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Sunk Costs, Managerial Incentives and Firm Productivity
Groß-Schuler, Alexandra; Weigand, Jürgen - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 2, pp. 275-287
In this paper, we use a production function approach to examine the impact of ownership concentration, product market competition and financial pressure on German firm productivity. Additionally, we are interested in the influence of ownership identity and changes in ownership structure. We also...
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Do Strict Electoral Campaign Finance Rules Limit Corruption?
Stratmann, Thomas - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 1, pp. 24-27
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Zur Messung der Nutzung regionaler Potenziale beim Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien: Eine empirische Analyse deutscher Landkreise
Bennat, Tatjana; Brökel, Tom; Sternberg, Rolf G. - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung / Spatial Research and … 77 (2019) 6, pp. 617-638
renewable energy and which factors impact on this exploitation efficiency? By applying the new quantitative-empirical concept of … exploitation efficiency, we measure the degree, to which regions have exploited their natural and socio-economic potentials of … use a robust, non-parametric efficiency analysis and validate its results by qualitative expert interviews in selected …
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Rentenpaket: Die Bundesregierung auf Irrwegen
Feld, Lars P.; Kohlmeier, Anabell; Schmidt, Christoph M. - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 94 (2014) 8, pp. 553-559
In the summer of 2014 Germany will witness the most substantial expansion of pension expenditures since the 1950s. Yet …
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Neue Rentenformel: mehr Gerechtigkeit und weniger Altersarmut
Breyer, Friedrich; Hupfeld, Stefan - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 5, pp. 82-86
Rentenansprüche in einer bestimmten Relation zu den gezahlten Beiträgen stehen, also vorrangig keine Umverteilung stattfindet. In … Wahrheit gibt es jedoch eine massive Umverteilung zu Gunsten der Bezieher höherer Erwerbseinkommen, die aufgrund ihrer …
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Längere Rentenbezugsdauer der Hochverdiener berücksichtigen: Acht Fragen an Friedrich Breyer
Wittenberg, Erich; Breyer, Friedrich - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 5, pp. 83
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Eine fiskalische Gesamtbilanz der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland
Bonin, Holger - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 71 (2002) 2, pp. 215-229
Dieser Beitrag untersucht die fiskalischen Gesamtwirkungen der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland mit Hilfe der demographisch …
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How Much Do Perceptions of Corruption Really Tell Us?
Weber Abramo, Claudio - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 (2008) 2008-3, pp. 1-56
Regressions and tests performed on data from Transparency International Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) 2004 survey … show that personal or household experience of bribery is not a good predictor of perceptions held about corruption among … the general population. In contrast, perceptions about the effects of corruption correlate consistently among themselves …
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Costs of trade and self-selection into exporting and importing: The case of Turkish manufacturing firms
Dalgic, Basak; Fazlioglu, Burcu; Gasiorek, Michael - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-15, pp. 1-28
This paper focuses on self-selection into trade by exporting and importing firms, and on the presence of differential variable and sunk costs between exporters and importers across different categories of imports. The authors use a rich and recent dataset for Turkish manufacturing firms for the...
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To tender or not to tender? Deliberate and exogenous sunk costs in a public good game
Heine, Florian; Sefton, Martin - In: Games 9 (2018) 3, pp. 1-28
In an experimental study, we compare individual willingness to cooperate in a public good game after an initial team contest phase. While players in the treatment setup make a conscious decision on how much to invest in the contest, this decision is exogenously imposed on players in the control...
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