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Differences in response patterns in a mixed mode : online/paper & pencil business survey

Kaiser, Ulrich - 2001

business survey in the German business-related services sector when respondents may freely choose to respond either online or …

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A test of the quality of concentration indices

Heger, Diana (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2008

Theory predicts a positive relationship between market concentration and profitability in most scenarios. In empirical work, however, this relation is frequently not found or only a weak connection is observed. We compare the performance of concentration and market share variables, which are...

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Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation more money, more innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - 2009

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the idea of an ideal test as suggested by Hall (2008). Firms were offered a hypothetical payment and were asked to choose between alternatives of use. If they choose additional innovation...

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Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation more money, more innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - 2011 - This version: March 2011

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the concept of an ideal test as suggested by Hall (2008). Firms were offered a hypothetical payment and were asked to choose between alternatives of use. If they selected additional...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009152558

Forecasting adoption of ultra-low-emission vehicles using the GHK simulator and Bayes estimates of a multinomial probit model

Daziano, Ricardo A.; Achtnicht, Martin - 2012

stated-preference data on vehicle choice from a Germany-wide survey of potential light-duty-vehicle buyers using computer …

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Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen

Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000

Der Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung von Tarifverträgen in Dienstleistungsunternehmen sowie deren Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungspolitik im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen. Der empirische Teil basiert auf der ZEW/Creditreform Konjunkturumfrage bei unternehmensnahen...

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Quantification of qualitative data using ordered probit models with an application to a business survey in the German service sector

Kaiser, Ulrich; Spitz, Alexandra - 2000

This paper aims at providing business survey analysts with simple econometric tools to quantify qualitative survey data …. We extend the traditional and commonly applied method proposed by Carlson and Parkin (1975) to capture observable survey … respondent heterogeneity. We also discuss specification tests. The empirical analysis is based on business survey data taken from …

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FIML estimation of a bivariate probit selection rule : an application on firm growth and subsidisation

Reize, Frank - 2001

This study applies a full information maximum likelihood (FIML) estimator of the sample selection model with bivariate selection rule for the investigation of the impact of subsidised firm foundation from unemployment on employment growth of the firm. The empirical analysis is based on the ZEW...

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A model of educational attainment : application to the German case

Lauer, Charlotte - 2002

This paper aims at formulating a theoretical model of educational attainment which is directly implementable empirically. The conceptual frame-work relies on the human capital theory, where individuals weigh the costs and the returns of education to decide on the optimal amount of education they...

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New technologies and the demand for heterogeneous labor : firm-level evidence for the German business-related services sector

Kaiser, Ulrich - 1999

innovation survey in the service sector are used in the empirical analysis. The model is estimated by a trivariate ordered probit …

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