Increased availability of temptation goods might harm individuals if they have time-inconsistent preferences and consume more in the present than planned before. We study this idea by examining the credit behavior of low-income households around the expansion of the opening hours of retail...

Für viele Erwerbstätige sind "atypische Arbeitszeiten" Realität. Für die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf stellen ungünstige Arbeitszeitlagen wie Arbeit auf Abruf, Schichtarbeit, Nacht- und Wochenendarbeit spürbare Hindernisse und Belastungsmomente dar. Die Flexibilisierung der...

Over the past two decades, the Black Sea region has exhibited significantly growing wheat production and exports. In 2017/18, Russia ultimately became the world’s largest wheat exporter, a position that was held by the USA for decades. Mostly serving destination markets in the Middle East and...