Matthias Lutz

Local injection of stem cell factor (SCF) improves myocardial homing of systemically delivered c-kit + bone marrow-derived stem cells (2008)

Lutz, Matthias, Rosenberg, Mark, Kiessling, Fabian, Eckstein, Volker, Heger, Thomas, Krebs, Jutta, ...

Aims Recent studies have shown that stem cell therapy may alleviate the detrimental effects of myocardial infarction. Yet, most of these reports observed only modest effects on cardiac function,...

Who Prices Locally? Survey Evidence of Swiss Exporters (2007)

Andreas M Fischer, Matthias Lutz, Manuel Wälti

Survey information on Swiss exporters is used to test the hypothesis that firm-specific factors, in particular firm size, are important determinants of pricing-to-market (PTM). The survey asked...

Local Injection of Stem Cell Factor (SCF) Improves Myocardial Homing of Systemically Delivered c-kit+ Bone Marrow-derived Stem Cells (2007)

Lutz, Matthias, Rosenberg, Mark, Kiessling, Fabian, Eckstein, Volker, Heger, Thomas, Krebs, Jutta, ...

Aims Recent studies have shown that stem cell therapy may alleviate the detrimental effects of myocardial infarction. Yet, most of these reports observed only modest effects on cardiac function,...

Local injection of stem cell factor (SCF) improves myocardial homing of systemically delivered c-kit + bone marrow-derived stem cells (2007)

Lutz, Matthias, Rosenberg, Mark, Kiessling, Fabian, Eckstein, Volker, Heger, Thomas, Krebs, Jutta, ...

Aims Recent studies have shown that stem cell therapy may alleviate the detrimental effects of myocardial infarction. Yet, most of these reports observed only modest effects on cardiac function,...

Endothelin-1 inhibits the neuronal norepinephrine transporter in hearts of male rats (2005)

Backs, Johannes, Bresch, Elke, Lutz, Matthias, Kristen, Arnt V., Haass, Markus

Objective: Endothelin-1 (ET-1) potentiates norepinephrine (NE)-induced contractile responses. An impairment of cardiac NE re-uptake by the neuronal NE transporter (NET) contributes to an increased NE...

Globalisation, convergence and the case for openness in Developing Countries: what do we learn from open economy growth theory and empirics? (2001)

Lutz, Matthias

This paper critically assesses the current policy consensus that greater integration into the world economy is beneficial for poor countries. It examines both the theoretical basis and recent...

Pricing in segmented markets, arbitrage and the law of one price: evidence from the European car market (2000)

Lutz, Matthias

The paper examines automobile price differences in the Single Market for the 1993-98 period. The absolute law of one price is strongly rejected, but there is some convergence to its relative version....

Quantum interference in the e^+e^- decays of rho^0 and omega-mesons produced in pi^- p reactions (2000)

Soyeur, Madeleine, Lutz, Matthias, Friman, Bengt

The study of the pi^- p -> rho^0 n and pi^- p -> omega n amplitudes close and below the vector meson production threshold (1.2< sqrt(s) e^+e^- n reaction as function of the total center of mass...

Effective field theory for nuclear matter (1999)

Lutz, Matthias

We apply the relativistic chiral Lagrangian to the nuclear equation of state. An effective chiral power expansion scheme, which is constructed to work around nuclear saturation density, is presented....

Chiral dynamics of the nuclear equation of state (1998)

Lutz, Matthias

We present a new chiral power expansion scheme for the nuclear equation of state. The scheme is effective in the sense that it is constructed to work around nuclear saturation density. The leading...

Nuclear kaon dynamics (1997)

Lutz, Matthias

An effective low energy Lagrangian density is applied to nuclear $K^-$-dynamics. The free parameters, local s-wave couplings and SU(3)-symmetry constrained range terms are adjusted to describe...

Dynamical Higgs Mechanism without Elementary Scalars: A Lesson from Instantons (1995)

Diakonov, Dmitri, Forkel, Hilmar, Lutz, Matthias

The generation of gauge--dependent fermion vacuum condensates in Yang--Mills theory would dynamically break the gauge symmetry and thus provide an alternative to the Higgs mechanism in unified...

