Germany taxes electricity use since 1999. The government granted reduced rates to energy intensive firms in the … manufacturing sector. We do not find any systematic, statistically significant effects of the electricity tax on firms' turnover …

processes or buildings in the German manufacturing sector based on microdata. In particular, we shed light on the relationship …

determinants of energy efficiency in the German manufacturing sector based on official firm-level production census data. By means … efficiency in most industries of the German manufacturing sector. Furthermore, we find that in most industries exporting and …

structure in Germany. This provides a very useful natural experiment on the impact of increasing proportions of renewable …

manufacturing firms in Germany. Our difference-in-differences framework relies on several parametric conditioning strategies and …

of two distinct national reforms in Germany - the phase-out of nuclear power plants after the Fukushima incident and the …

sourcing of inputs. Using firm-level data from Germany in 2009, which include mainly small and medium-sized firms, the … empirical analysis differentiates between manufacturing and service firms. The results show some differences between the … manufacturing and service sector. Controlling for various sources of firm heterogeneity, the global sourcing probability is …

manufacturing firms. Using administrative firm-level data, I estimate robust production functions for narrowly defined industries …