1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-09 // 1999

    Wachstumsdeterminanten junger Unternehmen in den alten und neuen Bundesländern: Ein Vergleich zwischen innovativen und nicht-innovativen Unternehmen

    The paper deals with growth determinants of innovative and non-innovative start-ups in Eastern and Western Germany. Based on theoretical approaches explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-05 // 1999

    Growth Determinants of Start-Ups in Eastern Germany: A Comparision Between Innovative and Non-Innovative Firma

    This empirical analysis deals with the determinants of growth and the explanation of variations in the growth between innovative and non-innovative start-ups. Based on theoretical models explaining the growth of…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-01 // 1999

    Zum Zusamenhang zwischen Größe und Wachstum bei Gründungen - Empirische Ergebnisse für West-Deutschland

    The present paper deals with the question whether "Gibrat's law" is applicable to firms founded between 1989 and 1996 within the Western German manufacturing sector or not. The underlying assumption is that size…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-50 // 1999

    Die Struktur Kollektiver Lohnverhandlungen und Auslandsdirketinvestitionen in der OECD

    This paper analyzes the influence of the structure of collective bargaining on foreign direct investment abroad, using a panel of 19 OECD countries in 1980, 1990, and 1994. The degree of centralization as well…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-40 // 1999

    Wages in the East German Transition Process - Facts and Explanations

    We analyze wage developments in the East German transition process both at the macro and at the microeconomic level. At the macroeconomic level, we draw special attention to the important distinction between…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-38 // 1999

    Estimating the Effects of Public Training on Polish Unemployment by Way of the Augmented Matching Function Approach

    We analyse Polish active labour market policy (ALMP) training programmes from a macroeconomic (regional) point of view. The effects of training programmes on the outflows from unemployment and the effects of all…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-30 // 1999

    Is Portugal Really so Arteriosclerotic from a Cross-country Analysis of Labor Adjustment

    Reputation indexes of employment protection have proven popular constructs in studies of the covariation of labor market institutions and macroeconomic outcomes. Portugal occupies an unenviable rank order in…