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5185: Climate change policy and burden sharing in the European Union: applying alternative equity rules to a CGE-framework

Tobias F. N. Schmidt and Henrike Koschel

5184: Wer ist noch Mitglied in den Gewerkschaften? Eine Panelanalyse für Westdeutschland

Isabelle Haggeney, Bernd Fitzenberger and Michaela Ernst

5183: Market depth and order size: an analysis of permanent price effects of DAX futures' trades

Alexander Kempf and Olaf Korn

5182: Beschäftigungsdynamik in jungen innovativen Unternehmen: Empirische Ergebnisse für West-Deutschland

Matthias Almus and Eric A. Nerlinger

5181: Modelling of foreign trade in applied general equilibrium models: theoretical approaches and sensitivity analysis with the GEM-E3 model

Tobias F. N. Schmidt and Henrike Koschel

5180: Do public works programs work? Some unpleasant results from the East German experience

Florian Kraus, Patrick Puhani and Viktor Steiner

5179: External Costs of Road, Rail and Air Transport - a Bottom-Up Approach

Sigurd Weinreich, Klaus Rennings, Barbara Schlomann, Christian Geßner and Thomas Engel

5178: Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Stochastic Simulations: An Application to Fiscal Policy Simulations using an Aggregate Disequilibrium Model of the West German Economy

Wolfgang Franz, Klaus Göggelmann, Martin Schellhorn and Peter Winker

5177: Die Theorie der optimalen Währungsräume und die politische Reformfähigkeit: Ein vernachlässigtes Kriterium

Friedrich Heinemann

5176: The EMU Consolidation Game - or: Does 3.0 Really Mean 3.0?

Friedrich Heinemann

5136: Die Steuer- und Abgabensysteme der Niederlande und Deutschlands - Eine Analyse der Wettbewerbswirkungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Körperschaft- und Einkommensteuersysteme

Michael Gröschel

5135: Employment Effects of Publicly Financed Training Programs The East German Experience

Florian Kraus, Patrick Puhani and Viktor Steiner

5134: Flexibilität der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur und Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit: Eine ökonometrische Analyse für Westdeutschland

Bernd Fitzenberger and Wolfgang Franz

5132: Exploring the Tail of Patented Invention Value Distributions

Frederic M. Scherer, Dietmar Harhoff and Katrin Vopel

5131: Interpreting estimation results of Euler equation investment models when factor markets are imperfectly competitive

Norbert Janz

5130: Citation Frequency and the Value of Patented Innovation

Katrin Vopel, Frederic M. Scherer, Francis Narin and Dietmar Harhoff

5129: Double dividend of climate protection and the role of international policy coordination in the EU: an applied general equilibrium analysis with the GEM-E3 model

Klaus Conrad and Tobias F. N. Schmidt

5128: East West German wage convergence - How far have we got?

Viktor Steiner and Kersten Wagner

5126: Wettbewerb der Steuersysteme in Europa - eine vergleichende Analyse am Beispiel der Region Oberrheingraben unter Einbeziehung aktueller Reformvorschläge

Tobias H. Eckerle

5125: Innovation and Information Technology in Services

Georg Licht and Dietmar Moch

5124: Einige Wirkungen von steuerlichen Umfinanzierungsmaßnahmen in einem makroökonometrischen Ungleichgewichtsmodell für die westdeutsche Volkswirtschaft

Klaus Göggelmann, Wolfgang Franz and Peter Winker

5123: New Technology-Based Firms in Germany: A Survey of the Recent Evidence

Georg Licht and Eric A. Nerlinger

5122: Relative Earnings and the Demand for Unskilled Labor in West German Manufacturing

Viktor Steiner and Kersten Wagner

5121: Innovationsanreize in einem strukturellen Oligopolmodell

Dietmar Harhoff

5120: Grenzen und Reichweiten Nationaler Innovationssysteme und forschungspolitische Implikationen

Alfred Spielkamp

5119: Extended benefit entitlement periods and the duration of unemployment in West Germany

Viktor Steiner

5118: Vertical Relations Between Firms and Innovation: An Empirical Investigation of German Firms

Najib Harabi

5117: Human capital and innovation in East and West German manufacturing firms

Friedhelm Pfeiffer

5116: Foul or Fair? The Heckman Correction for Sample Selection and Its Critique. A Short Survey

Patrick Puhani

5115: Estimation of Household Demand Systems with Theoretically Compatible Engel Curves and Unit Value Specifications

Ian Preston, Francois Laisney and Ian Crawford

5114: Robust GMM Estimation of an Euler Equation Investment Model with German Firm Level Panel Data

Norbert Janz

5113: All Quiet on the Wage Front? Gender, Public-Private Sector Issues, and Rigidities in the Polish Wage Structure

Patrick Puhani

5112: Determinanten des technischen Fortschritts auf Branchenebene: Ein Überblick

Najib Harabi

4623: Get Training or Wait? Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in West Germany

Aderonke Osikominu, Bernd Fitzenberger and Robert Völter

4622: Afterlife: Who Takes Heart for Restart?

