Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany. Results show that real estate securities in most countries had a high performance in … notable exception of Germany. In general, real estate securities seem to represent an asset class distinct from bonds and …

This paper studies the effects of the introduction of a new mass medium on criminal activity in Germany. The paper asks … the question of whether highspeed internet leads to higher/lower sex crime offences and murder. I use unique German data … on criminal offences and broadband internet measured at the municipality level to shed light on the question. In order to …

. We combine data on high-speed (broadband) internet availability at the local level with individual register data on the … unemployed in Germany. We address endogeneity by exploiting technological peculiarities in the network that affected the roll …-out of high-speed internet. The results show that high-speed internet improves reemployment rates after the first months of …

indicate that online participation is not significantly affected by sector affiliation, affiliation to East or West Germany nor …

The Internet is receiving increasing attention as a medium for technology transfer between public research and the … enterprise sector. Based on a survey of public research units in natural sciences and engineering in Germany, we analyse the … determinants of firm contacts established via the Internet. Special attention is paid to the effect of experiences in firm …

internet use in Germany. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use the exact weekly duration of internet use … to explain inequalities in internet intensity, explicitly controlling for non-users. Secondly, we use the frequencies of … five different internet applications to further investigate the determinants of the second-level digital divide. Thirdly …

characteristics on differences in the share of Internet use between German counties. In addition, it studies the influence of regional … factors as well as individual characteristics on the individual probability of becoming a new Internet user. Based on two … differences in Internet use. The results rather indicate that it is the different composition of the population between rural and …