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Scientific excellence and extramural research grants : beggars can’t be choosers?
Grimpe, Christoph - 2010
science. Based on a sample of more than 1,000 scientists at universities and public research institutes in Germany, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969874
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Giving away the game? : The impact of the disclosure effect on the patenting decision
Heger, Diana; Zaby, Alexandra K. - 2012
concerned with the patenting decision, we take into account that a disclosure effect may decrease the merits of patenting by …. An empirical investigation of the theoretical results finds support for the proposed effects. -- Patenting decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009509671
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Do environmental benefits matter? : A choice experiment among house owners in Germany
Achtnicht, Martin - 2010
retrofits for existing houses in Germany. In the experiment, the approximately 400 sampled house owners could either choose a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702158
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Policy innovation in local jurisdictions : testing the neighborhood influence against the free-riding hypothesis
Rincke, Johannes (contributor) - 2005
Before making di±cult decisions, individuals tend to collect information on decision makers in reference groups. With …, decision makers indeed are heavily affected by decision makers in reference groups. The results suggest that if a given …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002590989
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From less promising to green? : technological opportunities and their role in (green) ICT innovation
Cecere, Grazia; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Schulte, Patrick - 2015
This paper aims to shed light on the role of technological opportunities for green innovation by studying the case of Green ICT innovation. We test two hypotheses: (1) Firms active in low-opportunity technological areas are less innovative; (2) Firms active in low-opportunity technological areas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436068
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Employment and wage effects of social security financing : an empirical analysis of the West German experience and some policy simulations
Steiner, Viktor - 1996
whether the peculiar OECD results for Germany on the incidence of social security contributions and taxes also hold up within … in Germany. The main result of the paper is that there is in fact a positive short-run employment effect of a revenue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439693
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Price indexes for PC database software and the value of code compatibility
Harhoff, Dietmar; Moch, Dietmar - 1996
matched-model price indexes for personal computer database software. Our database covers the price development in Germany from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440581
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Robust GMM estimation of an Euler equation investment model with German firm level panel data
Janz, Norbert - 1997
In this paper the outlier robust GMM panel data estimator recently proposed by Lucas, van Dijk, and Kloek (1994) is applied to an Euler equation model of firm investment behaviour with imperfectly competitive product markets for a small panel of German nonfinancial stock companies. Plots for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440610
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Human capital and innovation in East and West German manufacturing firms
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1997
, 1994 and 1995. In the German industrial sector, especially in East Germany, employment has declined and the share of highly … current stage of transition subsidising labour might be more effective for creating jobs in East Germany than promoting R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440719
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Vertical relations between firms and innovation : an empirical investigation of German firms
Harabi, Najib - 1997
relations between innovating firms, suppliers and users, using data from Germany. The analysis is based on a survey conducted by … the "Center for European Economic Research" (Mannheim, Germany) among 3122 firms representing 378 different lines of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440720