In seinem monatlichen Konjunkturtest fragt das ifo Institut die teilnehmenden Unternehmen nach ihren voraussichtlichen inländischen Verkaufspreisänderungen in den nächsten drei Monaten. Diese Ergebnisse des ifo Konjunkturtests zu den Preiserwartungen der befragten Unternehmer bilden einen...

This paper examines the effect of the international competitiveness of home producers on their pricing. Evidence based on the 1970-75 period suggests the claim that in the Canadian manufacturing sector domestic prices are set in accordance with a mixture of two pricing hypotheses: the...

The quarterly empirical relationship between Mexican manufacturing labor productivity and salaries 1993-2015 is examined for causality and whether first order labor market equilibrium is evident. An equilibrium would mean salaries and labor productivity are cointegrated. Wages above productivity...

The relevance of environmental activities has increased both in research and practice. Yet, there is only little systematic insight into such activities of firms, particularly regarding human resource management aspects. This study improves the empirical knowledge for the manufacturing sector,...

Using quantile regression and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants this paper documents that the impact of plant characteristics on export activities varies along the conditional size distribution of the export/sales ratio.

Using the model recently developed by Jaumandreu (2003) this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations using specific information provided by CIS data. It...

Extending a recently developed multi-product model and distinguishing between different product and process innovation activities, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in manufacturing and service firms in Germany. The model is tailor-made...

The paper provides evidence concerning incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in services and manufacturing, using a new and large employer survey on wage and price setting behaviour for Germany. We observe that wage freezes are more frequent in services than in manufacturing, whereas...

Nach den aktuellen Ergebnissen der ifo Investitionsumfrage wollen die Unternehmen des deutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbes 2018 ihre Investitionen in neue Maschinen und Bauten um nominal rund 9% erhöhen. Für das Jahr 2017 ergaben die Meldungen der Befragungsteilnehmer einen Anstieg von knapp 4%....

Using panel data from Spain Farinas and Ruano (IJIO 2005) test three hypotheses from a model by Hopenhayn (Econometrica 1992): (H1) Firms that exit in year t were in t-1 less productive than firms that continue to produce in t. (H2) Firms that enter in year t are less productive than incumbent...