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Are incentives for R&D effective? : evidence from a regression discontinuity approach
Bronzini, Raffaello; Iachini, Eleonora - 2012
This paper contributes to the literature on the effectiveness of R&D incentives by evaluating a unique investment … scored above a certain threshold received the subsidy. We use a sharp regression discontinuity design to compare investment … whole we find no significant increase in investment as a result of the program. This overall effect, however, masks …
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Are firms in business groups more productive? : an empirical analysis based on German micro-level data with a special emphasis on the roles of regional and sectoral diversity
Biewen, Elena; Koch, Andreas - 2012 - Preliminiary version
The present paper analyses whether and how the affiliation of a firm to a business group affects its productivity. Based on novel data consisting of official firm data from the German Business Register including ownership information from Bureau van Dijk's MARKUS database and from the Cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508687
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Evolution of business models in French competitiveness clusters and the role of intermediaries : the case of horticultural varietal creation : ERSA 54th Congress, 26-29 August 2014...
Leroux, Isabelle; Muller, Paul; Plottu, Béatrice; … - 2014
A device central to the French cluster (Competitiveness pole) policy is the financing of collaborative projects aimed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509825
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Changes in spatial structure of commercial activity in Central European towns : case of southwest Poland (1990-2010). Traditional shops vs. modern shopping structures
Szumilas, Agnieszka - 2012
Commercial sector, during the times of centrally planned economy was particularly neglected in Poland, as in all Eastern European countries. Economic transformation and political changes in the country after 1989 induced the development of the commercial sector. The subjects of the research are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521657
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Mobile market performance and market structure in Europe during the 4G era
Abate, Serafino; Bahia, Kalvin; Castells, Pau - 2020
, which translates into lower network performance, to the detriment of consumers. We also find evidence of investment per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484159
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The information paradox in a monopolist's credence goods market
Jost, Peter-J.; Reik, Steffen; Ressi, Anna - 2019
Credence goods markets, such as those for car repairs and medical treatments, are generally characterized by an ex-ante and ex-post information asymmetry between the uninformed buyer and the informed seller. Previous literature demonstrates that efficiency and fraud in a monopolist credence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286246
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On the determinants of cloud computing adoption
Ohnemus, Jörg; Niebel, Thomas - 2016
Cloud computing is widely seen as a new source of innovation as well as a driving factor of productivity improvements of firms. This paper analyses the determinants of cloud computing adoption in general as well as for specific deployment (Public vs. Private) and service models (SaaS, IaaS,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603833
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Multinational banking : the crisis and its policy response
Muting, Miriam - 2019
loanable funds, has curiously persisted throughout the recovery stage of the crisis and consequent policy interventions. We … financial environment. We show that regulatory and monetary policy measures, as enacted after the crisis, have a differential … crisis. During and after the crisis, banks actively reduced their share of foreign relative to domestic banking activity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317329
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Backing the right horse : entry versus fixed costs subsidies
Röhe, Oke; Stähler, Nikolai - 2019
determining the welfare effects of the respective policy measurers. Our results therefore illustrate the importance of considering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317396
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Demographics and the decline in firm entry : lessons from a life-cycle model
Röhe, Oke; Stähler, Nikolai - 2020
decrease in US firm entry rates. In addition to the negative effects of a slowdown in working-age population growth on firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437547