Corporate Identity (CI) ist keineswegs nur etwas für die "Großen". Vorliegender Ansatz bietet so viel wertvolle Einsichten und praktische Hilfen bei der Unternehmensführung, dass auch Selbstständigen und kleinen Unternehmen dringend zu empfehlen ist, sich damit zu beschäftigen. Mit Hilfe...

A comparative analysis of manufacturing in Germany, Japan and the United States is provided using measures related to levels of relative prices, comparative productivity and unit labour costs.

A comparative analysis of manufacturing in Germany, Japan and the United States is provided using measures related to levels of relative prices, comparative productivity and unit labour costs.

Researchers use (quasi-)experimental methods to estimate how shocks affect directly treated firms and households. Such methods typically do not account for general equilibrium spillover effects. I outline a method that estimates spillovers operating among groups of firms and households. I argue...

This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the “Hartz IV” reform, which reduced the generosity of long-term unemployment benefits. We propose a model with different unemployment durations, where the reform initiates both a partial effect and an equilibrium...

Our paper analyzes the role of public employment agencies in job matching, in particular the effects of the restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment. Based on two microeconomic datasets, we show that the...

Our paper analyzes the role of public employment agencies in job matching, in particular the effects of the restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment. Based on two microeconomic datasets, we show that the...

Despite some progress, German macroeconomists are generally dissatisfied with access to important data in Germany. Legal, technical and organisational obstacles abound, in particular as far as mergers of data sets from heterogeneous sources are concerned. This article suggests a number of...