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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 …

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The East German Cement Cartel : An Inquiry into Comparable Markets, Industry Structure, and Antitrust Policy

Veltins, Michael A.; Schaller, Armin; Blum, Ulrich - 2004

Maintaining sufficient levels of competition ranks among the core interests of any national – and increasingly international – antitrust policy; however, the formal proof that a cartel really functioned economically and did not only exist in a legal sense is hard to deliver: market power is...

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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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Chancen und Risiken von Co-Management am Beispiel einer japanischen Unternehmensgewerkschaft

Metzler, Manuel - 2004

Der vorliegende Beitrag nutzt empirisches Material, das im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes "Beteiligung von Belegschaftsvertretungen an Managemententscheidungen in deutschen und japanischen Unternehmen" gewonnen wurde. Das von zwei Mitarbeitern durchgeführte Projekt wird von der DFG gefördert...

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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

-cost-margins over the business cycle for food industries in Germany, the USA as well as the Netherlands. Controlling for market … econometric panel data models reveal procyclic fluctuations of profits in highly concentrated industries in Germany. In contrast …, profitability in competitive industries in Germany as well as in all US-food industries are found to be more stable over the …

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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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Does Worksharing Work? Some Empirical Evidence from the IAB Panel

Simmons, R.; Schank, Thorsten; Andrews, Martyn J. - 2004

Recent policy debate in Europe suggests that a shorter workweek will lead to more jobs (worksharing). We derive and estimate a model where the firm employs two types of worker, some working overtime, the rest standard hours. Worksharing is not always a prediction of the theory. Using German...

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