Vorträge des DIW Berlin

Interindustry Differences in Rates of Return: New Evidence from Germany

Researchers have found plenty of evidence that profit rates vary considerably across industries. Moreover, existing evidence suggest that these interindustry differences in rates of return are not temporary but tend to persist. This is at odds with standard theories of open and (perfectly) competitive markets that underly, for instance, applied empirical work in growth accounting. At the same time...

Beschäftigtenentwicklung in deutschen Stadtregionen

Sozialräumliche Spreizungen auf Grundlage des SOEP

Knowledge, Intangible Capital and the Dispersion in Profit Rates

Die neue Attraktivität Berlins und ihre Folgen

Berliner Wirtschaft: nach Teilung und Transformation auf Wachstumskurs?

Ökonomischer Strukturwandel und Polarisierungstendenzen in Stadtregionen: der Fall Berlin

Berlin: Nachhaltige Trendwende erreicht?

Verschiebungen in der globalen Industrieproduktion und die Bedeutung der BRIC-Staaten

Forecast Models for Demographic and Economic Development at the Subnational Level

Mehr Menschen, mehr Jobs: Sattes Plus in Berlin

EU Metropolitian Regions in the 21. Century: Comparing Berlin-Brandenburg, Fankfurt, Munich, Rhein-Ruhr, Hamburg

Challenges to EU Metropolitan Regions in the 21. Century: Paneldiscussion

Standortwettbewerb von Städten und Regionen: Fallstudie Berlin

The Impact of Intangibles on the Dispersion in Return Rates of Capital

It is argued that the observed return rates on capital at firm-level have an upward bias if firms are producing with unobserved intangible capital. Using EUKLEED, a comprehensive firm level data base for Germany, this theoretical preposition is proved empirically. Furthermore, making unobserved capital observable the dispersion in return rates reduces dramatically. The results clearly support the...

Spezialisierung und Effizienz der deutschen wissensintensiven Wirtschaft im internationalen Vergleich

Eastern Germany on the Brink of Closing the Productivity Gap?: Firm-Level Evidence from Manufacturing

After 20 years of transition, productivity in Eastern Germany is still considerably below the Western level. We study the development of the East-West productivity gap at the firm level and link it to firms' product policy. Redesigning their product range was a major challenge for Eastern enterprises as they sought their place in the international division of labour. Based on data from...

Industrie als Wachstumsmotor der Großstädte

Is Eastern Germany on the Jump to Close the Productivity Gap? Firm-Level Evidence in Manufacturing

Intangibles in Service Industries: Evaluation from a Micro Dataset for Germany