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Does experience matter? : Innovations and the productivity of ICT in German services
Hempell, Thomas (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001696199
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Choosing from the reform menu card : individual determinants of labour market policy preferences
Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor);  … - 2009
This contribution empirically explores the drivers of labour market reform acceptance for the individual level in Germany. For that purpose we make use of the representative German General Social Survey (ALLBUS). This survey offers data to which extent individuals support benefit cuts, longer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806186
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Is the welfare state self-destructive? : a study of government benefit morale
Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor) - 2007
Assar Lindbeck has pointed to the problem that generous welfare state institutions may in the long-run undermine those social norms which limit the costs and incentives effects of the welfare state and thus guarantee its viability. This study is the first to assess the empirical validity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003480000
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Exposure to television and individual beliefs : evidence from a natural experiment
Hennighausen, Tanja - 2012 - This version: October 2012
Does the information provided by mass media have the power to persistently affect individual beliefs about the drivers of success in life? To answer this question empirically, this contribution exploits a natural experiment on the reception of West German television in the former German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009668468
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Individual determinants of social fairness assessments : the case of Germany
Bischoff, Ivo (contributor);  … - 2008
In this contribution we study the determinants of how individuals assess the social fairness of a given income distribution. We propose an analytical framework distinguishing between potential impact factors related to the following fields: first fairness preferences, second beliefs on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003751302
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Internationalizing R&D co-opetition : dress for the dance with the devil
Schmiele, Anja (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2007
Competitors can be valuable sources and partners for innovation activities. Against the background of international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003516700
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Let‘s stay in touch – evidence on the role of social learning in local tax interactions
Blesse, Sebastian; Martin, Thorsten - 2015
This paper exploits detailed information on local political and socioeconomic networks and a reform of local fiscal equalization in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) to identify the role of learning in local tax rate interactions. Using this policy change in spatial lag IV regressions, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391788
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Work-related ability as source of information advantages of training employers
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Wydra-Sommaggio, Gaby; Zwick, Thomas - 2015 - This version August 2015
This paper addresses the puzzle how employers that invest in general human capital can gain an information advantage with respect to the ability of their employees when training is certified by credible external institutions. We apply an established model from the employer-learning literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316529
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The effects of experience on selecting innovation projects : better the devil you know
Schmidt, Tobias (contributor);  … - 2008
Innovation success depends heavily on firm's ability to set priorities and select the most promising options from its … project portfolio before the odds of success or failure become visible and reliable. We ask: What does previous innovation …, research on absorptive capacities finds that previous innovation experience translates into superior ability to value, extract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003761053
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The dynamics of overconfidence : evidence from stock market forecasters
Deaves, Richard (contributor); Lüders, Erick (contributor);  … - 2005
As a group, market forecasters are egregiously overconfident. In conformity to the dynamic model of overconfidence of Gervais and Odean (2001), successful forecasters become more overconfident. What’s more, more experienced forecasters have learned to be overconfident,ʺ and hence are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003225303