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University rankings in action? : The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students?
Horstschräer, Julia - 2011
This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I estimate a random utility model using administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009374442
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Citation frequency and the value of patented innovation
Harhoff, Dietmar; Narin, Francis; Scherer, Frederic M.; … - 1997
Through a survey, economic value estimates were obtained on 962 inventions made in the United States and Germany and on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440946
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Exploring the tail of patented invention value distributions
Harhoff, Dietmar; Scherer, Frederic M.; Vopel, Katrin - 1997
We explore the tail of patented invention value distributions by using value estimates obtained directly from patent holders. The paper focuses on those full-term German patents of the application year 1977 which were held by West German and U.S. residents. The most valuable patents in our data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440960
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Accuracy and properties of German business cycle forecasts
Osterloh, Steffen (contributor) - 2006
In this paper the accuracy of a wide range of German business cycle forecasters is assessed for the past 10 years. For this purpose, a data set is used comprising forecasts published on a monthly basis by Consensus Economics. The application of several descriptive as well as statistical measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003401060
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Subsidized and non-subsidized R&D projects : do they differ?
Koehler, Mila; Peters, Bettina - 2017
this paper we exploit a novel dataset of patent applications filed in Germany between 1995-2005, which allows us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011739028
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The ratification of ILO conventions : a failure time analysis
Boockmann, Bernhard - 2000
There are over 180 ILO conventions in many areas of labour law, industrial relations and social security, but they are not ratified universally: for the conventions adopted between 1975 and 1995, the cumulated probability of ratification is about 13 per cent ten years after their adoption. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444515
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Mixed motives : an empirical analysis of ILO roll-call votes
Boockmann, Bernhard - 2002
In this empirical paper, we look at individual voting behaviour of government delegates to the International Labour Organization (ILO). We distinguish between the instrumental motive for voting, which consists in the chance that one's vote may turn the balance in favour of one´s preferred...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447398
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Bayesian estimation of Cox model with non-nested random effects : an application to the ratification of ILO conventions by developing countries
Horny, Guillaume; Boockmann, Bernhard; Djurdjevic, Dragana - 2005
We use a multivariate hazard model for the analysis of data on the timing of ratifications of different conventions. The model accounts for two random effects, one at the country level and the other at the convention level. We use a semi-parametric Bayesian approach, based on the partial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002821582
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The effect of ILO minimum age conventions on child labour and school attendance
Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002137158
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How do employment effects of job creation schemes differ with respect to the foregoing unemployment duration?
Hujer, Reinhard (contributor);  … - 2006
Based on new administrative data for Germany covering entrances into job creation schemes between July 2000 and May … into quarters, regional (East and West Germany) as well as gender differences are considered in the estimation. As matching … influences. The results in terms of employment present a mixed picture. For West Germany, most of the estimates are insignificant …
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