How does entry regulation influence entry into selfemployment and occupational mobility? [PDF]
We analyze how an entry regulation that imposes a mandatory educational standard affects entry into self-employment and occupational mobility. We exploit the German reunification as a natural experiment and identify regulatory effects by comparing ...
Prantl, Susanne, Spitz-Oener, Alexandra
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Evidence for West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Infections in Wild and Resident Birds in Germany, 2017 and 2018 [PDF]
Wild birds play an important role as reservoir hosts and vectors for zoonotic arboviruses and foster their spread. Usutu virus (USUV) has been circulating endemically in Germany since 2011, while West Nile virus (WNV) was first diagnosed in several bird ...
Eiden, Martin+19 more
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What explains the rise in CEO pay in Germany? A Panel Data Analysis for 1977-2009 [PDF]
The compensation of executive board members in Germany has become a highly controversial topic since Vodafone's hostile takeover of Mannesmann in 2000 and it is again in the spotlight since the outbreak of the financial crisis of 2009.
Fabbri, Francesca, Marin, Dalia
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Demons, ants, giants and dwarves: the construction of Germany’s handling of the Euro-crisis in French political discourse [PDF]
Since the beginning of the Euro crisis in 2009 a succession of one “last chance” meeting after another has exposed deep rifts over the policies to implement in order to ensure the permanence of the Euro.
Bogain, Ariane
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The Opening Up of Eastern Europe at 20-Jobs, Skills, and ‘Reverse Maquiladoras’ in Austria and Germany [PDF]
Many people in the European Union fear that Eastern Enlargement leads to major job losses. More recently, these fears about job losses have extended to high skill labor and IT jobs.
Marin, Dalia
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Digraph Complexity Measures and Applications in Formal Language Theory [PDF]
We investigate structural complexity measures on digraphs, in particular the cycle rank. This concept is intimately related to a classical topic in formal language theory, namely the star height of regular languages.
Hermann Gruber+1 more
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Complementary Currencies in Germany [PDF]
In several places in Germany colourful slips of paper replace the Euro as a medium of exchange. These unofficial tenders German Regiogeld, a phenomenon which occurred around 2001 and spread rapidly all over Germany.
Thiel, Christian
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Analyst behaviour: the geography of social interaction [PDF]
An analyst who works in Germany is more likely to publish a high (low) price target regarding a DAX30 stock if other Germany based analysts are also optimistic (pessimistic) about the same stock.
König, Frederik
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Listening in/To Germany, Pale Mother [PDF]
A newly restored version of Helma Sanders-Brahms’ 1980 film, Deutschland, bleiche Mutter (Germany, Pale Mother), was premiered in 2014 as a “Berlinale Classic”.
Lacey, Kate
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The costs of remoteness: evidence from German division and reunification [PDF]
This paper exploits the division of Germany after the Second World War and the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 as a natural experiment to provide evidence of the importance of market access for economic development. In line with a standard
Redding, Stephen, Sturm, Daniel M.
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