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A Model Of Market-Enhancing Infrastructure

Aghion, Philippe; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

asymmetric firms, restructuring, and entry. We show how these welfare effects depend on the initial level of market development …, and restructuring and entry costs. The model generates an endogenous demand for infrastructure investment, and the … simulate the relative welfare effects of reducing transport, restructuring and entry costs, and we evaluate in each case the …

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Competition, Entry, and the Social Returns to Infrastructure in Transition Economies

Aghion, Philippe; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

incentives for relatively low-cost firms to enter the market, and thus improves the efficiency of the entry process. The … among firms, the proportion of high-cost firms, the cost of restructuring, and entry costs for new firms. …

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Using the life satisfaction approach to value daylight savings time transitions: Evidence from Britain and Germany

Kuehnle, Daniel; Wunder, Christoph - 2015

Daylight savings time (DST) represents a public good with costs and benefits. We provide the first comprehensive examination of the welfare effects of the spring and autumn transitions for the UK and Germany. Using individual-level data and a regression discontinuity design, we estimate the...

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Expanding the Welfare System: A Proposal for Reform

Orszag, Mike; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This proposal involves the establishment of ‘welfare accounts’ for every person in a country. There are four accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital account (covering education and training), and a health...

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Using the Life Satisfaction Approach to Value Daylight Savings Time Transitions: Evidence from Britain and Germany

Kuehnle, Daniel; Wunder, Christoph - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015

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Examining the structure of spatial health effects in Germany using Hierarchical Bayes Models

Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2013

This paper uses Hierarchical Bayes Models to model and estimate spatial health effects in Germany. We combine rich individual-level household panel data from the German SOEP with administrative county-level data to estimate spatial county-level health dependencies. As dependent variable we use...

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Buying control? "Locus of control" and the uptake of supplementary health insurance

Bonsang, Eric; Costa-Font, Joan; de New, Sonja C. - 2021

This paper analyses the relationship between locus of control (LOC) and the demand for supplementary health insurance. Drawing on longitudinal data from Germany, we find robust evidence that individuals having an internal LOC are more likely to take up supplementary private health insurance...

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Competition and Quality in Regulated Markets: a Differential-Game Approach

Brekke, Kurt Richard; Cellini, Roberto; Siciliani, Luigi; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public utilities) taking a differential game approach, in which quality is a stock variable. Using a Hotelling framework, we derive the open-loop solution (providers commit to an...

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Examining the Structure of Spatial Health Effects in Germany Using Hierarchical Bayes Models

Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

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