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Gender earnings gap in German firms : the impact of firm characteristics and institutions
Heinze, Anja (contributor); Wolf, Elke (contributor) - 2006
Germany. The innovation of our research is that we do not just compare average male and female wages (of specific groups of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314702
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Why pay seniority wages?
Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2009
This paper characterises establishments that pay higher seniority wages than their competitors. It tests whether seniority wages are paid on the basis of agency, human capital or efficiency wage considerations. A representative linked employeremployee panel and an innovative two-step estimation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806190
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Spillovers of innovation activities and their profitability
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2007
Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company possibly benefits from incoming information on successful R&D conducted by other companies, a generally high probability of leakage of knowledge in an industry will negatively...
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Price discovery for cross-listed securities from emerging Eastern European countries
Wölfle, Marco (contributor) - 2007
This study provides empirical evidence verifying the theory of price discovery for Eastern European enterprises based on their cross-listing on Western European exchanges. Despite the fact that the crosslisting behavior of companies has been analyzed very actively since the mid-70s, many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003582511
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Taxation and capital structure choice : evidence from a panel of German multinationals
Büttner, Thiess; Overesch, Michael; Schreiber, Ulrich; … - 2006
This paper analyzes the impact of taxes and lending conditions on the financial structure of multinationals’ foreign affiliates. The empirical analysis employs a large panel of affiliates of German multinationals in 26 countries in the period from 1996 until 2003. In accordance with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003380554
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Environmental innovation and employment dynamics in different technology fields : an analysis based on the German community innovation survey 2009
Horbach, Jens; Rennings, Klaus - 2012
The employment effects of environmental technologies are in the focus of politicians but there are only few studies analyzing these effects for different environmental innovation fields. We use the 2009 wave of the German part of the Community Innovation Panel (CIS) allowing for such an analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009509723
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Wettbewerb der Steuersysteme in Europa : eine vergleichende Analyse am Beispiel der Region Oberrheingraben unter Einbeziehung aktueller Reformvorschläge
Eckerle, Tobias H. - 1997
deutschen Steuersenkungsmaßnahmen zum 1.1.98 reichen nicht aus, um den Wettbewerbsnachteil deutscher Unternehmen gegenüber … schweizerischen auszugleichen. Dagegen wäre mit Umsetzung der Vorschläge zur "Großen Steuerreform 1999" in Deutschland eine derartige … geringsten wäre, wodurch der Standort Deutschland erheblich an Attraktivität gewinnen würde. Die Erhöhung der Körperschaftsteuer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440930
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Employment impacts of cleaner production : evidence from a German study using case studies and surveys
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Rennings, Klaus - 1999
particular can not be expected to give substantial contributions to the solution of mass unemployment in Germany without using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442904
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Successful patterns of scientific knowledge sourcing : mix and match
Aschhoff, Birgit (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2008
rests upon a survey of more than 800 firms in Germany. We find that both the diversity and intensity of collaborative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003721802
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Effektive Steuerbelastungen bei Vorliegen ökonomischer Renten
Schreiber, Ulrich; Spengel, Christoph; Lammersen, Lothar - 2001
Die Messung der effektiven Steuerbelastung rentabler Investitionen ist mit zahlreichen methodischen Problemen verbunden. Diese lassen sich zum Teil mit einem auf Devereux und Griffith zurückgehenden Modell überwinden. Basierend auf ihrem Ansatz wird eine Maßgröße für die effektive...
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