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Persistence oO Innovation: Stylised Facts And Panel Data Evidence
November 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994 - 2002. It...
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IT Outsourcing And Employment Growth At The Firm Level
December 27, 2010, 12:00am PST
Outsourcing is widely associated with accompanied job losses in the outsourcing firm, at least in the short run. However, the medium and long run effects of outsourcing on employment growth might...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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European Telecommunication Regulation - Effects On Telecommunication Providers
November 8, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper considers the impact of European telecom regulation on the value of affected companies. Employing a repeating ARGARCH model, the author compares the effect of three types of regulation...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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Voluntary Giving And Economic Growth: Time Series Evidence For The US
October 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper analyzes the sensitivity of US giving to both business cycle fluctuations and trend growth. With tax revenues as a point of reference, US giving constitutes a relatively stable source...
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Pollution Externalities In A Schumpeterian Growth Model
August 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper extends a standard Schumpeterian growth model to include an environmental dimension. Thereby, it explicitly links the pollution intensity of economic activity to technological progress....
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Does Interdisciplinarity Lead To Higher Employment Growth Of Academic Spinoffs?
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Does heterogeneity in the educational backgrounds of the founders matter for firm success? Are team foundations more successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analyzed using data...
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Employment Growth In Newly Established Firms - Is There Evidence For Academic Entrepreneur's Human Capital Depreciation?
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Human capital is known to be one of the most important predictors of a person's earnings. With regard to entrepreneurial success, founders' human capital is an important determinant of firm's...
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Is There A Trade-Off Between Academic Research And Faculty Entrepreneurship? Evidence From U.S. NIH Supported Biomedical Researchers
April 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Is there a trade-off of scholarly research productivity when faculty members found or join for-profit firms? This paper offers an empirical examination of this question for a subpopulation of...
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The Impact Of Innovation On Employment In Small And Medium Enterprises With Different Growth Rates
January 29, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper examines the impact of innovation on employment growth in innovating small and medium enterprises using a quantile regression approach. The key findings are that innovation has a...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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Does EU Cohesion Policy Promote Growth? Evidence From Regional Data And Alternative Econometric Approaches
October 30, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper analyzes the growth effects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1 / NUTS-2 regions over the time period 1995-2005. The authors extend the current literature...
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The Effect Of Entry On R&D Investment Of Leaders: Theory And Empirical Evidence
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The authors develop a simple model of competition for the market that shows that, contrary to the Arrow view, endogenous entry threat in a market induces the average firm to invest less in R&D and...
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The Globalization Of Tax Policy: What German Politicians Believe
October 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The process of globalization has an important impact on national tax policies. Most of the literature on taxation of capital in open economies does not focus directly on the political decision...
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Regulatory Practice In The European Telecommunications Sector Normative Justification And Practical Application
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The telecommunications sector is characterized by economies of scale and scope, high sunk costs, and strong network effects. This combination may facilitate monopolization and abuse of market...
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Enterprise Systems And Innovations
December 18, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper analyzes the relationship between the three main enterprise systems (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM)) and...
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Enterprise Systems And Labor Productivity: Disentangling Combination Effects
July 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This study analyzes the relationship between the three main enterprise systems (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM)) and labor...
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Short-term Borrowing For Long-term Projects: Are Family Businesses More Susceptible To 'Irrational' Financing Choices?
January 31, 2011, 12:00am PST
Based on a dataset with 1,417 family and 1,195 non-family businesses in Germany, the authors find that family businesses rely more heavily than other enterprises on short term credit in order to...
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Innovative Capability And Financing Constraints For Innovation More Money, More Innovation?
December 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the idea of an ideal test as suggested by Hall (2008). Firms were offered a hypothetical...
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On The Role Of Entrepreneurial Experience For Start-up Financing: An Empirical Investigation For Germany
July 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Entrepreneurs are often faced with problems regarding start-up financing. But compared to novice entrepreneurs, experienced entrepreneurs should have both more knowledge and better contacts, which...
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Enterprise Software And Service Innovation: Standardization Versus Customization
December 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper analyzes the relationship between service innovation and different types of enterprise software systems, i.e. standardized enterprise software designed to fit one certain business...
