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Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from PIRLS

Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor); … - 2006

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

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Do direct R&D subsidies lead to the monopolization of R&D in the economy?

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Ebersberger, Bernd - 2010

that the larger companies benefit from a higher likelihood of a subsidy receipt is offset by the phenomenon that smaller …

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Basic income reform in Germany : better gradualism than cold turkey

Spermann, Alexander (contributor) - 2006

This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes (unemployment benefit IIʺ) and Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT = "Einstiegsgeld") into a means-tested combi-wage model for the future long-term unemployed (gradualism strategy). The paper argues...

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Two for the price of one? : On additionality effects of R&D subsidies ; a comparison between Flanders and Germany

Aerts, Kris (contributor); Schmidt, Tobias (contributor) - 2006

In this paper we empirically test whether public R&D subsidies crowd out private R&D investment in Flanders and Germany …

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Business R&D and the interplay of R&D subsidies and market uncertainty

Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Toole, Andrew A. (contributor) - 2006

The literature suggests that public research and development (R&D) subsidies may reduce market failures affecting private R&D investment caused by incomplete appropriability of knowledge and financial constraints due capital market imperfections. Drawing on the theory of investment under...

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Does state aid for broadband deployment in rural areas close the digital and economic divide?

Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Falck, Oliver; … - 2016

We evaluate the impact of a major European state aid program for broadband deployment applied to rural areas in the German State of Bavaria in the years 2010 and 2011. Using difference-in-differences estimation strategies, we find that aided municipalities have – depending on broadband quality...

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Estimating the benefits of R&D subsidies for Germany

Köhler, Mila - 2018

In Germany, R&D subsidies are an important tool to support innovation in the private sector. This paper studies the … 2011. The analysis is based on a structural model of the R&D subsidy process which allows to estimate the benefits of R … of the subsidy on the federal government’s utility as well as on firm profits. Assuming a welfare-maximizing federal …

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Substitutive or complementary? : Innovation subsidies in the German service sector

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - 2002

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R&D and subsidies at the firm level : an application of parametric and semi-parametric two-step selection models

Hussinger, Katrin (contributor) - 2003

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Factors influencing German house owners’ preferences on energy retrofits

Achtnicht, Martin; Madlener, Reinhard - 2012

In this paper, we identify key drivers and barriers for the adoption of building energy retrofits in Germany, which is … Germany, that was conducted as a computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI). In the survey, respondents were asked directly …

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