. The first essay studies the interaction between economic integration, product and process innovation, and relative skill … enterprises respond by investing more aggressively in both product and process innovation. The relative demand for unskilled … rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a …

efficiency change has been invariant to the treatment of the undesirable output as input. The average productivity growth is 2 …, the productivity growth is driven by technological change. …

between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …

Entwicklung. Die deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik fördert Unternehmen bei ihrem Schritt auf ausländische Märkte, da man sich von … on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …

-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …