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This paper investigates the impact of energy policies on the export performance of firms. There has been a long policy …-level data from three countries with similar industry structure but different energy policies: Germany, Switzerland, and Austria … technologies. Regression analyses and matching approaches both show very few impacts of energy policy on export performance …
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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...
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We argue that in labor markets with central wage bargaining wage flexibility varies systematically across the wage distribution: local wage flexibility is more relevant for the upper part of the wage distribution, and flexibility of wages negotiated under central wage bargaining affects the...
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At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are …
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In this paper we estimate the employment effects of a reduction in weekly normal hours in West German manufacturing on the basis of an econometric models using industry panel data. We distinguish between unskilled, skilled and high-skilled workers and show that labor demand elasticities with...
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dem Hintergrund der hohen und persistenten Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland in den jeweiligen Jahresgutachten des SVR einen … (GCEE). During the previous decades this topic has taken center stage due to the high and persistent unemployment in Germany …
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The economic analysis of corporate governance is en vogue. In addition to a host of theoretical papers, an increasing number of empirical studies analyze how ownership structure, capital structure, the structure of the board and the market for corporate control influence firm performance. This...
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We focus on one of the core competitive capabilities of modern firms: the ability to deliver successful innovations in a globalized environment. Companies literally find themselves confronted with a world of ideas. The challenge remains to decide which impulses should be on top of the list and...
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die vorhandenen Daten für Deutschland es erlauben und betrachtet die Industriezweige Papier und Zellstoff, Chemie, Gummi …
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