Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

We study patterns of entry and exit in the German interurban bus industry in the first three years after its deregulation in January 2013. Using a comprehensive data set of all firm and route entries and exits,…

Codetermination can be regarded as an extreme regulatory intervention of the legislator in the labor market which might affect the efficiency of production and the bargaining power of labor. Based on a model…

• Informationswirtschaft blickt weiterhin optimistisch in die Zukunft
• E-Commerce gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung

• Gründungstätigkeit trotzt der Demographie
• Wissensintensive ausländische Direktinvestitionen und heimische Gründungen
• Mehr Wagniskapital für junge Unternehmen

• Cross-Country Comparison – Economic Crises Increase Inequality in the United States
• Innovation Indicator „† – Germany Comes in Fourth Place Globally for Innovation
• United States: Strategically Changing a…

We address the growing concern that minority shareholding (MS) in rival firms may lessen competition, using the introduction of national leniency programs (LPs) as a shock that destabilizes collusive agreements.…