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Does EU cohesion policy promote growth? : evidence from regional data and alternative econometric approaches
Mohl, Philipp (contributor); Hagen, Tobias (contributor) - 2008
This paper analyses the growth effects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1 / NUTS-2 regions over the time period 1995-2005. We extend the current literature with regard to at least three aspects: First of all, we extend the time period of investigation, using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770912
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Kollektive Lohnverhandlungen und Auslandsdirektinvestitionen : eine empirische Studie mit Firmendaten
Peters, Ralf-Henning - 2000
Diese Studie untersucht den Einfluss des Tarifvertragssystems auf die Entscheidung von Unternehmen, im Ausland zu investieren. Ein Lohnverhandlungsmodell zeigt, dass produktive Unternehmen durch Flächentarifverträge im Heimatland begünstigt werden und seltener im Ausland investieren als bei...
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Productivity effects of business process outsourcing : a firm-level investigation based on panel data
Ohnemus, Jörg - 2009
-level productivity. The results are robust across different estimation techniques. -- Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) ; Productivity …This paper analyses the impact of business process outsourcing (BPO) on firm productivity based on a comprehensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922594
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The labour share of income : heterogeneous causes for parallel movements?
Hogrefe, Jan; Kappler, Marcus - 2010
support for a dynamic estimation setup and derive statements regarding the homogeneity assumption with respect to the three … most prominent explanatory variables in the literature: the capital-output ratio, total factor productivity and trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961521
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Works councils and the productivity impact of direct employee participation
Zwick, Thomas - 2003
productivity effect can only be measured in establishments with works councils, i.e. employee induced participation. The estimation …This paper measures the productivity impact of management-led participative establishment practices. On the basis of a … reduction of hierarchies and autonomous work groups in 1997 significantly increases average establishment productivity in 1997 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448687
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Are intangibles more productive in ICT-intensive industries? : evidence from EU countries
Chen, Wen; Niebel, Thomas; Saam, Marianne - 2014
productivity growth. The sectoral setting further allows us to identify the differential impacts of intangible capital across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416341
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Econometric evaluation of EU Cohesion Policy : a survey
Hagen, Tobias; Mohl, Philipp - 2009
More than one third of the European Union's total budget is spent on socalled Cohesion Policy via the structural funds. Its main purpose is to promote the development of the EU and to support convergence between the levels of development of the various European regions. Investigating the impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881569
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Innovation, creative destruction and structural change : firm-level evidence from European Countries
Dachs, Bernhard; Hud, Martin; Köhler, Christian; … - 2016
' effects in the literature, by employment losses from process and organisational innovation and by general productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011563084
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The impacts of the EU ETS on efficiency : an empirical analyses for German manufacturing firms
Löschel, Andreas; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes; Managi, Shunsuke - 2016
We investigate the effect of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on the economic performance of manufacturing firms in Germany. Our difference-in-differences framework relies on several parametric conditioning strategies and nearest neighbor matching. As a measure of economic...
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Offshoring and ICT : evidence for German manufacturing and service firms
Rasel, Fabienne - 2012
enterprise software and e-commerce purchases from suppliers make offshoring more likely. Labour productivity and the realisation … confirms the productivity advantage of offshoring in comparison to non-offshoring firms that is stated in the literature …In this paper, I analyse the relationship between offshoring and ICT at the firm level differentiating between …
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