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In this paper we develop optimized localization strategies for multinational firms to over-come their liability of foreignness by adding a regional dimension. We explore concep-tually whether economic stress in a region has a mitigating or reinforcing effect. We test his analytical framework...
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Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity.
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This paper provides a comparison of tax morale between inhabitants of East and West Germany in its post … compared to crosscountry studies. Our findings show higher tax morale in East than in West Germany. However, in only 9 years … the East. We suggest that this convergence in tax morale between East and West Germany, despite efforts of the federal …
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declined over longer time spans in Eastern Germany since 1880 - except for the most recent period 1997-2006. In the Eastern …
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vary in their pattern of new firm location. In East Germany, only 5 percent of the industries reveal start-up localization … patterns beyond what natural advantages would suggest compared to 40 percent in West Germany. …
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ist Deutschland hinsichtlich der Teilzeitarbeit mit auf den vordersten Plätzen. Die Verbreitung von Arbeitszeitkonten hat … nicht weiter zugenommen. Aber auch hier gehört Deutschland im europäischen Vergleich mit zu den Vorreitern. Langzeitkonten …
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In contrast to West-Germany, illicit drugs were virtually absent in East-Germany until 1990. Yet, after the collapse of … the former GDR, East-Germany was expected to encounter a sharp increase in the prevalence of substance abuse. By analyzing … individual data, we find that East-Germany largely caught up with West-Germany's ever-growing prevalence of illicit drugs within …
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Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265138
panel of exporting establishments from the manufacturing sector of Germany from 1995 to 2004 to test three hypotheses … results for West Germany support all three hypotheses, this is only the case for (H1) and (H2) in East Germany. …
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