Die kommunale Wirtschafts- und Standortpolitik muss sich neuen Rahmenbedingungen anpassen. So haben der anhaltende Trend der Urbanisierung, der Klimawandel, die Folgen der demografischen Veränderungen sowie die Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auch Einfluss auf die Standortentscheidungen von...

It is argued that the observed return rates on capital at firm-level have an upward bias if firms are producing with unobserved intangible capital. Using EUKLEED, a comprehensive firm level data base for Germany, this theoretical preposition is proved empirically. Furthermore, making unobserved...

We study the role of establishment-specific wage premiums in generating recent increases in West German wage inequality. Models with additive fixed effects for workers and establishments are fit in four sub-intervals spanning the period from 1985 to 2009. We show that these models provide a good...