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Research cooperation and research expenditures with endogenous absorptive capacity : theory and microeconometric evidence for the German service sector
Kaiser, Ulrich - 2000
market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb from other firms is made dependent on their own research efforts … positive effect on R&D efforts both under research joint venture and under research competition. Firms' propensity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444658
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Ex-post assessment of merger effects : the case of Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003)
Leheyda, Nina; Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst; … - 2011
The paper studies the effects of the Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003) merger on competition in the Swiss pharmaceutical … market and compares the assessment of the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) with the post-merger market developments. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011228
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The effects of the block exemption regulation reform on the Swiss car market
Leheyda, Nina; Beschorner, Patrick Frank Ernst; … - 2011
general market developments that have led to stronger competition in Switzerland. -- Vertical agreements ; automobile market …In 2002, the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) introduced a Notice on the Competitive Treatment of Vertical … Restraints in Automobile Trade (‘Car Notice’). The objective of the Car Notice has been to strengthen competition in the Swiss …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011236
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How weather-proof is the construction sector? : empirical evidence from Germany
Arntz, Melanie (contributor); Wilke, Ralf A. (contributor) - 2008
With the purpose to reduce winter unemployment and to promote all-season employment in the constructions sector, Germany maintains an extensive bad weather allowance system. Since the mid 1990s, these regulations have been subject to several reforms that resemble the range of approaches for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784704
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Substitutive or complementary? : Innovation subsidies in the German service sector
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001651406
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Do R&D subsidies matter? : evidence for the German service sector
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Fier, Andreas - 2001
In recent times the service sector is often called the driving force of today's economies. This paper analyses the innovative activities of German service firms. We investigate whether firms that receive public subsidies for innovation projects engage more in innovative activities than others....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445968
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Do Ukrainian firms benefit from FDI?
Lutz, Stefan H. (contributor);  … - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001761799
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The effects of regional and industry-wide FDI spillovers on export of Ukrainian firms
Lutz, Stefan (contributor); Talavera, Oleksandr (contributor) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001822540
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Spillover effects of labour market reforms in a three-country world
Fries, Claudia - 2015
I extend the model-based literature on spillover effects of labour market reforms on foreign (un-)employment by allowing for third-country effects. When the workhorse two-country model is enlarged to include a third country, a reform causes an additional indirect effect through a terms-of-trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286047
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Beyond national economy-wide rebound effects : an applied general equilibrium analysis incorporating international spillover effects
Koesler, Simon; Swales, John Kim; Turner, Karen - 2014
This paper proposes that the national focus of energy ‘rebound’ studies should be extended to an international context in the presence of supra-national agreements such as EU 20-20-20. The potential for energy efficiency improvements in one nation to impact energy use in others means that...
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