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Labour demand in Germany : an assessment of non-wage labour costs
Chen, Yu-Fu; Funke, Michael - 2003
The data indicate that non-wage labour costs in Germany have reached a record high in recent years. From 1972 to 2001, the ratio of non-wage labour costs to direct compensation in West German manufacturing industry rose from 55.6 per cent to 81.2 per cent. The topic of non-wage labour costs is...
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Comparison of the investment behavior of German and Kazahkhstani farmers : an experimental approach
Tubetov, Dulat; Maart-Nölck, Syster Christin; … - 2012
Kazakhstan and Germany have different development levels of the agricultural sectors. One of the explanations for this fact might be the different investment behavior of farmers in the two countries. We experimentally analyze whether the investment behavior of farmers is consistent with the...
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Cyclical price fluctuations caused by information inertia : evidence from the German call-by-call telephone market
Baier, Antje; Bolle, Friedel - 2005
The 2002 prices of suppliers in German call-by-call telephone market are rather dispersed, out-of-phase (uncorrelated), and show systematic down-up movements. In 2004, these prices are less dispersed, more in-phase and show more upwards runs than downs-ups. In both years, we clearly do not...
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Do plants freeze upon uncertainty shocks?
Mecikovsky, Ariel M.; Meier, Matthias - 2014 - Preprint, This version: August 28, 2014, (Preliminary version)
Following the real option literature, whether or not uncertainty shocks drive business cycles depends on the degree of adjustment frictions. The more plants freeze and remain inactive in response to increased uncertainty, the stronger the adverse effects on the economic activity. Using quarterly...
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Product market competition, corporate governance and firm performance : an empirical analysis for Germany
Januszewski, Silke I.; Köke, F. Jens; Winter, Joachim - 1999
comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443499
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A new price test in geographic market definition : an application to German retail gasoline market
Bantle, Melissa; Muijs, Matthias - 2018
Market delineation is a fundamental tool in modern antitrust analysis. However, the definition of relevant markets can be very difficult in practice. This preliminary draft applies a new methodology combining a simple price correlation test with hierarchical clustering -a method known from...
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Germany's market transparency unit for fuels : fostering collusion or competition?
Horvath, Marco - 2019
To increase competition in the retail market for gasoline, Germany's Federal Cartel Office established the so … margins of gas stations. We find that the MTU fostered a more intense competition, with a reduction in price margins of 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012155116
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Product market competition, corporate governance and firm performance: an empirical analysis for Germany
Januszewski, Silke I.; Köke, Jens; Winter, Joachim K. - 1999
comparison with the United States. It has been argued that lack of product market competition and poor corporate governance are … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297660
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Corporate governance, market discipline, and productivity growth
Köke, Jens - 2001
for firms in financial distress. Regarding market discipline, productivity grows faster when competition on product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297792
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A simple model of health insurance competition
Kemnitz, Alexander - 2010
This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We … consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health … contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that contribution rate competition yields lower company profits and higher …
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