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What drives the productive efficiency of a firm? : the importance of industry, location, R&D, and size
Badunenko, Oleg (contributor); Fritsch, Michael (contributor) - 2008
This paper investigates the factors that explain the level and dynamics of manufacturing firm productive efficiency. In our empirical analysis, we use a unique sample of about 39,000 firms in 256 industries from the German Cost Structure Census over the years 1992-2005. We estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725990
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International benchmarking in electricity distribution : a comparison of French and German utilities
Cullmann, Astrid (contributor); Crespo, Hélène (contributor) - 2008
Germany, the two largest electricity distribution countries in Europe. We examine the relative performance of 99 French and 77 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779463
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Next stop: restructuring? : a nonparametric efficiency analysis of German public transport companies
Hirschhausen, Christian R. von (contributor);  … - 2008
companies in Germany (1990-2004). We apply both deterministic data envelopment analysis (DEA) and bootstrapping to test the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779469
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Potential gains from mergers in local public transport : an efficiency analysis applied to Germany
Walter, Matthias (contributor); Cullmann, Astrid (contributor) - 2008
Germany's most densely populated region, North Rhine-Westphalia. We merge them into geographically meaningful, larger units …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779633
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Allocative efficiency measurement revisited : do we really need input prices?
Badunenko, Oleg (contributor); Fritsch, Michael (contributor) - 2006
enterprises from the chemical industry in Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338120
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Benchmarking and firm heterogeneity in electricity distribution : a latent class analysis of Germany
Cullmann, Astrid - 2009
In January 2009 Germany introduced incentive regulation for the electricity distribution sector based on results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832698
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Unobserved heterogeneity and international benchmarking in public transport
Cullmann, Astrid; Farsi, Mehdi; Filippini, Massimo - 2009
We analyze the technical efficiency of German and Swiss urban public transport companies by means of SFA. In transport networks we might face different network structures or complexities, not observed, but influencing the production process. The unobserved factors are typically modeled as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003915868
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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture : Germany 1925 - 2005
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012
We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579325
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Who starts a business and who is self-employed in Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - 2012
entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580116
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Does quality make a difference? : Employment effects of high- and low-quality start-ups
Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of new firms' quality on the magnitude of their employment effects. Our results clearly show that the quality of start-ups, measured by their affiliation with sectors and innovative industries, strongly influences the direct and the overall employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009427856