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Working Papers

2025

1. Declining job reallocation in Europe: The role of shocks, market power, and technology
   IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)

2024

2. Declining business dynamism in Europe: The role of shocks, market power, and technology
   IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
   Also in Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (2023)
3. Minimum wages, productivity, and reallocation
   IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023)

2023

4. Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   Also in IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) (2023)
   CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2023)
   IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) (2023)

2022

5. European firm concentration and aggregate productivity
   Single Market Economics Papers, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (European Commission), Chief Economist Team View citations (1)
   Also in IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) (2021) View citations (5)
   IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) (2021) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article European Firm Concentration and Aggregate Productivity, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2023) View citations (6) (2023)
6. Identifying rent-sharing using firms' energy input mix
   IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
7. Wirtschaftliche Folgen des Gaspreisanstiegs für die deutsche Industrie
   IWH Policy Notes, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) View citations (1)
8. Wirtschaftliche Folgen des Gaspreisanstiegs für die deutsche Industrie: Kurzexpertise für den Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der Gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung
   Working Papers, German Council of Economic Experts / Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung

2021

9. Die deutsche Wirtschaft in der Pandemie
   IAB-Forschungsbericht, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]
10. Labour market power and between-firm wage (in)equality
    IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) View citations (6)
    Also in IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) (2021) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Labor Market Power and Between-Firm Wage (In)Equality, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2023) View citations (2) (2023)

2020

11. Import Competition and Firm Productivity: Evidence from German Manufacturing
    VfS Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference): Gender Economics, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
    Also in IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) (2019) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Import competition and firm productivity: Evidence from German manufacturing, The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell (2023) (2023)
12. The East-West German gap in revenue productivity: Just a tale of output prices?
    IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) View citations (1)
    Also in IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) (2020) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The East-West German gap in revenue productivity:Just a tale of output prices?, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (6) (2022)

2019

13. Labour market power and the distorting effects of international trade
    IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
    Also in Working Papers, International Network for Economic Research - INFER (2018) View citations (1)
    IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) (2018) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Labor market power and the distorting effects of international trade, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2020) View citations (28) (2020)
14. Micro-mechanisms behind declining labour shares: Market power, production processes, and global competition
    IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) View citations (23)

Journal Articles

2023

1. European Firm Concentration and Aggregate Productivity
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21, (2), 455-483 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper European firm concentration and aggregate productivity, Single Market Economics Papers (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
2. Import competition and firm productivity: Evidence from German manufacturing
   The World Economy, 2023, 46, (8), 2285-2305
   See also Working Paper Import Competition and Firm Productivity: Evidence from German Manufacturing, VfS Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference): Gender Economics (2020) (2020)
3. Labor Market Power and Between-Firm Wage (In)Equality
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2023, 91, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Labour market power and between-firm wage (in)equality, IWH Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (6) (2021)

2022

4. Die Ost-West-Produktivitätslücke: Die Rolle von Produktspezialisierung, Produktpreisunterschieden und physischer Produktivität
   Wirtschaft im Wandel, 2022, 28, (1), 6-9
5. Fallende Lohnquoten: Die Rolle von Technologie und Marktmacht
   Wirtschaft im Wandel, 2022, 28, (2), 32-35
6. Micro-mechanisms behind declining labor shares: Rising market power and changing modes of production
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2022, 81, (C) View citations (27)
7. The East-West German gap in revenue productivity:Just a tale of output prices?
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2022, 50, (3), 815-831 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper The East-West German gap in revenue productivity: Just a tale of output prices?, IWH Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2020

8. Labor market power and the distorting effects of international trade
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2020, 68, (C) View citations (28)
   See also Working Paper Labour market power and the distorting effects of international trade, IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers (2019) (2019)