IWH Industry Survey: Bleak Business situation and outlook this September
Udo Ludwig
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 13,
1996
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IWH Industry Survey September 2002
Udo Ludwig
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 13,
2002
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IWH Industry Survey September 2001: East German industry fully hit by worldwide economic slowdown
Bärbel Laschke
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 13,
2001
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IWH Industry Survey September 2000
Bärbel Laschke
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 13,
2000
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IWH Industry Survey September 1999: East German industry more optimistic again
Doris Gladisch
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 13,
1999
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Im September hat sich das Geschäftsklima in der ostdeutschen Industrie wieder etwas gebessert. Wohl auch ein Jahr-2000-Effekt. Zwar erwarten die Unternehmen zum Jahreswechsel keine Einschränkung ihrer Geschäftstätigkeit, weil sie ihre Informationstechnologien erneuerten, dennoch werden Materialbestände für eventuelle Lieferausfälle vorsorglich aufgestockt und Vorräte für etwaige Nachfragespitzen produziert.
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IWH Industry Survey September 1998: East German industry still optimistic
Doris Gladisch
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 13,
1998
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Das andauernde Stimmungshoch bei der Beurteilung der aktuellen Geschäftslage wird in beträchtlichem Maße von Unternehmen getragen, die bereits im vergangenen Jahr kräftige Umsätze und eine gute Ertragslage verbuchten. Das spricht für eine Stabilisierung der wirtschaftlichen Lage in der ostdeutschen Industrie.
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IWH Industry Survey July: Business situation in East German manufacturing sector slightly worse – Outlook optimistic
Udo Ludwig
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 10,
1996
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Kosten und Nutzen der Ausbildung an Tertiärbildungsinstitutionen im Vergleich
Martina Eschelbach, G. Heineck, Steffen Müller, Regina T. Riphahn
Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik,
No. 2,
2010
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We compare German institutions of tertiary education (universities and polytechnics) with respect to the cost of and the returns to their educational degrees. Based on cost data from two different sources we find that on average the expenditures of universities are lower than those of polytechnics when we consider expenditures per potential enrollee and per student enrolled during the regular education period. We apply data from the German Socio-economic Panel (2001–2007) to estimate the private returns to tertiary education and find higher returns to university than polytechnic training. These results are robust to a variety of alternative procedures.
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Towards a Europeanization of Wage Bargaining? Evidence from the Metal Sector
Vera Glassner, Toralf Pusch
European Journal of Industrial Relations,
No. 2,
2013
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European trade unions have attempted to coordinate their bargaining strategies transnationally in order to counter downward pressures on wages. Such coordination is most feasible in broadly integrated and exposed sectors that have to face common competitive constraints on wages. This article investigates collectively negotiated wage increases in the metal sector in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. We assume a specific logic of transnational pattern bargaining, with Germany as the ‘anchor’ country. We investigate the emergence of a transnational wage coordination effect before and after institutions for the coordination of wage bargaining were established. Finally, we draw conclusions on prospects for wage bargaining coordination with further integration of Economic and Monetary Union.
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Ceremonial Encapsulation and the Diffusion of Renewable Energy Technology in Germany
Iciar Dominguez Lacasa
Journal of Economic Issues,
No. 4,
2014
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This inquiry employs ideas advanced by institutionalist thinker Paul Dale Bush to shed light on technology diffusion in Germany’s electrical generation and distribution industry. Research findings suggest that what Bush labeled as ceremonial dominance affects outcomes in technology selection. Evidence suggests that fossil fuel and nuclear technologies have remained favored by power producers despite the externalized environmental costs to society associated with their implementations. Advances in government policy have indeed created a framework that favorably accommodates renewable energy technologies. However, what Bush labeled ceremonial dominance is shown to persist and to contribute to ceremonial encapsulation. Consequently, renewable energy technologies have diffused only to the point that the powers behind the industry remain in dominant positions. Although there is measurable, incremental technological change in the electrical power industry, in light of the urgency of climate change problems, technologies supporting the electrical power system need to be selected more judiciously.
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