Für die Unternehmen aus dem verarbeitenden Gewerbe, des Groß- und Einzelhandels sowie des Baugewerbes hat sich die Lage auf dem Kreditmarkt wieder leicht verschlechtert. Die sich eintrübende konjunkturelle Entwicklung in der deutschen Wirtschaft veranlasst die Banken, ihre Kreditrichtlinien...

Nach den aktuellen Umfrageergebnissen des ifo Konjunkturtests hat sich das Kreditklima im verarbeitenden Gewerbe weiter aufgehellt und signalisiert wieder bessere Zugangsbedingungen für Kredite. Die rund 2 400 antwortenden Firmen bescheinigen den Banken damit das siebte Mal in Folge eine...

Carbon emissions from German manufacturing have increased over the past decade, while carbon intensity (emissions per Euro of gross output) has declined only slightly. We decompose changes in emissions between 2005 and 2017 into scale, composition (changes in the mix of goods produced) and...

The present paper deals with the question whether 'Gibrat's law' is applicable to firms founded between 1989 and 1996 within the Western German manufacturing sector or not. The underlying assumption is that size of a firm has no influence on its growth. Growth is rather determined by a process...

The present paper deals with the question whether 'Gibrat's law' is applicable to firms founded between 1989 and 1996 within the Western German manufacturing sector or not. The underlying assumption is that size of a firm has no influence on its growth. Growth is rather determined by a process...

Increasing energy efficiency is one of the main goals in current German energy and climate policies. We study the determinants of energy efficiency in the German manufacturing sector based on official firm-level production census data. By means of a stochastic frontier analysis, we estimate the...