term effects of regulation on innovation. Second, whether the impact of different types of regulation differ by type of the … Community Innovation Survey 2009, in which companies were asked to cite the respective regulations to be responsive for the … regulation on innovation. Furthermore, different types of regulations varied with respect to their impact on several …

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 investigate the relationship between corporate and country sustainability on the cost of bank loans. We look into … operating in all major industries. Our principal findings reveal that country sustainability related to both social and … of one unit in country sustainability scores is associated with an average decrease in the costs of debt by 64 basis …

challenges for its sustainability. Therefore, recently suggested reform options are discussed at the end of the paper showing … ; Financial Situation ; Sustainability ; Reform Options …

-term sustainability. We argue that the latest reforms have moved pension provision in Germany in principle from a defined benefit to a … ; Financial Crisis ; Fiscal Sustainability Survey ; Germany …

This paper analyses Greek fiscal sustainability from a retrospective and a prospective view. Implications of Greek … fiscal (un)sustainability are discussed. In the empirical analysis econometric testing of Greek government solvency during … alternative hypotheses. -- Greece ; euro area ; fiscal policy ; policy rules ; fiscal sustainability …