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Prof. Dr. Kornelius Kraft

Industrial Economics and International Management
Research Associate

Prof. Dr. Kornelius Kraft received his diploma in economics at the University of Heidelberg in 1979 and his PhD at the University of Kassel in 1984. Since 2003 Kornelius Kraft has been professor of economics at the University of Dortmund. Previously he was professor at the universities of Essen and Fribourg (Switzerland). He is also a research fellow at the IZA at Bonn.

Kornelius Kraft has published articles in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, Economica, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Industrial Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Kyklos, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and Economics Letters among others.

Prof. Dr. Kornelius Kraft is research associate at ZEW. He works in close cooperation with the research unit "Industrial Economics and International Management".

Research associates usually function as co-managers of research projects at ZEW. They also supervise dissertations of ZEW's employees and, in addition, get involved in creating or maintaining major ZEW research focuses.

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Selected Publications

Publications in refereed Journals

Kraft, Kornelius and Uwe Jirjahn (forthcoming), Teamwork and Intra-Firm Wage Dispersion Among Blue-Collar Workers, Scottish Journal of Political Economy.

Kraft, Kornelius, Jörg Stank and Ralf Dewenter (forthcoming), Codetermination and Innovation, Cambridge Journal of Economics.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2010), On the Profitability of Innovative Assets, Applied Economics 42(15), 1941-1953.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2010), Which firms buy licenses? Market positions and license expenditures, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 112 (3), 471-488.

Czarnitzki, Dirk, Kornelius Kraft and Susanne Thorwarth (2009), The Knowledge Production of 'R' and 'D', Economics Letters 105, 141-143.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2009), Capital Control, Debt Financing and Innovative Activity, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 71, 372-383.

Kraft, Kornelius, Bernd Fitzenberger and Olaf Hübler (2008), Flexibilisierungspotentiale bei heterogenen Arbeitsmärkten – Eine Einführung, Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung Jg.41, H. 2/3, 95-116.

Kraft, Kornelius and Julia Lang (2008), "The Causes and Consequences of Adopting a Works Council, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik Bd. 228/5+6, 512-532.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2008), Mitarbeiteranreizsysteme und Innovationserfolg, Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung 41 (2/3), 245-258.

Kraft, Kornelius and U. Jirjahn (2007), Intra-firm Wage Dispersion and Firm Performance – Is There a Uniform Relationship?, Kyklos 60, 231-253.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2007), Are Credit Ratings Valuable Information?, Applied Financial Economics 17(13), 1061-1070.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2006), R&D and Firm Performance in a Transition Economy, Kyklos vol. 59, 481-496.

Kraft, Kornelius (2006), On Estimating the Effect of Co-Determination on Personnel Turnover, Schmollers Jahrbuch – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften/ Journal of Applied Social Sciences Studies vol. 126, 287-305.

Kraft, Kornelius and Marija Ugarkovic (2006), Gesetzliche Mitbestimmung und Kapitalrendite, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 226, 588-604.

Kraft, Kornelius and Marija Ugakovic (2006), Profit Sharing and the Financial Performance of Firms: Evidence from Germany, Economics Letters 92, 333-338.

Kraft, Kornelius (2006), Wage versus Efficient Bargaining in Oligopoly, Managerial and Decision Economics 27, 595-604.

Kraft, Kornelius and Pia Stebler (2006), An Economic Analysis of Financial Support after Divorce, International Game Theory Review 8, 561-579.

Kraft, Kornelius and Felix FitzRoy (2005), Co-Determination, Efficiency, and Productivity, British Journal of Industrial Relations vol. 43, 233-247.

Kraft, Kornelius and Jörg Stank (2004), Die Auswirkungen der gesetzlichen Mitbestimmung auf die Innovationsaktivitäten deutscher Unternehmen, Schmollers Jahrbuch – Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften/ Journal of Applied Social Sciences Studies vol. 124, 421-449.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2004), Innovation indicators and corporate credit ratings: evidence from German firms, Economics Letters 82(3), 377-384.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2004), An empirical test of the asymmetric models on innovative activity: who invests more into R&D, the incumbent or the challenger?, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 54(2), 153-173.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2004), Management Control and Innovative Activity, Review of Industrial Organization 24(1), 1-24.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2004), Firm Leadership and Innovative Performance: Evidence from Seven EU Countries, Small Business Economics 22(5), 325-332.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2003), Unternehmensleitung und Innovationserfolg, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 223(6), 641-658.

Kraft, Kornelius (2001), Unemployment and the Separation of Married Couples, Kyklos 54, 67 - 87.

Kraft, Kornelius and Ralf Dewenter (2001), Eingeschränkter Wettbewerb und abgestimmtes Verhalten: Konzentration und Anzeigenpreise regionaler Tageszeitungen, Ifo Studien 47, 1-24.

Kraft, Kornelius (2001), Codetermination as a Strategic Advantage?, International Journal of Industrial Organization 19, 543 - 566.

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Kornelius Kraft (2000), Haftungsregeln und Innovation, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 220(5), 513-526.

Kraft, Kornelius and Antonia Niederprüm (1999), Ist die Vergütung von Managern im Zeitablauf flexibler geworden?, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaftsliche Forschung 51, 787 - 804.

Kraft, Kornelius and Antonia Niederprüm (1999), Determinants of Management Compensation with Risk-Averse Agents and Dispersed Ownership of the Firm, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 40, 17 - 27.

