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Public research and industrial innovations in Germany

Beise, Marian; Stahl, Harald - 1998

This paper deals with the effects of publicly funded research at universities, polytechnics and federal research labs on industrial innovations in Germany. We discuss the characteristics of companies that benefit from the findings of public research institutions. In questioning 2,300 companies...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441735

The role of banks in the transmission of monetary policy in the Baltics

Köhler, Matthias (contributor); Hommel, Judith (contributor) - 2006

The paper empirically investigates the monetary transmission mechanism in the Baltic States. The analysis of the transmission channels through which monetary policy shocks are transmitted is particularly important for the European Central Bank that makes monetary policy in an enlarged European...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003273232

Public ICT investment in reaction to the economic crisis : a case study on measuring IT-related intangibles in the public sector

Saam, Marianne; Weinhardt, Laura; Trottner, Lukas - 2016

-related intangibles in government beyond software (including e.g., IT-training, innovation in e-services), (3) investigate how to form …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011570573

Reforming the public administration : the role of crisis and the power of bureaucracy

Asatryan, Zareh; Heinemann, Friedrich; Pitlik, Hans - 2015 - This version: July, 2015

The need to balance austerity with growth policies has put government efficiency high on the economic policy agenda in Europe. Administrative reforms which boost the efficiency of the administration can alleviate the trade-off between consolidation and public service provision. Against such...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300639

Direct democracy and local government efficiency

Asatryan, Zareh; De Witte, Kristof - 2014

This paper studies the role of direct democracy in ensuring efficient and cost effective provision of goods and services in the public sector. The sample consists of the population of municipalities in the German State of Bavaria, where in the mid-1990s considerable direct democratic reforms...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249630

Centralizing tendencies in the public sector in Germany

Stegarescu, Dan (contributor) - 2005

This paper investigates the long-term trend and the underlying determinants of public sector centralization in Germany from 1871 until today. The institutional and the quantitative review of the German history provides no conclusive evidence for a continuous process of government centralization...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003025562

Public sector centralization and productivity growth : reviewing the German experience

Behnisch, Alexej (contributor); Büttner, Thiess (contributor) - 2002

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All quiet on the wage front? : gender, public-private sector issues, and rigidities in the Polish wage structure

Puhani, Patrick A. - 1997

We analyse the Polish wage and unemployment structure between 1992 and 1995 on the basis of the Polish Labour Force Survey. It is shown that within this period wage inequality has stabilised. Surprisingly, wage inequality is lower in the private than in the public sector. Our test results show...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440599

Innovation on demand : can public procurement drive market success of innovations

Aschhoff, Birgit (contributor); Sofka, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2008

Public procurement has been at the centre of recent discussions on innovation policy on both European and national … levels (e.g., Aho-Report, Barcelona Strategy). It has a large potential to stimulate innovation since it accounts for 16% of … combined EU-15 GDP. We embed public procurement for innovation into the broader framework of public policies to stimulate …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003738701

Industrial research versus development investment : the implications of financial constraints

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hottenrott, Hanna; Thorwarth, Susanne - 2009

recipients' investment is less sensitive to internal liquidity. -- Research and development ; liquidity constraints ; innovation …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881344

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