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The impact of regulation and competition on the migration from old to new communications infrastructure : recent evidence from EU27 member states

Briglauer, Wolfgang - 2014

impact on investment in new infrastructure. Furthermore, infrastructure-based competition from mobile operators and the … replacement effect stemming from the incumbents’ existing infrastructure exert a negative impact on ex ante investment incentives … the desired infrastructure level. …

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Impact of service station networks on purchase decisions of alternative-fuel vehicles

Achtnicht, Martin (contributor); Bühler, Georg (contributor) - 2008

consumers' willingness to pay for an enlarged fueling infrastructure. We examine a stated preferences choice experiment …-types are changing with a modified fueling infrastructure. In our scenarios hybrids, LPG/CNG and hydrogen will be real … situation where their infrastructure is equally developed. Moreover, on the basis of our model we compute what increases in …

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Ownership concentration, institutional development and firm performance in Central and Eastern Europe

Balsmeier, Benjamin; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2010

This paper analyzes the relationship of ownership concentration and firm performance in the context of different institutional environments in 28 Central and Eastern European transition economies. Using the BEEPS data for the period from 2002 to 2009 we find an inverted u-shaped relation of...

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Labour market institutions and structural reforms : a source for business cycle synchronisation?

Sachs, Andreas; Schleer, Frauke - 2009

We focus on the influence of institutional variables on business cycle synchronisation for 20 OECD countries from 1979 to 2003. More precisely, this paper derives measures for similarity of institutions and structural reforms, and investigates direct and delayed reform effects on synchronisation...

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Does R&D-infrastructure attract high-tech start-ups?

Engel, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - 2000

Our research, based on the ZEW-Foundation Panel East, examines whether high-tech start-ups are mainly founded in scientific and infrastructural well suited regions or not. Estimation results on the level of postcode areas confirm the hypothesis that specific human capital, knowledge spillovers...

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Social infrastructure and productivity of manufacturing firms : evidence from Pakistan

Ahmed, Riaz - 2016

Does investment in social infrastructure affect the productivity of manufacturing firms in developing countries? To … test this question, I empirically investigate the impact of social infrastructure indicators at district level on firm … regions with better infrastructure equipment. My findings reveal that indicators of health and education are positively and …

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Impact of service station networks on purchase decisions of alternative-fuel vehicles

Achtnicht, Martin; Bühler, Georg; Hermeling, Claudia - 2012 - Rev. version

. -- Alternative Fuels ; Automobile ; Fueling Infrastructure ; Stated Preference …

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The impact of alternative public policies on the deployment of new communications infrastructure : a survey

Briglauer, Wolfgang; Frübing, Stefan; Vogelsang, Ingo - 2015

new fiber-based communications infrastructure. Since such investment is expected to induce substantial positive …, deregulatory policies including soft regulation are the dominant policy in “black” areas, where several independent infrastructure …

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Workers' skill level and information technology : evidence from German service firms

Falk, Martin; Seim, Katja - 1999

This paper analyses the link between human capitaland information technology(IT ) in the service production process. The analysis is based on 1994 cross-sectional data for 1929 German. Firms drawn from the first wave of the Mannheim Service Innovation Panel (MIP-S). Factor demand functions are...

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Employment impacts of EU biofuels policy : combining ottom-up technology information and sectoral market simulations in an input-output framework

Neuwahl, Frederik; Löschel, Andreas; Mongelli, Ignazio; … - 2008

This paper analyses the employment consequences of policies aimed to support biofuels in the European Union. The promotion of biofuel use has been advocated as a means to promote the sustainable use of natural resources and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating from transport activities...

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