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Why Do Financial Market Experts Misperceive Future Monetary Policy Decisions?
July 6, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper investigates why financial market experts misperceive the interest rate policy of the European Central Bank (ECB). Assuming a Taylor-rule-type reaction function of the ECB, the authors...
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Business Closure And Financial Loss: Who Foots The Bill? Evidence From German Small Business Closures
April 28, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper explores how different reasons for business closure impact the probability that financial loss will be suffered by creditors. Using German small business data, the paper finds that...
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To Be Financed Or Not - The Role Of Patents For Venture Capital Financing
January 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract Venture Capital (VC) financing. The authors argue that investors are faced with...
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From Soft And Hard-Nosed Bankers - Bank Lending Strategies And The Survival Of Financially Distressed Firms
October 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Do private banks act as hard-nosed bankers when firms get financially distressed compared to public banks that have the mandate to support regional economy? For German firms in the period...
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Firm Closure, Financial Losses And The Consequences For An Entrepreneurial Restart
November 27, 2008, 12:00am PST
Many entrepreneurs who close a business are actually willing to venture anew. However, to realize a restart is not only a matter of willingness on the part of the entrepreneur but also of its...
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Financial Constraints: Routine Versus Cutting Edge R&D Investment
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
The authors analyze financial constraints for R&D, where they account for heterogeneity among investments which has been neglected in previous literature. According to economic theory, investments...
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Monetary Policy Implementation And The Federal Funds Rate
April 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper investigates how the implementation of monetary policy affects the dynamics and the volatility of the federal funds rate. Since the early 1980s, the most important changes in the Fed's...
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An Economic Analysis of Online Streaming: How the Music Industry Can Generate Revenues From Cloud Computing
June 14, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Music can be characterized as information good and is therefore amenable to digitalization and copying through online sharing networks. Chances and risks arise from digitalization for the...
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An Economic Analysis of Online Streaming: How the Music Industry Can Generate Revenues From Cloud Computing
June 14, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Music can be characterized as information good and is therefore amenable to digitalization and copying through online sharing networks. Chances and risks arise from digitalization for the...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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Monetary Policy Implementation And The Federal Funds Rate
April 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper investigates how the implementation of monetary policy affects the dynamics and the volatility of the federal funds rate. Since the early 1980s, the most important changes in the Fed's...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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Financial Constraints: Routine Versus Cutting Edge R&D Investment
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
The authors analyze financial constraints for R&D, where they account for heterogeneity among investments which has been neglected in previous literature. According to economic theory, investments...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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Firm Closure, Financial Losses And The Consequences For An Entrepreneurial Restart
November 27, 2008, 12:00am PST
Many entrepreneurs who close a business are actually willing to venture anew. However, to realize a restart is not only a matter of willingness on the part of the entrepreneur but also of its...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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From Soft And Hard-Nosed Bankers - Bank Lending Strategies And The Survival Of Financially Distressed Firms
October 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Do private banks act as hard-nosed bankers when firms get financially distressed compared to public banks that have the mandate to support regional economy? For German firms in the period...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
To Be Financed Or Not - The Role Of Patents For Venture Capital Financing
January 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract Venture Capital (VC) financing. The authors argue that investors are faced with...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
Business Closure And Financial Loss: Who Foots The Bill? Evidence From German Small Business Closures
April 28, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper explores how different reasons for business closure impact the probability that financial loss will be suffered by creditors. Using German small business data, the paper finds that...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
Why Do Financial Market Experts Misperceive Future Monetary Policy Decisions?
July 6, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper investigates why financial market experts misperceive the interest rate policy of the European Central Bank (ECB). Assuming a Taylor-rule-type reaction function of the ECB, the authors...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
Enterprise Software And Service Innovation: Standardization Versus Customization
December 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper analyzes the relationship between service innovation and different types of enterprise software systems, i.e. standardized enterprise software designed to fit one certain business...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
-
White Papers
On The Role Of Entrepreneurial Experience For Start-up Financing: An Empirical Investigation For Germany
July 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Entrepreneurs are often faced with problems regarding start-up financing. But compared to novice entrepreneurs, experienced entrepreneurs should have both more knowledge and better contacts, which...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
Innovative Capability And Financing Constraints For Innovation More Money, More Innovation?
