1. Refereed Journal // 1999

    Determinanten der Beschäftigungsdynamik ostdeutscher Unternehmen

    In this paper, we analyse the influence of firm characteristics and the regional environment on employment growth of East German manufacturing firms between 1992 and 1996. Our results confirm the negative impact…

  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 1999

    Arbeitslosigkeit, Selbständigkeit und Existenzgründungen

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-63 // 1999

    Product Market Competition, Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: An Empirical Analysis for Germany

    Productivity growth has been slow in many continental European countries overthe last few decades, especially in comparison with the United States. It has been argued thatlack of product market competition and…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-61 // 1999

    Modeling German Unification in a Disequilibrium Framework

    Unification fundamentally changed the terms of quantitative macroeconomic analysis for Germany. Two main areas concerned are data availability for the eastern part of Germany and structural changes within the…