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Artificial intelligence and industrial innovation : evidence from firm-level data

Rammer, Christian; Fernández, Gastón P.; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2021 - This version: March 2021

new business models. This paper analyses the extent to which the use of AI contributes to the innovation performance of …

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Founder personality and start-up subsidies

Chapman, Gary; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2023

Start-up subsidies play an important role in supporting start-up innovation and performance. However, what …

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Are there rebound effects from electric vehicle adoption? : evidence from German household data

Huwe, Vera; Gessner, Johannes - 2020

Widespread electric vehicle adoption is considered a major policy goal in order to decarbonize the transport sector. However, potential rebound effects both in terms of vehicle ownership and distance traveled might nullify the environmental edge of electric vehicles. Using cross-sectional...

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Climate change affectedness and innovation in German firms

Horbach, Jens; Rammer, Christian - 2022

Eco-innovations are crucial for the mitigation of climate change effects. It is therefore important to know if the existing climate change regulations and carbon pricing are appropriate and sufficient to trigger such innovations. Besides government measures, the demand for carbon neutral...

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Performance feedback and job search behavior : empirical evidence from linked employer-employee data

Pohlan, Laura; Steffes, Susanne - 2022

In this paper, we study whether performance feedback can serve as an instrument for firms to increase employee … retention. Feedback on the relative performance may affect individual job search behavior differently depending on workers … performance feedback system at the establishment level. We find no effect for employees performing above the median. …

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Climate protection potentials of digitalized production processes : microeconometric evidence?

Axenbeck, Janna; Niebel, Thomas - 2021

Although information and communication technologies (ICT) consume energy themselves, they are considered to have the potential to reduce overall energy intensity within economic sectors. While previous empirical evidence is based on aggregated data, this is the first large-scale empirical study...

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Reversing fortunes of German regions, 1926-2019 : boon and bane of early industrialization?

Berbée, Paul; Braun, Sebastian; Franke, Richard - 2022

This paper shows that 19th-century industrialization is an important determinant of the significant changes in Germany’s economic geography observed in recent decades. Using novel data on economic activity in 163 labor market regions in West Germany, we establish that nearly half of them...

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Search and equilibrium prices : theory and evidence from retail diesel

Cabral, Luís M. B.; Schober, Dominik; Woll, Oliver - 2019 - This version: March 27, 2019

We examine the relation between consumer search and equilibrium prices when collusion is endogenously determined. We develop a theoretical model and show that average price is a U-shaped function of the measure of searchers: prices are highest when there are no searchers (local monopoly power)...

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Energy conversion and storage : the value of reversible power-to-gas systems

Glenk, Gunther; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2021

In the transition to decarbonized energy systems, Power-to-Gas (PtG) processes have the potential to connect the existing markets for electricity and hydrogen. Specifically, reversible PtG systems can convert electricity to hydrogen at times of ample power supply, yet they can also operate in...

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The distinct features of hidden champions in Germany : a dynamic capabilities view

Rammer, Christian; Spielkamp, Alfred - 2019

Hidden Champions (HCs) are firms unknown to the wider public, but global leaders in the niche markets they serve. This paper looks at distinctive features of these firms, focusing on their dynamic capabilities. Employing a unique data base on German firms, we identify a representative sample of...

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