Georg Metzger

4621: Detecting Behavioural Additionality: An Empirical Study on the Impact of Public R&D Funding on Firms' Cooperative Behaviour in Germany

Andreas Fier, Birgit Aschhoff and Heide Löhlein

4620: Vermittlungsgutscheine und Beauftragungen Dritter im Vergleich

Henrik Winterhager and Friedhelm Pfeiffer

4619: China's Exchange Rate Appreciation in the Light of the Earlier Japanese Experience

Ronald McKinnon

4618: Aggregate Unemployment Decreases Individual Returns to Education

Andreas Ammermüller, Anja Kuckulenz and Thomas Zwick

4617: R&D and Firm Performance in a Transition Economy

Dirk Czarnitzki and Kornelius Kraft

4616: Consumption-Based Asset Pricing with a Reference Level: New Evidence from the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

Joachim Grammig and Andreas Schrimpf

4615: Rising Wage Dispersion, After All ! The German Wage Structure at the Turn of the Century

Karsten Kohn

4614: Economic Effects of VAT Reform in Germany

Stefan Boeters, Christoph Böhringer, Thiess Büttner and Margit Kraus

4613: Innovation Activities Abroad and the Effects of Liability of Foreignness: Where it Hurts

Wolfgang Sofka

4612: The Export-Growth Relationship: Estimating a Dose-Response Function

Helmut Fryges

4611: Peer Effects in European Primary Schools: Evidence from PIRLS

Andreas Ammermüller and Jorn-Steffen Pischke

4610: Private Job Placement Services: A Microeconometric Evaluation for Germany

Henrik Winterhager

4609: Wage and Productivity Effect of Continuing Training in Germany: A Sectoral Analysis

Anja Kuckulenz

4608: Continuing Vocational Training in Germany: A Comparative Study Using 3 German Data Set

Anja Kuckulenz

4607: Do Spillovers Stimulate Incremental or Drastic Product Innovations? Hypotheses and Evidence from German Establishment Data

Uwe Jirjahn and Kornelius Kraft

4606: Panel Tests for Unit Roots in Hours Worked

Marcus Kappler

4605: Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer: Eine mikroökonometrische Evaluation der Arbeitslosengeldreform von 1997

Eva Müller, Ralf Wilke and Philipp Zahn

4599: Gender Earnings Gap in German Firms: The Impact of Firm Characteristics and Institutions

Anja Heinze and Elke Wolf

4598: Rising Wage Inequality in Germany

Johannes Gernandt and Friedhelm Pfeiffer

4597: Efficiency Losses from Overlapping Economic Instruments in European Carbon Emissions Regulation

Christoph Böhringer, Henrike Koschel and Ulf Moslener

4596: Selektivität und direkte Wirkungen von Vermittlungsgutscheinen: Empirische Befunde aus der Einführungsphase

Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Henrik Winterhager

4595: Hot Air for Sale: A Quantitative Assessment of Russia's Near-Term Climate Policy Options

Christoph Böhringer, Ulf Moslener and Bodo Sturm

4594: Selbständigkeit in Europa 1991 - 2003: Empirische Evidenz mit Länderdaten

Kathrin Göggel, Johannes Gräb and Friedhelm Pfeiffer

4593: The Importance of Equity Finance for R&D Activity: Are There Differences Between Young and OldCompanies?

Elisabeth Mueller and Volker Zimmermann

4592: Efficient Revenue Sharing and Upper Level Governments: Theory and Application to Germany

Thiess Buettner, Sebastian Hauptmeier and Robert Schwager

4591: The Drivers of Deregulation in the Era of Globalization

Friedrich Heinemann

4590: Deregulating Job Placement in Europe: A Microeconometric Evaluation of an Innovative Voucher Scheme in Germany

Henrik Winterhager, Anja Heinze and Alexander Spermann

4589: Aus der Not geboren? Besondere Merkmale und Determinanten von Gründungen aus der Arbeitslosigkeit

Michaela Niefert and Margarita Tchouvakhina

4588: Global Sensing and Sensibility: A Multi-Stage Matching Assessment of Competitive Advantage from Foreign Sources of Innovation

Thorsten Teichert and Wolfgang Sofka

4587: Makroökonomische Nachrichten und die Reaktion des 15-Sekunden-DAX: Eine Ereignisstudie zur Wirkung der ZEW-Konjunkturprognose

Horst Entorf and Christian Steiner

4586: Combining Top-Down and Bottom-up in Energy Policy Analysis: A Decomposition Approach

Thomas Rutherford and Christoph Böhringer

4585: Gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit? Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft und Lohnstruktur in Westdeutschland 1985?1997

Bernd Fitzenberger and Karsten Kohn

4584: The Role of Banks in the Transmission of Monetary Policy in the Baltics

Matthias Köhler, Judith Hommel and Matthias Grote

4583: Wie genau sind die Konjunkturprognosen der Institute für Deutschland?

