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Essays in empirical macroeconomics with application to monetary policy in a data-rich environment
Amir Ahmadi, Pooyan - 2010
Diese Dissertation besteht aus vier eigenständigen Aufsätzen. Das erste Kapitel liefert eine Einleitung uns einen Literaturüberblick. Im zweiten Kapitel schätzen wir die Effekte eines geldpolitischen Schocks in einer Bayesianischen faktorerweiterten Vektorautoregression. Als ein...
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14.05 Intermediate Applied Macroeconomics, Fall 2002
Temin, Peter - 2002
Uses the tools of macroeconomics to study three macroeconomic policy problems in depth. Possible topics include long-run economic growth, the macroeconomics of the transition to a modern capitalist society, federal government surpluses and deficits, Social Security, the distribution of earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433209
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The Role of Management in the Movement Towards Sustainability : Perceived Responsibilities, Challenges, and Opportunities
Brueckner, Martin - 1998
The aim of this thesis was to explore the role of management in the movement towards ecologically sustainable development (ESD), investigating perceived responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities facing business management today. The point of departure for this study was the acknowledgement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440779
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Global finance and the German model: German corporations, market incentives, and the management of employer-sponsored pension institutions
Clark, Gordon L.; Mansfield, Daniel; Tickell, Adam - 2002
framework of collective decision-making common to many of Germany’s largest firms is under pressure; three models of investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441380
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Spatial R&D Spillovers and Economic Growth - Evidence from West Germany
Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000
The paper bases itself on recent theoretical writings in growth economics that emphasize the effects of both own R&D efforts and of interregional technology spillovers on regions´ productivity. We propose robust estimation techniques to evaluate the R&D spillovers across West German functional...
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The Final Frontier? Border Effects and German Regional Wages
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2002
Recent studies of border effects have focused on the intra-country and inter-country comparison of trade flows. It is found that borders have a negative impact on the size of cross-border trade. In order to estimate border effects on a regional level one needs not only data on inter-country but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442363
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Locating Foreign Affiliates in Germany: The Case of Swedish MNEs
Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - 2001
costs in the Swedish multinational enterprises' (MNEs') decision to locate in Germany. We find that the location decision is … sensitive to the level of wage costs in Germany and in other potential locations in high-income Europe, but not to the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442376
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Threshold Effects and Regional Economic Growth - Evidence from West Germany
Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2001
West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on the growth of West German regions. The paper finds that the relative … real world case, here West Germany, shows that the model might help to explain regional growth patterns.Ausgangspunkt der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442399
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Zur Mikrostruktur des Exportbooms
Wagner, Joachim - 2001
Dieser Aufsatz nutzt geheime Einzeldaten aus amtlichen Erhebungen in niedersächsischen Industriebetrieben, um einen Blick hinter die Kulissen des Exportbooms zu werfen. Hierbei zeigt sich eine ausgeprägte Heterogenität der Exportdynamik zwischen Betrieben innerhalb einer Hauptgruppe,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442408
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MOTIVE FÜR DEN KAUF EINER HEIZUNG - ERGEBNISSE EINER VERBRAUCHERBEFRAGUNG MIT DEM SCHWERPUNKT "HOLZPELLETHEIZUNGEN"
Decker, Thomas - 2007
Paper prepared for presentation at the 7th Industrieforum PelletsStuttgart (Germany), 10th October 2007 …Compared to other heating markets the wood pellets market is quite young and small in Germany. Nevertheless it is a … within the scope of this project. Therefore people in different parts of Germany have been asked about their heating system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442671