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Product diversification and labor productivity dispersion in German manufacturing industries
Söllner, René - 2010
Empirical research has shown tremendous productivity differences, even within narrowly defined industries. A great host … of studies is explainsing this productivity disparity by factors such as idiosyncratic technology shocks, input price … diversification across industry establishments is positively related to within-industry labor productivity dispersion. -- Product …
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Allocative efficiency, plant dynamics and regional productivity : evidence from Germany
Bruhn, Simon; Grebel, Thomas - 2023
a critical role in explaining regional disparities in productivity. In fact, we show that over 50% of the East …-West productivity gap is associated with a less efficient labor allocation in former East Germany. Yet, we also demonstrate that the … suggest that regional productivity differences could be substantially narrowed by a more efficient labor allocation among …
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What Drives the Productive Efficiency of a Firm? The Importance of Industry, Location, R&D, and Size
Badunenko, Oleg; Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2008
This paper investigates the factors that explain the level and dynamics of manufacturing firm productive efficiency. In our empirical analysis, we use a unique sample of about 39,000 firms in 256 industries from the German Cost Structure Census over the years 1992-2005. We estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218990
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The fall and rebound of average establishment size in West Germany
Kovalenko, Tim; Sauerbier, Timo; Schröpf, Benedikt - 2024
productivity. …
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The fall and rebound of average establishment size in West Germany
Kovalenko, Tim; Sauerbier, Timo; Schröpf, Benedikt - 2023
productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014305173
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Employment effects of regulatory thresholds for French and German companies : a study commissioned by the French Senate
Poutvaara, Panu; Drometer, Marcus; Méango, Romuald; … - 2017
This study presents a comparative analysis of regulatory thresholds applicable to firms in France and in Germany. A central question tackled by the report is whether regulations related to limits on firms’ employment appear to prevent French firms from growing above these thresholds. The first...
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The impact of regulation-driven environmental innovation on innovation success and firm performance
Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - 2010
The impact of environmental innovations on firm performance is ambiguous. On the one hand, regulatory-driven environmental innovation may impose additional costs to firms and lower their profits. On the other hand, eco-innovators could profit from lower uncertainty in innovation due to...
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The Impact of Regulation-Driven Environmental Innovation on Innovation Success and Firm Performance
Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - 2010
The impact of environmental innovations on firm performance is ambiguous. On the one hand, regulatory-driven environmental innovation may impose additional costs to firms and lower their profits. On the other hand, eco-innovators could profit from lower uncertainty in innovation due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014190159
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The impact of firm entry regulation on long-living entrants
Prantl, Susanne - 2010
What is the impact of firm entry regulation on sustained entry into self-employment? How does firm entry regulation influence the performance of long-living entrants? In this paper, I address these questions by exploiting a natural experiment in firm entry regulation. After German reunification,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662646
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Internal rent seeking, works councils, and optimal establishment size
Beckmann, Michael; Kräkel, Matthias - 2011
Using a microeconomic model and data from the Establishment Panel of the German Institute for Employment Research, we analyze the optimal establishment size against the background of rent-seeking workers and the influence of works councils. The theoretical part shows that establishment size has...
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