replicates exactly this investigation using the KombiFiD sample in a second step. For West Germany a comparison of the results … picture is not in favour of the quality of the KombiFiD sample for East Germany where the KombiFiD sample is too small and …

the micro-structure of the recent export collapse in manufacturing industries in Germany during the crisis of 2008 …

Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …

manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the …

This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using … providing the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival in Germany, one of the most important … for foreign owned firms in West Germany but not in East Germany. …

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2011, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socio … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …

West German firms from business services industries. For East Germany, however, the number of business services firms seems …