This report grew out of various needs. First, the aim to demonstrate undergraduate studentsthe differentiation of the German public service necessitated the development ofthe multi-dimensional graph we repeatedly employ here (see 1.4). Second, internationalscientific exchange made it clear that...

The paper aims to account for the empirical stylised facts re-lated to changes in sectoral structures that have led to the growthof services in most advanced countries over recent decades. A growthmodel with evolutionary micro{founded structural change is devel-oped, which formalises the role of...

The sector analysis of the Second-Hand sector underpins that the sector seems tocomparatively heterogeneous on the European level. The numerous different kinds ofbusinesses and business fields along with the different corporate structures and employeescontribute to the high variety of the...

Wie die Sektoranalyse des Secondhand-Sektors deutlich macht, erscheint dieser zunächstauf europäischer Ebene relativ heterogen. So tragen die zahlreichen unterschiedlichenGeschäftsarten und Geschäftsfelder, aber auch die verschiedenen betrieblichen Strukturenund Beschäftigten dazu bei, dass...

This paper investigates how increases in concentration can be interrupted or reversed by changes in how firms compete on quality. We examine the U.S. hotel industry during the past half century. We document that starting in the early 1980s, quality competition came more in the form of costs that...

Is there a relationship between a region's industrial structure and employment growth? Wolfgang Dauth pursues this question in three self-contained studies. These studies each examine a different aspect of this topic and form the three main chapters of this book. Chapter 2 ('Agglomeration and...

Grenzüberschreitende Umstrukturierungen wurden bislang unter Nutzung traditionellerStrukturmodelle als Übernahmen oder Zusammenschluss zwischen Gleichen mitöffentlichen Erwerbsangeboten gegen bar oder Aktien vollzogen. Eine grenzüberschreitendeVerschmelzung im rechtstechnischen Sinne war...

Übersichtsänderungen über die Steuerrechtsänderungen seit 1964