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This study investigates institutional and economic reasons for downward wage rigidity regarding three occupational skill groups. Based on a survey of 801 firms in Germany and an econometric analysis, we find…

• Are German companies in clearence sale?
• M&A activity in telecommunications sector on the rise
• M&A consultancy sector faces a record year
• New M&A wave in the European energy sector?
• Private equity firms increasingly…

This book analyses the impact of patent rights regimes in universities. In particular, it investigates whether patent rights in research results provide incentives to patent and commercially exploit research…

Deutliche Zunahme der Transportmengen lässt die Preise steigen

Die Nachfrage nach Leistungen der Transportwirtschaft und der verladenden Wirtschaft in Deutschland wird sich, dank guter Konjunktur, auch in den…

The paper surveys the empirical evidence on causal effects of education on earnings for germany and compares alternative studies in the light of their underlying identifying assumptions. We work out the…

Company taxes and taxes on highly skilled labour both influence the attractiveness of a particular region as a location for investment. We measure the effective tax burden on capital investment and on highly…