Marcus Kappler

4582: Differentiation of Green Taxes: A Political-Economy Analysis for Germany

Niels Anger, Christoph Böhringer and Andreas Lange

4581: Heterogeneous Returns to Training: An Analysis with German Data Using Local Instrumental Variables

Anja Kuckulenz and Michael Maier

4580: Lost in Translation: Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as a Barrier to Knowledge Spillovers

Wolfgang Sofka and Tobias Schmidt

4579: Training, Mobility, and Wages: Specific Versus General Human Capital

Alfred Garloff and Anja Kuckulenz

4578: Descriptive Evidence on Labor Market Transitions and the Wage Structure in Germany

Bernd Fitzenberger and Alfred Garloff

4577: Ganztagsschulen und Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern: Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie für Deutschland

Miriam Beblo, Charlotte Lauer and Katharina Wrohlich

4576: Anmerkungen zur ökonomischen Bewertung von Fusionen auf dem Printmedienmarkt

Ralf Dewenter and Ulrich Kaiser

4575: The Impact of a Stock Market Downturn on Corporate Financing Activities in Germany

Peter Westerheide and Matthias Meitner

4574: Application of a simple nonparametric conditional quantile function estimator in unemployment duration analysis

Laura Wichert and Ralf Wilke

4573: Rent-Sharing and Collective Bargaining Coverage: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Nicole Gürtzgen

4572: Individual and Plant-level Determinants of Job Durations in Germany

Bernhard Boockmann and Susanne Steffes

4571: Integration and Reorganisation of Industrial R&D: Deficits and Perspectives of Empirical Research

Christoph Grimpe

4570: Self-financing Tax/Subsidy Mechanisms in Environmental Regulation with Many Firms

Jörg Breitscheidel

4569: Hold-up Problems with Respect to R&D Investment and Licensing in Environmental Regulation

Jörg Breitscheidel

4568: Fixed-term Contracts as Sorting Mechanisms: Evidence From Job Durations in West Germany

Bernhard Boockmann and Tobias Hagen

4567: There's no Place Like Home: A Strategic Framework to Overcome Liability of Foreignness in the German Car Market

Wolfgang Sofka and Jörg Zimmermann

4566: The Dynamics of Overconfidence: Evidence from Stock Market Forecasters

Richard Deaves, Erik Lüders and Michael Schröder

4565: The Change of Sales Modes in International Markets: Empirical Results for German and British High-Tech Firms

Helmut Fryges

4564: Persistence of Innovation: Stylised Facts and Panel Data Evidence

Bettina Peters

4563: Network Externalities and Interconnection Incentives

Margit Vanberg

4562: Skill Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Benefits: The Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Inequality

Matthias Weiss and Alfred Garloff

4561: Is a Newspaper's Companion Website a Competing Outlet Channel for the Print Version?

Ulrich Kaiser

4560: Employment Effects of the Provision of Specific Professional Skills and Techniques in Germany

Bernd Fitzenberger and Stefan Speckesser

4559: Arbeitszufriedenheit und Fluktuation im Post Merger Integrationsprozess

Christoph Grimpe

4558: Does Public Scientific Research Complement Industry R&D Investment? The Case of NIH Supported Basic and Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Industry R&D

Andrew A. Toole

4557: Who Chooses Whom? Syndication, Skills and Reputation

Tereza Tykvova

4556: Exports versus FDI in German Manufacturing: Firm Performance and Participation in International Markets

Jens Arnold and Katrin Hussinger

4555: Absorptive Capacity: One Size Fits All? Firm-level Analysis of Absorptive Capacity for Different Kinds of Knowledge

Tobias Schmidt

4554: Existenzgründungen: Ein Weg zur Beschäftigungsförderung?

Friedhelm Pfeiffer

4553: Does it Pay to Watch Central Bankers' Lips? The Information Content of ECB Wording

Friedrich Heinemann and Katrin Ullrich

4552: Unterschiede zwischen Fiskal- und Geldpolitik und die Konsequenzen für eine Delegation

Katrin Ullrich