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Does Wikipedia matter? : the effect of Wikipedia on tourist choices
Hinnosaar, Marit; Hinnosaar, Toomas; Kummer, Michael E.; … - 2017 - This version: September 2017
We document a causal influence of online user-generated information on realworld economic outcomes. In particular, we conduct a randomized field experiment to test whether additional information on Wikipedia about cities affects tourists' choices of overnight visits. Our treatment of adding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778126
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Drivers for international innovation activities in developed and emerging countries
Schmiele, Anja - 2009
clubs). The analysis is based on the Mannheim Innovation Panel survey which represents the German CIS (Community Innovation …, international experience and existing technological competences of the respective firm. Innovation barriers at the German home base …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003888033
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The impact of corporate taxes on investment : an explanatory empirical analysis for interested practitioners
Dreßler, Daniel - 2012
German multinationals’ direct investments abroad and of foreign multinationals’ investments in Germany from 1996 till 2008. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009553617
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Electricity market integration and the impact of unilateral policy reforms
Grossi, Luigi; Heim, Sven; Hüschelrath, Kai; Waterson, … - 2015
support schemes caused a price decrease of up to 0.17 percent for each percent of additional generation from German renewables …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374098
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Intellectual property infringements due to R&D abroad? : A comparative analysis between firms with international and domestic R&D activities
Schmiele, Anja - 2010
analysis rests on the German data from the Europe-wide Community Innovation Survey (CIS). We use a unique data set of about 900 … explorative study has been carried out in China with interviews of German firms with innovation activities in China and with a … legal advisor for small and medium sized German enterprises. The results show that firms with international R&D activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008759771
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Lost in translation : empirical evidence for liability of foreignness as barries to knowledge spillovers
Schmidt, Tobias (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2006
Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge) is a major rationale of multinational firms for investing abroad. Foreign firms find it difficult to overcome cultural and social barriers which make their foreign engagements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003273110
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Discrimination in grading? : experimental evidence from primary school
Sprietsma, Maresa - 2009
randomly assign Turkish or German first names to a set of essays so that some teachers believe a given essay was written by a … German native pupil, whereas others believe it was written by a pupil of Turkish origin. We find that essays obtain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902973
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Earnings prospects for people with migration background in Germany
Aldashev, Alisher (contributor);  … - 2007
use of citizenship, estimates are presented in comparison to foreigner and German citizens. The results show that persons … not differ much from those of German citizenship. Therefore, using citizenship to approximate natives and non- natives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003480018
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Earnings prospects for people with migration background in Germany
Aldashev, Alisher (contributor);  … - 2007
use of citizenship, estimates are presented in comparison to foreigner and German citizens. The results show that persons … not differ much from those of German citizenship. Therefore, using citizenship to approximate natives and non- natives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003527626