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Post-Unification Wage Growth in East Germany
(1998-11-01)
Following monetary union with west Germany in June 1990 the median real monthly wage of prime age east German workers rose by 83% in six years. I use the German Socio-Economic Panel data to investigate the determinants ...
Financing Mechanisms and R&D Investment
(1998-07-01)
This paper analyzes how financial institutions affect efficiency in R&D investments by providing a new contractual foundation for soft budget constraints. We show those inefficient elements (informational asymmetries and ...
Evolutionary diffusion: internal and external methods used to acquire encompassing, complementary, and incremental technological changes in the lithotripsy industry
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1998-11)
This study links theories concerning methods that firms use to acquire technology with theories concerning types of technological change. We place particular emphasis on interorganizational relationships. We predict that ...