The German Economy is not only affected by the Unification of Germany but by a significant influx of immigrants from abroad and huge migration from East to West Germany around the date of unification. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) allows to disentangle those effects by decomposition of the Theil I (0)-Index of inequality. In addition, the paper offers insights in the t...

Halotolerant bacteria are regarded as effective oil-scavengers in the polluted saltern and seawater. In this regard, a halotolerant Planococcus was isolated from oilcontaminated area of Dezful north springs, Iran, due to its capacity in biosurfactant (BS) production. To facilitate hydrocarbons degradation, in the current study, the efficiency of BS production as function of growth rate of the h...

This paper focuses on technological discontinuities and late shakeouts in mature industries. The empirical case is combined-cycle gas turbine technology in the power generation industry, where two of four main incumbents (GE, ABB, Siemens and Westinghouse) exited the industry after several years of competition. We show that the vast differences in firm performance are strongly related to variat...

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has commissioned a highly modified Westinghouse 600 kW wind turbine as its Controls Advanced Research Turbine (CART). The capabilities of the original turbine have been increased through the installation of a high-speed data-acquisition and control system, a widebandwidth variable-speed generation system, and a high-speed independent blade pitch s...

The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition Why is it that, as the Chinese Communist Party has loosened its grip, abandoned its core beliefs, and marketized the economy, its membership has risen markedly along with the economic benefits of joining? We use three national household surveys, spanning eleven years, to an...