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Social custom, free-riders, and trade union membership in Germany and Great Britain

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 1998

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Real and Financial Integration in Europe - Evidence for the Accession States and for the Pre-Ins

Buch, Claudia M.; Döpke, Jörg - 1999

-ins for monetary union with respect to Germany. Using tests for cointegration and common features for monthly data during the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285355

Why do firms recruit internationally? Result from the IZA International Employer Survey 2000

Winkelmann, Rainer - 2002

The paper studies the demand for foreign university graduates at the firm level. Using a unique dataset on recruitment policies of firms in four European countries, the determinants of demand for internationally mobile highly skilled employees are established. I investigate the number, origin,...

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Business Cycle Volatility in Germany

Buch, Claudia M.; Doepke, Joerg; Pierdzioch, Christian - 2002

structural breaks in the dynamics and the volatility of the real output process in Germany can be detected. We report evidence … that output volatility has declined in Germany. Yet, this decline in output volatility is not as clear-cut as it is in the … in Germany reflects good economic and monetary policy or merely ?good luck?. …

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Why Do Banks Go Abroad? - Evidence from German Data

Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign activities of German banks. We use regionally disaggregated panel data for the years 1981?98 and distinguish foreign direct investment from total foreign assets of domestic banks, of their foreign branches and their...

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Foreign Competition and Disintermediation: No Threat to the German Banking System?

Golder, Stefan M.; Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

fact that universal banking in Germany creates implicit barriers to entry. Yet, regulatory and informational differences …

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What Determines Maturity? An Analysis for Foreign Assets of German Commercial Banks

Buch, Claudia M. - 2000

Surges and reversals of short-term foreign liabilities are often held responsible for instabilities in international financial markets. Yet, empirical evidence on the factors determining the maturity of capital flows is scant. This paper analyzes the determinants of foreign assets of German...

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German Works Councils in the Production Process

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2003

In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that plants with work councils have 25 to 30 per cent higher productivity than their works-councilfree counterparts. Such findings can only serve to buttress the strong theoretical and policy interest in the German...

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Norm-Based Trade Union Membership: Evidence for Germany

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2003

for social custom effects in the determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for …

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Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus : First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Schank, Thorsten - 2004

trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia …

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