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of two distinct national reforms in Germany - the phase-out of nuclear power plants after the Fukushima incident and the …
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A growing literature investigates how firms' innovation input reacts to changes in the business cycle. However, so far there is no evidence whether there is cyclicality in the effects of innovation on firm performance as well. In this paper, we investigate the employment effects of innovations...
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In this paper we consider trends in the distribution of player talent across association football clubs over time. Player talent is the most important prerequisite for team success in professional sports leagues and changes in players' assortativeness in regard to the clubs they play for may...
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We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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science. Based on a sample of more than 1,000 scientists at universities and public research institutes in Germany, this paper …
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sich in den letzten Jahren hybride Kapitalinstrumente auf den Finanzmärkten in Europa etabliert und gewinnen zunehmend an …
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This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...
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innovative technology within this trajectory. As for the diffusion of SC, the paper concentrates on Germany, USA, China and Japan … Germany in terms of regulation. In the near future, demand advantages will switch to China. This supports also the hypothesis …
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used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and regions (China …, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and North America) as well as in groups of countries with similar levels of knowledge (country …&D cooperation. -- Internationalisation of R&D ; Innovation ; Absorptive Capacities ; Market Structure ; China ; Asia ; Emerging …
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concerning more efficient fossil fuel combustion and explores the potentials for lead markets for these technologies in China …, Germany, Japan and the USA taking into account the different regulation schemes in these countries. We concentrate on … in terms of supply factors, China in terms of price, demand and regulation advantage. This supports the hypothesis that …
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