Thiamine-Auxotrophic Mutants of Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 Are Defective in Cell-Cell Signaling and Biocontrol Factor Expression

Dubuis, Christophe, Rolli, Joëlle, Lutz, Matthias, Défago, Geneviève, Haas, Dieter

In the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0, the Gac/Rsm signal transduction pathway positively controls the synthesis of antifungal secondary metabolites and exoenzymes. In this way, the...

Thiamine-Auxotrophic Mutants of Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 Are Defective in Cell-Cell Signaling and Biocontrol Factor Expression

Dubuis, Christophe, Rolli, Joëlle, Lutz, Matthias, Défago, Geneviève, Haas, Dieter

In the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0, the Gac/Rsm signal transduction pathway positively controls the synthesis of antifungal secondary metabolites and exoenzymes. In this way, the...

Who Prices Locally? Survey Evidence of Swiss Exporters

Fischer, Andreas M, Lutz, Matthias, Wälti, Manuel

Survey information on Swiss exporters is used to test the hypothesis that firm-specific factors, in particular firm size, are important determinants of pricing--to-market (PTM). The survey asked...

Who Prices Locally? Survey Evidence of Swiss Exporters

Andreas M. Fischer, Matthias Lutz, Manueal Wälti

Survey information on Swiss exporters is used to test the hypothesis that firm-specific factors, in particular firm size, are important determinants of pricing--to-market (PTM). The survey asked...

Aid, Governance and Private Foreign Investment: Some Puzzling Findings for the 1990s

Philipp Harms, Matthias Lutz

Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting resources towards unproductive activities? We explore this question using panel...

Price Convergence under EMU? First Estimates

Lutz, Matthias

This paper examines whether European monetary union has lowered the degree of price dispersion among member countries. A number of different estimation methods are applied to four independent...

EU Commission versus Volkswagen: New Evidence on Price Differentiation in the European Car Market

Matthias Lutz

Car market, European Commission, price-differentiation, Volkswagen fine,

Pricing in Segmented Markets, Arbitrage Barriers, and the Law of One Price: Evidence from the European Car Market

Matthias Lutz

The paper uses micro-level price data from the European car market to examine why there are deviations from the law of one price. The absolute law of one price is strongly rejected, but there is...

Beyond Burgernomics and MacParity: Exchange Rate Forecasts Based on the Law of One Price

Matthias Lutz

Cumby (1996) suggests that (i) deviations from MacParity are stationary, (ii) relative Big Mac prices converge rapidly and (iii) provide significant information on likely future exchange rate...

Internationale Preisvergleiche: Methodik und Anwendung auf nicht-handelbare Güter

Matthias Lutz

This paper deals with the methodology and interpretation of international price comparisons, focusing specifically on non-traded goods and services. The key difference to traded goods lies in the...

The Macroeconomic Effects of Foreign Aid: A Survey

Philipp Harms, Matthias Lutz

Research on the macroeconomic effects of aid has expanded rapidly in recent years. In this paper, we provide a survey of this literature. We start by reviewing some theoretical models that suggest a...

Price Convergence under EMU? First Estimates

Matthias Lutz

This paper examines whether European monetary union has lowered the degree of price dispersion among member countries. The difference-in-differences methodology is applied to four independent data...

Who Prices Locally? Survey Evidence of Swiss Exporters

Fischer, Andreas, Lutz, Matthias, Waelti, Manuel

Survey information on Swiss exporters is used to test the hypothesis that firm-specific factors, in particular firm size, are important determinants of pricing-to-market (PTM). The survey asked...

Aid, Governance, and Private Foreign Investment: Some Puzzling Findings and a Possible Explanation

Philipp Harms, Matthias Lutz

Does offcial aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting resources towards unproductive activities? In this paper we explore this question...

Aid, Governance, and Private Foreign Investment: Some Puzzling Findings and a Possible Explanation

Harms, Philipp, Lutz, Matthias

Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting resources towards unproductive activities? In this paper we explore this question...