December 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the idea of an ideal test as suggested by Hall (2008). Firms were offered a hypothetical...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
-
White Papers
Short-term Borrowing For Long-term Projects: Are Family Businesses More Susceptible To 'Irrational' Financing Choices?
January 31, 2011, 12:00am PST
Based on a dataset with 1,417 family and 1,195 non-family businesses in Germany, the authors find that family businesses rely more heavily than other enterprises on short term credit in order to...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
-
White Papers
Enterprise Systems And Labor Productivity: Disentangling Combination Effects
July 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This study analyzes the relationship between the three main enterprise systems (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM)) and labor...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
Enterprise Systems And Innovations
December 18, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper analyzes the relationship between the three main enterprise systems (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM)) and...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
Regulatory Practice In The European Telecommunications Sector Normative Justification And Practical Application
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The telecommunications sector is characterized by economies of scale and scope, high sunk costs, and strong network effects. This combination may facilitate monopolization and abuse of market...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
The Globalization Of Tax Policy: What German Politicians Believe
October 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The process of globalization has an important impact on national tax policies. Most of the literature on taxation of capital in open economies does not focus directly on the political decision...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
-
White Papers
The Effect Of Entry On R&D Investment Of Leaders: Theory And Empirical Evidence
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The authors develop a simple model of competition for the market that shows that, contrary to the Arrow view, endogenous entry threat in a market induces the average firm to invest less in R&D and...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
-
White Papers
Does EU Cohesion Policy Promote Growth? Evidence From Regional Data And Alternative Econometric Approaches
October 30, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper analyzes the growth effects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1 / NUTS-2 regions over the time period 1995-2005. The authors extend the current literature...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
-
White Papers
The Impact Of Innovation On Employment In Small And Medium Enterprises With Different Growth Rates
January 29, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper examines the impact of innovation on employment growth in innovating small and medium enterprises using a quantile regression approach. The key findings are that innovation has a...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
Is There A Trade-Off Between Academic Research And Faculty Entrepreneurship? Evidence From U.S. NIH Supported Biomedical Researchers
April 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Is there a trade-off of scholarly research productivity when faculty members found or join for-profit firms? This paper offers an empirical examination of this question for a subpopulation of...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
Employment Growth In Newly Established Firms - Is There Evidence For Academic Entrepreneur's Human Capital Depreciation?
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Human capital is known to be one of the most important predictors of a person's earnings. With regard to entrepreneurial success, founders' human capital is an important determinant of firm's...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
-
White Papers
Does Interdisciplinarity Lead To Higher Employment Growth Of Academic Spinoffs?
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Does heterogeneity in the educational backgrounds of the founders matter for firm success? Are team foundations more successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analyzed using data...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
-
White Papers
Pollution Externalities In A Schumpeterian Growth Model
August 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper extends a standard Schumpeterian growth model to include an environmental dimension. Thereby, it explicitly links the pollution intensity of economic activity to technological progress....
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
-
White Papers
Voluntary Giving And Economic Growth: Time Series Evidence For The US
October 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper analyzes the sensitivity of US giving to both business cycle fluctuations and trend growth. With tax revenues as a point of reference, US giving constitutes a relatively stable source...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
European Telecommunication Regulation - Effects On Telecommunication Providers
November 8, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper considers the impact of European telecom regulation on the value of affected companies. Employing a repeating ARGARCH model, the author compares the effect of three types of regulation...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
IT Outsourcing And Employment Growth At The Firm Level
December 27, 2010, 12:00am PST
Outsourcing is widely associated with accompanied job losses in the outsourcing firm, at least in the short run. However, the medium and long run effects of outsourcing on employment growth might...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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White Papers
Persistence oO Innovation: Stylised Facts And Panel Data Evidence
November 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994 - 2002. It...
Provided by Centre for European Economic Research
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