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On the origin of the German East-West population gap
Eder, Christoph; Halla, Martin - 2018
The East-West gap in the German population is believed to originate from migrants escaping the socialist regime in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). We use newly collected regional data and the combination of a regression discontinuity design in space with a difference-in-differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011922199
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On the origin and composition of the German East-West population gap
Eder, Christoph; Halla, Martin - 2018
The East-West gap in the German population is believed to originate from migrants escaping the socialist regime in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). We use newly collected regional data and the combination of a regression discontinuity design in space with a difference-in-differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011958646
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Retail productivity : investigating the influence of market size and regional hierarchy
Öner, Özge - 2014
This paper investigates the determinants of the productivity of independent retail stores in Sweden by focusing on the impact of market size and regional hierarchy while controlling for several store and employee characteristics over time. The analysis utilizes Swedish store-level data for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010437068
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Dismantled once, diverged forever? : a quasi-natural experiment of Red Army misdeeds in post-WWII Europe
Ochsner, Christian - 2017
I study the economic consequences of the Red Army's misdeeds after WWII. I exploit differences in spatial economic activity across the arbitrarily drawn and only for 74 days lasting liberation demarcation line between the Red Army and the Western Allies in South Austria. Dismantling and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011721226
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Quarterly GDP estimates for the German states
Lehmann, Robert; Wikman, Ida - 2022
To date, only annual information on economic activity is published for the 16 German states. In this paper, we calculate quarterly regional GDP estimates for the period between 1995 to 2020, thereby improving the regional database in Germany. The new data set will regularly be updated when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173579
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Quarterly GDP estimates for the German States : new data for business cycle analyses and long-run dynamics
Lehmann, Robert; Wikman, Ida - 2023
To date, only annual information on economic activity is published for the 16 German states. In this paper, we calculate quarterly regional GDP estimates for the period between 1995 to 2021, thereby improving the regional database for Germany. The new data set will regularly be updated when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013549105
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Vertical bargaining and retail competition : what drives countervailing power?
Gaudin, Germain - 2015
This paper investigates the effects of mergers, entry, and exit in retail markets when input prices are negotiated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334106
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Entry regulations, welfare and determinants of market structure
Maican, Florín G.; Orth, Matilda - 2015
We use a dynamic oligopoly model of entry and exit with store-type differentiation to evaluate how entry regulations … demand, recover variable profits, and estimate entry costs and fixed costs by store type. Counterfactual policy experiments … show that welfare increases when competition is enhanced by lower entry costs. Protecting small stores by imposing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412927
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Entry regulations, product differentiation and determinants of market structure
Maican, Florín G.; Orth, Matilda - 2013
We use a dynamic oligopoly model of entry and exit to evaluate how entry regulations affect profitability and market … stores in Sweden, we find that the average entry costs for small and large stores are 10 and 18 percent lower, respectively …, in markets with liberal compared with restrictive regulations. Counterfactual simulations show that lower entry costs in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010206790
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Vertical bargaining and retail competition : what drives countervailing power?
Gaudin, Germain - 2017
This paper investigates the effects of changes in retail market concentration when input prices are negotiated. Results are derived from a model of bilateral Nash-bargaining between upstream and downstream firms which allows for general forms of demand and retail competition. Whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654786