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The diffusion of cattle ranching and deforestation : prospects for a hollow frontier in Mexico's Yucatán
Busch, Christopher B.; Vance, Colin - In: Land economics : applied research on environmental resources 87 (2011) 4, pp. 682-698
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376662
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The diffusion of cattle ranching and deforestation : prospects for a hollow frontier in Mexico’s Yucatán
Busch, Christopher B.; Vance, Colin - 2011
This article investigates the behavioral drivers of pasture creation and associated implications for deforestation in a 22,000 km2 agricultural frontier spanning the base of Mexico‘s southern Yucatán. After developing a theoretical model that highlights the role of social networks and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008935247
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Exchange rate pass-through into German import prices : a disaggregated perspective
Beckmann, Joscha; Belke, Ansgar; Verheyen, Florian - 2013
This study analyzes the exchange rate pass-through into German import prices based on disaggregated data taken on a monthly basis between 1995 and 2012. Our main contribution is twofold: firstly, we employ various time-series techniques to analyze data for different product categories, and also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771153
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Driving forces of informal labour supply and demand in Germany
Haigner, Stefan; Jenewein, Stefan; Schneider, Friedrich; … - In: International labour review 152 (2013) 3/4, pp. 507-524
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The relationship between profit-sharing schemes and R&D activities : evidence from German firm-level data
D'Andria, Diego; Übelmesser, Silke - In: Industry and innovation 28 (2021) 8, pp. 990-1016
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The winding road to industrial safety: Evidence on the effects of environmental liability on accident prevention in Germany
Hoffmeister, Onno; Schwarze, Reimund - 2007
The German Environmental Liability Law (ELL) of 1991 has introduced far-reaching civil liability for environmental damages with the aim to increase firms? efforts to prevent accidents. Previous studies find poor evidence that this goal has actually been achieved. One and a half decades after the...
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Why are mothers working longer hours in Austria than in Germany? A comparative micro simulation analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293998
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Exports, R&D and productivity: A test of the Bustos-model with German enterprise data
Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper presents the first empirical test with German firm level data of a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in...
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Lingering illness or sudden death? Pre-exit employment developments in German establishments
Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear shadow of death effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294474
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Trading many goods with many countries: Exporters and importers from German manufacturing industries
Wagner, Joachim - 2012
In Germany, for the reporting year 2009 transaction-level data on exports and imports of goods have been aggregated at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294477