Kraft, Kornelius (1998), The Codetermined Firm in Oligopoly, Economic Letters 61, 195 - 201.

Kraft, Kornelius (1998), An Evaluation of Active and Passive Labour Market Policy, Applied Economics 30, 783 - 793.

Kraft, Kornelius (1997), Hiring and Dismissal Costs in Theory and Practice: A Comparison of Institutional Constraints and Employment Adjustment Pattern in Six OECD Countries, Kyklos 50, 341 - 368.

Kraft, Kornelius (1996), Die Auswirkungen von Regulierungen des Werbemarktes auf die Produktqualität, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 215, 385 - 397.

Kraft, Kornelius (1996), Die Auswirkungen des Beschäftigungsförderungsgesetzes, Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften 47, 264 - 281.

Kraft, Kornelius (1995), Determinants of Price Adjustment, Applied Economics 27, 501 - 507.

Kraft, Kornelius and Felix FitzRoy (1995), On the Choice of Incentives in the Firm, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 26, 145 - 160.

Kraft, Kornelius (1994), Wage Differentials Between Skilled and Unskilled Workers, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 130, 329 - 349.

Kraft, Kornelius and Felix FitzRoy (1993), Economic Effects of Codetermination, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 95, 365 - 375.

Kraft, Kornelius (1992), Produktivitätswachstum und gewerkschaftliche Organisation, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 209, 419 - 430.

Kraft, Kornelius and Felix FitzRoy (1992), Forms of Profit Sharing and Firm Performance: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Problems, Kyklos 45, 209 - 225.

Kraft, Kornelius (1992), Profit-Sharing and Employment, Jahrbuch für Sozialwissenschaft 43, 349 - 363.

Kraft, Kornelius (1991), Lohnflexibilität und Beschäftigung in der bundesdeutschen Industrie, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 208, 239 - 253.

Kraft, Kornelius (1991), The Incentive Effects of Dismissals, Efficiency Wages, Piece-Rates, and Profit-Sharing, Review of Economics and Statistics 73, 451 - 459.

Kraft, Kornelius (1990), Licenciements, salaire aux pièces et participation aux bénéfices en tant qu'incitations, Economie et Prévision 92/93, 161 - 170.

Kraft, Kornelius (1990), Are Product- and Process Innovation Independent of Each Other, Applied Economics 22, 1029 - 1038.

Kraft, Kornelius and Felix FitzRoy (1990), Innovation, Rent-Sharing and the Organization of Labor, Small Business Economics 2, 95 - 103.

Publications in Journals

Kraft, Kornelius (2006), Reform der Mitbestimmung, Wirtschaftsdienst Reihe Zeitgespräch, im Erscheinen.

Monographs, Articles in Anthologies

Kraft, Kornelius and Marija Ugarkovic (2006), Die Auswirkungen von Gewinnbeteiligung in den neuen Bundesländern, in: Wolfgang Brandes, Thomas Eger und Manfred Kraft, Wirtschaftswissenschaften zwischen Markt, Norm und Moral, Festschrift für Peter Weise, Kassel, 317-334.

Kraft, Kornelius and Jörg Stank (2005), Globalisierung der Wirtschaft und Kooperationen, in: J. Zentes, B. Swoboda und D. Morschett, Kooperationen, Allianzen und Netzwerke, Wiesbaden.

Kraft, Kornelius and Felix FitzRoy (2005), Die Auswirkungen der gesetzlichen Mitbestimmung auf die Produktivität deutscher Unternehmen, in: Thomas Beschorner and Thomas Eger, Das Ethische in der Ökonomie, Festschrift für Hans G. Nutzinger, Marburg, 345-358.

Kraft, Kornelius and Felix FitzRoy (2003), Efficiency, Distribution, and Barriers to Participation, in: Hans G. Nutzinger, Wettbewerb und Marktwirtschaft; Regulation, Competition and the Market Economy, Festschrift für Carl Christian von Weizsäcker, Göttingen.

Kraft, Kornelius, John T. Addison and J. Wagner (1993), German Works Councils and Firm Performance, in: B.E. Kaufmann und M.M. Kleiner, Employee Representation: Alternatives and Future Directions, Association Series Ithaca, New York, USA, 305 - 338.

Kraft, Kornelius (1993), Eurosclerosis Reconsidered: Employment Protection and Work Force Adjustment in West Germany, in: C.F. Büchtemann, Employment Securits and Labor Market Behavior: Interdisciplinary Approaches and International Evidence, Ithaca, New York, USA, 297 - 301.

Kraft, Kornelius (1993), Arbeitsmarktflexibilität, Physica Verlag, Heidelberg.

Kraft, Kornelius and Felix FitzRoy (1991), Firm Size, Growth and Innovation: Some Evidence from West Germany, in: Z. Acs and D. B. Audretsch, Innovation and Technological Change, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 152 - 159.

Kraft, Kornelius (1990), Korreferat zu Klaus Jäger: Marktstruktur als Determinante der Beschäftigungsentwicklung, in: B. Gahlen, Marktstruktur und gesamtwirtschaftliche Entwicklung, Heidelberg, 97-101.

Kraft, Kornelius and Felix FitzRoy eds. (1987), Mitarbeiterbeteiligung und Mitbestimmung im Unternehmen, de Gruyter, Berlin - New York.

Kraft, Kornelius (1984), Partizipation und interner Arbeitsmarkt: Wechselwirkungen zwischen Humankapital und Mitarbeiterbeteiligung, Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/M - New York.