Similar Search Results

An information economics perspective on main bank relationships and firm R&D

Höwer, Daniel; Schmidt, Tobias; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2011

distributed between inventors and investors. As a result, bank lending for firm R&D has been rare. However, firms can signal the … potential to alter the risk assessment of the firm’s main bank. Additionally, we explore heterogeneities in these risk … assessments arising from the industry level and the main bank’s portfolio. We test our theoretical predictions for a sample of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009270085

An empirical analysis of the effects of patents and secrecy on knowledge spillovers

Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2006

Theoretical considerations suggest that secrecy reduces spillovers almost completely through non-disclosure, while the disclosure requirement of patents generates some spillover and at the same time allows firms to appropriate knowledge. In this paper we empirically analyze whether protection by...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003356987

Firm heterogeneity and wages under different bargaining regimes : does a centralised union care for low-productivity firms?

Gürtzgen, Nicole (contributor) - 2009

This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under different wage setting structures. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model that analyses the sensitivity of wages to the variability in productivity conditions in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805643

Wage insurance within German firms : do institutions matter?

Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2009

Using a large linked employer-employee data set, this paper studies the extent to which employers insure workers against transitory and permanent firm-level shocks. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the amount of wage insurance depends on the nature of industrial relations....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873008

Rent-sharing and collective bargaining coverage : evidence from linked employer-employee data

Gürtzgen, Nicole (contributor) - 2006 - Rev. version

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003671072

Knowledge flows and R&D co-operation : firm-level evidence from Germany

Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2005 - Rev.

the Third Community Innovation Survey from Germany, we focus on the role of spillovers in explaining R&D cooperation. We …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003702771

International cooperation on innovation : empirical evidence for German and Portuguese firms

Faria, Pedro (contributor); Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2007

decision to cooperate with foreign partners. Some differences remain, however: In Germany, exporters are more likely to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003554673

Should low-wage workers care about where they work? : assessing the impact of employer characteristics on low-wage mobility

Gürtzgen, Nicole; Heinze, Anja - 2010

This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008652553

Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohnes auf die Beschäftigung und den Arbeitnehmerschutz in der Abfallwirtschaft

Gürtzgen, Nicole; Sprietsma, Maresa; Niefert, Michaela; … - 2012

Der vorliegende Beitrag liefert eine Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse der Evaluation der Einführung des Mindestlohnes in der Abfallwirtschaft zum 01.01.2010. Die Evaluation setzt sich aus einem Branchenbild sowie einer kausalen Wirkungsanalyse des Mindestlohnes auf Basis einer...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663227

Estimating the wage premium of collective wage contracts : evidence from longitudinal linked employer-employee data

Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2012

Using a large-scale linked-employer-employee data set from western Germany, this paper presents new evidence on the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663321