the Public...

1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background and the Operationalisation of the Hypotheses -- 3 Description of Methodology -- 4 Descriptive Analysis of the Data Set -- 5 Differences Between Internationalisers and Non-Internationalisers -- 6 The Degree of Internationalisation -- 7 The Timing of...

1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review and Methodological Concerns -- 3 The German Corporations Database (GCD) -- 4 Frequency, Causes, and Consequences of Control Transfers -- 5 Determinants of Acquisition and Failure -- 6 Corporate Governance, Market Discipline, and Productivity Growth -- 7...

Empirical and theoretical evidence on the German service sector is inversely related to its growing overall importance for the entire economy. This monograph offers a comprehensive theory-based econometric treatment of three important and severely understudied issues related to services:...

The book presents an analysis of the transition from unemployment to self-employment and its subsidisation with the so-called "bridging allowance" in Germany. On the basis of econometric models, the determinants and the success of self-employment among former unemployed are estimated at the...

This book explores empirically for West Germany whether a decline in the relative demand for less skilled workers resulted in increased unemployment. Using up-to-date econometric techniques, a balanced mixture between descriptive evidence and structural estimation is provided, and there are...

The process of firms' growth - in terms of productivity or employment - is a major concern of policy makers. In this context, innovations are considered to play a crucial role in stimulating firms' performance. This book investigates this general hypothesis by looking at three topics: 1. Does...

By means of theoretical and empirical analysis agglomeration economies as localized returns to scale are established as the basic source of economic disparity. The central implication for the labor market is the resulting path dependency of the spatial employment pattern. As an empirical...

In spite of the widespread use of the concept of potential output in economic theory and empirical applications as well as in economic policy debates, the historical background and the assumptions inherent to this concept are rarely made transparent, let alone critically questioned. Against this...