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R&D policies for young SMEs : input and output effects
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Delanote, Julie - 2015
-tech sectors. Therefore, the effect of subsidies on both R&D input and R&D output is compared between independent high-tech young … highest for independent high-tech firms. The indirect effect of subsidies on R&D output is evaluated within a patent …
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Business R&D and the interplay of R&D subsidies and market uncertainty
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Toole, Andrew A. (contributor) - 2006
The literature suggests that public research and development (R&D) subsidies may reduce market failures affecting … imperfections. Drawing on the theory of investment under uncertainty, this paper argues that public R&D subsidies increase business …&D investment, and that R&D subsidies mitigate the effect of uncertainty. Our findings suggest that public policies aimed at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359654
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FIML estimation of a bivariate probit selection rule : an application on firm growth and subsidisation
Reize, Frank - 2001
This study applies a full information maximum likelihood (FIML) estimator of the sample selection model with bivariate selection rule for the investigation of the impact of subsidised firm foundation from unemployment on employment growth of the firm. The empirical analysis is based on the ZEW...
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Barriers to entry and profitability
Heger, Diana (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2008
Barriers to entry are regarded as major impediments to the working of markets. Entry must not necessarily actually take place - the perceived threat of entry may encourage incumbent firms to behave as if they are in a competitive market, even if they are not. We present empirical evidence on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003751792
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Kollektive Lohnverhandlungen und Auslandsdirektinvestitionen : eine empirische Studie mit Firmendaten
Peters, Ralf-Henning - 2000
Diese Studie untersucht den Einfluss des Tarifvertragssystems auf die Entscheidung von Unternehmen, im Ausland zu investieren. Ein Lohnverhandlungsmodell zeigt, dass produktive Unternehmen durch Flächentarifverträge im Heimatland begünstigt werden und seltener im Ausland investieren als bei...
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Imposing and testing curvature conditions on a Box-Cox function
Koebel, Bertrand M.; Falk, Martin; Laisney, François - 2000
We present a new method for imposing and testing concavity of a cost function using asymptotic least squares, which can easily be implemented even for cost functions which are nonlinear in parameters. We provide an illustration on the basis of a (generalized) Box-Cox cost function with six...
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The impacts of the EU ETS on efficiency : an empirical analyses for German manufacturing firms
Löschel, Andreas; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes; Managi, Shunsuke - 2016
manufacturing firms in Germany. Our difference-in-differences framework relies on several parametric conditioning strategies and …
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The effects of quotas on vertical intra-industry trade
Lutz, Stefan H. - 2002
A quota on foreign competition will generally lead to quality-upgrading (downgrading) of the low-quality (high-quality) firm, an increase in average quality, a reduction of quality differentiation, and a reduction of domestic consumer surplus, irrespective of whether the foreign firm produces...
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Do computers call for training? : Firm level evidence on complementarities between ICT and human capital investments
Hempell, Thomas (contributor) - 2003
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Exchange rate pass-through to consumer prices : a European perspective
Hüfner, Felix (contributor); Schröder, Michael (contributor) - 2002
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