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Backing the right horse : entry versus fixed costs subsidies

Röhe, Oke; Stähler, Nikolai - 2019

. In particular, our findings highlight the key role of business dynamism and its implications for productivity in …

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Temporary VAT reduction during the lockdown : evidence from Germany

Clemens, Marius; Röger, Werner - 2021

This paper evaluates the temporary VAT reduction invoked by the German government over the third and fourth quarter of 2020 as part of the COVID-19 stimulus package. There is considerable controversy. Critics argue that VAT reductions are ineffective in the presence of lockdown measures in place...

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The aging-inflation puzzle : on the interplay between aging, inflation and pension systems

Härtl, Klaus; Leite, Duarte - 2019 - This version: February 2019

This paper focuses on the empirically observed relationship between demographic change and inflation and explores the … demographic change and inflation dynamics. We are the first to formally disentangle the two components of demographic change …: population size and structure, and determine how they separately affect inflation. We find that changes in population size are a …

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Fundamental determinants of exchange rate expectations

Beckmann, Joscha; Czudaj, Robert - 2020

This paper provides a new perspective on the exchange rate disconnect puzzle by referring to the expectations building mechanism in foreign exchange markets. Therefore, we analyze the role of expectations regarding macroeconomic fundamentals for expected exchange rate changes. In doing so, we...

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How important are agglomeration effects for plant performance? : empirical evidence for Germany

Fuchs, Michaela; Ludewig, Oliver - 2010 - Preliminary version

to influence productivity. To this end we estimate plant-level production functions augmented by regional characteristics …

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Neighborhood effects on productivity : a knowledge spillover analysis using geocoded data

Larsson, Johan P. - 2012 - JIBS Friday seminar draft, June, 1st, 2012, Unpublished manuscript

This paper exploits a geocoded, publicly audited, full population dataset on employment and wages in Sweden's city areas, to analyze the relationship between density of economic activity and individual wages. The analysis is based on 250-by-250 meter (about 0.15 miles), 1 km2, 9 km2 and 100 km2...

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Technological change, relative worker productivity, and firm-level substitution : evidence from the NBA

Gannaway, Grant; Palsson, Craig; Price, Joseph; Sims, … - In: Journal of sports economics 15 (2014) 5, pp. 478-496

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Import competition and firm productivity : evidence from German manufacturing

Braeuer, Richard; Mertens, Matthias; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2020

This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

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Demographic change and the German current account surplus

Schön, Matthias - 2019 - Preliminary version

This paper analyses whether the severe demographic change in Germany causes its high current account surpluses. An ageing population both increases the supply and lowers demand of capital in an economy. Due to a longer life span individuals save more. Fewer workers reduce the optimal capital...

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Growing like Germany : local public debt, local banks, low private investment

Hoffmann, Mathias; Stewen, Iryna; Stiefel, Michael - 2021 - This version: December 2020, first version: August 2019

The paper uses a panel of more than 1m German firms over 2010-2016, to provide the first firm-bank level evidence of local crowding out for a developed economy characterized by low interest rates and fiscal austerity. Our mechanism relies on two structural features of Germany's banking...

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