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Minimum wages and competition: The case of the German roofing sector
Kraft, Kornelius; Rammer, Christian; Gottschalk, Sandra - 2012
This paper analyses the effects of minimum wages on competition in the German roofing sector. The case is particularly interesting since this sector is faced with a uniform minimum wage despite significant regional disparities in productivity and wages. As a control industry we take the plumbing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010310951
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Minimum wages and competition : the case of the German roofing sector
Kraft, Kornelius; Rammer,Christian; Gottschalk, Sandra - 2012
This paper analyses the effects of minimum wages on competition in the German roofing sector. The case is particularly interesting since this sector is faced with a uniform minimum wage despite significant regional disparities in productivity and wages. As a control industry we take the plumbing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675281
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Innovation dynamics and endogenous market structure : econometric results from aggregated survey data
Gottschalk, Sandra; Janz, Norbert Helmut - 2001
This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous framework at the industry level of aggregation. We use a model in which R&D affects both, demand and cost conditions. An optimization process leads to optimal industry R&D expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446652
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Minimum Wages and Competition : The Case of the German Roofing Sector
Kraft, Kornelius - 2012
This paper analyses the effects of minimum wages on competition in the German roofing sector. The case is particularly interesting since this sector is faced with a uniform minimum wage despite significant regional disparities in productivity and wages. As a control industry we take the plumbing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096209
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Founder's human capital, entry strategies and start-up size
Gottschalk, Sandra; Müller, Kathrin; Niefert, Michaela - 2009
entry strategies. We find that in addition to industry effects start-up size is considerably influenced by the human capital … capital tends to have a larger impact on initial size than generic human capital. Entry strategies are expected to have a … crucial influence on start-up size, because objectives of market entry largely determine the resources a firm requires. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003846123
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Innovation Dynamics and Endogenous Market Structure Econometric Results from Aggregated Survey Data
Gottschalk, Sandra; Janz, Norbert - 2013
This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous framework at the industry level of aggregation. We use a model in which R&D affects both, demand and cost conditions. An optimization process leads to optimal industry R&D expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014109094
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Founder's Human Capital, Entry Strategies and Start-Up Size
Gottschalk, Sandra; Niefert, Michaela; Muller, Katrin - 2009
entry strategies. We find that in addition to industry effects start-up size is considerably influenced by the human capital … capital tends to have a larger impact on initial size than generic human capital. Entry strategies are expected to have a … crucial influence on start-up size, because objectives of market entry largely determine the resources a firm requires. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206378