This paper analyzes the influence of the structure of collective bargaining on foreign direct investment abroad, using a panel of 19 OECD countries in 1980, 1990 and 1994. The degree of centralization as well as the degree of coordination affect foreign direct investment. The less centralized or...

This paper analyzes the influence of the structure of collective wage bargaining on direct investment abroad. A wage negotiations model shows that high productive firms benefit from centralized bargaining and invest therefore less abroad than under dezentralized bargaining. An empirical study...

In this paper we estimate the employment effects of a reduction in weekly normal hours in West German manufacturing on the basis of an econometric models using industry panel data. We distinguish between unskilled, skilled and high-skilled workers and show that labor demand elasticities with...

Elektronischen Märkten kommt in Theorie und Praxis wachsende Bedeutung zu. Ausgehend von einer Analyse des Status-quo beschreibt das vorliegende Buch die spieltheoretische Konstruktion eines erweiterten Auktionsverfahrens und verschiedener Automatisierungskonzepte für Akteure wie den...

Das Internet als Eckpfeiler der modernen Informationsgesellschaft hat sowohl neue, digitale Märkte geschaffen als auch bestehende Märkte grundlegend verändert. Auch wenn viele substanzlose Geschäftsideen mit dem Platzen der Dotcom-Blase ihr jähes Ende fanden, sind Unternehmen wie Amazon,...

As part of three years of research and development in the European ALIGN-CCUS project, a CCU demonstration plant was erected at the lignite-fired block K of the RWE power plant at Niederaussem, Germany. It was the aim to demonstrate the full chain of CCU - beginning with the capture of CO2 from...

In this paper, scandals are considered as social mutants: they challenge the equilibrium status quo of a society that is embodied in its value system and its institutions. After a brief discussion of Ken Binmore's evolutionary theory of a social value equilibrium, we present the basic concepts...

Die evolutionäre Modellierung sozialer und ökonomischer Zusammenhänge ist gegenwärtig stark von der biologischen Evolutionstheorie geprägt. Der vorliegende Beitrag unternimmt eine ökonomische Intepretation der Evolutionskomponenten Selektion und Mutation. Ausgehend von den Besonderheiten...

Quantitative analysis using the UNCTAD/FAO ATPSM model suggests that the removal of export subsidies would raise world prices. The major beneficiaries would be EU taxpayers and developing country producers. Since consumers in developing countries probably face higher prices the welfare effects...

A high-temperature PEFC system, developed with the aim of delivering 5kW electrical power from the chemical energy stored in diesel and kerosene fuels for application as an auxiliary power unit, was simulated and tested. The key components of the system were an autothermal reformer, a...