between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …

rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …

on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …

-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …

This paper analyzes price differentials among conventional, cage-free, organic, andOmega-3 eggs using retail scanner … locations; price premiums for organic over conventional eggs inDallas are almost twice as high as those in San Francisco …. Estimates indicate that about42% of the typically observed premium for cage-free eggs over conventional eggs (and36% of the …

studied the localization of a poultry agro-industry and optimized its net, from the integrated to the consumers, determining …