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Local governments in the wake of demographic change : efficiency and economies of scale in German municipalities

Geys, Benny (contributor); Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor) - 2007

a sample of 1021 municipalities in the state of Baden-Württemberg). First, we consider local government cost efficiency …. This indicates that there is a substantial divergence in efficiency despite a homogeneous institutional setting, leaving at …

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The influence of strategic patenting on companies' patent portfolios

Blind, Knut (contributor); Cremers, Katrin (contributor); … - 2007

This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics of companies' patent portfolios. We use the number of citations and oppositions to represent these characteristics. The investigation is based on survey and patent data from German companies. We find clear...

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What drives the efficiency of hard coal fuelled electricity generation? : an empirical assessment

Hoffmann, Tim; Voigt, Sebastian - 2009

The efficiency of electricity generation in hard coal fired power plants varies considerably from country to country … abundance of hard coal or relatively low costs of extraction show smaller degrees of efficiency than countries with poor … inflows as well as the average power plant age are identified as principal drivers of power plant efficiency. From an …

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The effects of short-term training measures on the individual unemployment duration in West Germany

Hujer, Reinhard (contributor); … - 2006

Short-term training measures are the most important intervention of German active labor market policy in terms of persons promoted. However, evidence on the impacts of programs is missing. This study analyzes the effects of these programs on the individual unemployment duration in West Germany....

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Consumer welfare and unobserved heterogeneity in discrete choice models : the value of alpine road tunnels

Cerquera, Daniel; Ullrich, Hannes - 2010

welfare results. -- Discrete Choice ; Consumer Surplus ; Nonparametric Estimation ; Transalpine Freight …

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Wages in high-tech start-ups : do academic spin-offs pay a wage premium?

Dorner, Matthias; Fryges, Helmut; Schopen, Kathrin - 2015

Due to their origin from universities, academic spin‐offs operate at the forefront of the technological development. Therefore, spin‐offs exhibit a skill‐biased labour demand, i.e. spin‐offs have a high demand for employees with cutting edge knowledge and technical skills. In order to...

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External costs of road, rail and air transport : a bottom-up approach

Weinreich, Sigurd; Rennings, Klaus; Schlomann, Barbara - 1998

This paper aims to describe the calculation of environmental and health externalities caused by air pollutants, accidents and noise from different transport modes (road, rail, air) on the route Frankfurt-Milan. The investigation is part of the QUITS project (QUITS = Quality Indicators for...

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Innovation, creative destruction and structural change : firm-level evidence from European Countries

Dachs, Bernhard; Hud, Martin; Köhler, Christian; … - 2016

The shift of employment from lower to higher productive firms is an important driver for structural change and industry dynamics. We investigate this reallocation in terms of employment gains and losses from innovation. New employment created by product innovation may be offset by employment...

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Exchange rate pass-through to consumer prices : a European perspective

Hüfner, Felix P. (contributor); … - 2002

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The impact of monetary instruments on shock absorption in EU-countries

Müller, Claudia; Buscher, Herbert S. - 1999

The main characteristic of the implementation of the European Monetary Union (EMU) is the transition from various national currencies to the Euro, the common European currency. A final fixing of the individual bilateral exchange rates of all European countries involved in the Monetary Union...

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