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Reforming home care provision in Germany : evidence from a social experiment

Arntz, Melanie (contributor); … - 2008

In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative to the home care programs of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). Due to extending the coverage beyond LTCI approved services and agencies, personal budgets may improve care outcomes compared to the...

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Increasing energy and resource efficiency through innovation : an explorative analysis using innovation survey data

Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - 2009

Energy and resource efficiency innovations (EREIs) are often seen as win-win opportunities for both the economic and the environmental performance of firms. It is thus worth asking how the innovation activities and performance of firms with regard to energy and resource efficiency look like: Do...

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The cost of phasing out nuclear power : a quantitative assessment of alternative scenarios for Germany

Böhringer, Christoph; Hoffmann, Tim; Vögele, Stefan - 2000

In the debate on the premature phase-out of nuclear power generation in Germany, there is an intense dispute on the effective operating time for the existing nuclear power plants. This paper addresses the question of how alternative phase-out regulations affect both the magnitude of total...

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Kosten der privaten Altersvorsorge : private Rentenversicherungen und Fondssparpläne im Vergleich

Westerheide, Peter - 2001

deutlich, dass die laufenden Kosten von aufgeschobenen Leibrentenversicherungen zum Teil deutlich unter den Kosten für … Ansparen in Investmentfonds mit gleicher durchschnittlicher Renditeerwartung vor Kosten, wie sie private Rentenversicherungen … bieten, und den hier unterstellten Kosten für aktienorientierte Investmentfonds aus Kostensicht nicht immer effizient ist …

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German exchange rate exposure at DAX and aggregate level, international trade, and the role of exchange rate adjustment costs

Entorf, Horst (contributor); Jamin, Gösta (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Agglomeration, population size, and the cost of providing public services : an empirical analysis for German states

Büttner, Thiess (contributor); Schwager, Robert (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Exports and profitability : first evidence for German manufacturing firms

Fryges, Helmut (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008

Using unique recently released nationally representative high-quality longitudinal data at the enterprise level for Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It documents that the positive profitability differential of...

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Sectoral differences in wage freezes and wage cuts : evidence from a new firm survey

Bonin, Holger (contributor); Radowski, Daniel (contributor) - 2008

The paper provides evidence concerning incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in services and manufacturing, using a new and large employer survey on wage and price setting behaviour for Germany. We observe that wage freezes are more frequent in services than in manufacturing, whereas...

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Clean and productive? : evidence from the German manufacturing industry

Böhringer, Christoph; Moslener, Ulf; Oberndorfer, Ulrich; … - 2008

We analyze the productivity effects of environmental (green) investment as well as of environmental expenditures and energy expenditures. For this purpose, we follow a production function approach where we account for these investment and expenditure categories as inputs. Based on a panel...

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Inventions under Siege? : the impact of technology competition on licensing

Grimpe, Christoph; Hussinger, Katrin - 2009

In recent years, firms have increasingly contributed to and been confronted with a patent landscape characterized by numerous but marginal inventions, overlapping claims and patent fences. Literature suggests that both the fragmentation of ownership and the threat of a firm's patent applications...

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