We study patterns of entry and exit in the German interurban bus industry in the first three years after its … German cities - with the intensity of entry being dependent on the number of inhabitants, average income, the share of under …

affected by demand fluctuations. Our model gives rise to procyclical entry, prices, and price-cost margins, although the …- or countercyclical if the incumbent is a first mover. Moreover, our results show that entry deterrence by the incumbent …

determinants of route entry for both providers. Applying survival models, we find that both companies show an increased probability … increased entry probability independent of the presence of a competitor. …

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether labour mobility is likely to act as a sufficient adjustment mechanism … European Union. Regression results are provided for Western Germany, France, and Italy. It is shown that labour mobility is … migration takes several years. We conclude that labour mobility is extremely unlikely to act as a sufficient adjustment …

When we analyse the labour market consequences of labour tax reforms in a model of firm-union wage bargaining, minor …

In this paper, substitutional relationships between capital, labour, material, electricity, and fossil fuels in German … the Morishima elasticity of substitution, labour and capital are substitutes in all sectors. Labour is generally a …

This paper examines the effects that purchased services and imported intermediate materials have on the labour demand … output and capital growth are more important in explaining the demand for heterogeneous labour than substitution effects … between labour and non-labour inputs. Similarly, the increasing use of both imported materials and purchased services is …

We examine job durations of German workers using linked employeremployee data. Our results indicate that exit rates are …-risks framework shows that both individual and firm-level characteristics differ greatly in their impact on job exit to different … destination states. Among the substantive results, it would appear that works councils decrease exit both to unemployment and to …