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The German sub-national government bond market: evolution, yields and liquidity

Schulz, Alexander; Wolff, Guntram B. - 2008

The paper presents a comprehensive data set of all bonds issued by the sixteen German states (L¨ander) since 1992. It thus provides a complete picture of a capital market comparable in size to funds raised in the German fixed income market for corporations. The quantitative analysis reveals...

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Measurement matters: Input price proxies and bank efficiency in Germany

Koetter, Michael - 2005

Most bank efficiency studies that use stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) employ each bank's own implicit input price when estimating efficient frontiers. But the theoretical foundation of most studies is a cost minimisation and/ or profit maximisation problem assuming perfect input markets. At...

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Evaluating the German bank merger wave

Koetter, Michael - 2005

German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However, the success of bank mergers remains a continuous matter of debate. In this paper we suggest a taxonomy as how to evaluate post-merger performance on the basis of cost efficiency (CE). We categorise mergers a success that...

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The stability of efficiency rankings when risk-preferences and objectives are different

Koetter, Michael - 2006

We analyze the stability of efficiency rankings of German universal banks between 1993 and 2004. First, we estimate traditional efficiency scores with stochastic cost and alternative profit frontier analysis. Then, we explicitly allow for different risk preferences and measure efficiency with a...

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Measuring the Knowledge Base of Regional Innovation Systems in Germany in terms of a Triple Helix Dynamics

Leydesdorff, Loet; Fritsch, Michael - 2005

positive or negative. On the basis of data at the district level in Germany the conclusions of a previous study about the … einer früheren, für die Niederlande durchgeführten Studie auch auf Deutschland zutreffen. Wie in den Niederlanden erweist … sich auch in Deutschland die medium-tech Industrie als wesentliche Triebkraft der regionalen Wissensbasis während die …

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Efficiency Analysis of German Electricity Distribution Utilities : Non-Parametric and Parametric Tests

von Hirschhausen, Christian R.; Cullmann, Astrid - 2005

distribution companies in Germany. We address traditional issues in electricity sector benchmarking, such as the role of scale … effects and optimal utility size, as well as new evidence specific to the situation in Germany This paper applies parametric … and non-parametric and parametric tests to asses the efficiency of electricity distribution companies in Germany. We use …

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Risk-Adjusted Capitation Payments: How Well Do Principal Inpatient Diagnosis-Based Models Work in the German Situation? Results From a Large Data Set

Behrend, Corinne; Buchner, Florian; Happich, Michael; … - 2004

implemented in Germany's Statutory Health Insurance system by January 1, 2007. German parliament decided this as with the existing …

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Die Zyklik der Profite in der Ernährungswirtschaft: Ein internationaler Vergleich.

Koerner, Julia; Weiss, Christoph R. - 2001

der Profite verschiedener Branchen der Ernährungswirtschaft in Deutschland, den USA sowie den Niederlanden. Aus der … prozyklische Schwankungen der Profite in Deutschland in hochkonzentrierten Branchen, während das Ausmaß der Schwankungen in … Branchen mit niedriger Konzentration in Deutschland sowie in sämtlichen Branchen der USA gering ist. Die Beobachtungen für …

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Staggering and Synchronisation of Prices in a Low Inflation Environment: Evidence from German Food Stores

Loy, Jens-Peter; Weiss, Christoph R. - 2002

synchronisation of weekly prices for ten food products in 131 grocery stores in Germany over the period from May 1995 to December 2000 …

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Agriculture on the Move: Exploring Regional Differences in Farm Exit Rates

Glauben, Thomas; Tietje, Hendrik; Weiss, Christoph R. - 2003

during the period of 1991 to 1999. Using county-level data for 326 regions in western Germany, econometric cross section …

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