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Rush hours and urbanization
Seidel, Tobias; Wickerath, Jan - 2019
labor productivity and the housing market. Abolishing traffic congestion during rush hours leads to a more urbanized economy …
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Fly or cry: is airport noise costly?
Nitsch, Volker - 2009
Airport noise is costly. Airport location is typically associated with lower property prices. Airport expansion often sparks protests by local residents. In this paper, I provide new evidence on the costs of airport-related noise (and other disamenities of airports) for individuals. In contrast...
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Speed Limit Enforcement and Road Safety
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Rekers, Ramona - 2019
police reported accidents in a generalized difference-in-differences approach, we find that SLMO reduce traffic accidents and …
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When Labor Disputes Bring Cities to a Standstill: The Impact of Public Transit Strikes on Traffic, Accidents, Air Pollution, and Health
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Hener, Timo; Rainer, Helmut - 2015
effects of public transit strikes on urban populations in Germany. Due to higher traffic volumes and longer travel times …
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Was Germany ever united?: evidence from intra- and international trade 1885 - 1933
Wolf, Nikolaus - 2008
When did Germany become economically integrated? Within the framework of a gravity model, based on a new data set of … about 40,000 observations on trade flows within and across the borders of Germany over the period 1885-1933, I explore the … internal fragmentation resulted from cultural heterogeneity, from administrative borders within Germany, and from geographical …
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Dialects, cultural Identity, and economic exchange
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; … - 2010
We investigate whether time-persistent cultural borders impede economic exchange across regions of the same country. To measure cultural differences we evaluate, for the first time in economics, linguistic micro-data about phonological and grammatical features of German dialects. These data are...
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Migration background and educational tracking: Is there a double disadvantage for second-generation immigrants?
Lüdemann, Elke; Schwerdt, Guido - 2010
Research on immigrants' educational disadvantages largely focuses on differences in student achievement tests. Exploiting data from the German PIRLS extension, we find that second-generation immigrants face additional disadvantages with respect to grades and teacher recommendations for secondary...
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Does size matter? The impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010
Income inequality in Germany has been continuously increasing during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood …
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Legislative malapportionment and the politicization of Germany's intergovernmental transfer system
Pitlik, Hans; Schneider, Friedrich G.; Strotmann, Harald - 2005
distribution of fiscal transfers in Germany's intergovernmental transfer system over the period 1970-2002. It can be shown that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276558
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Long memory in German energy price indices
Barros, Carlos Pestana; Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; … - 2012
This study examines the long-memory properties of German energy price indices (specifically, import and export prices, as well as producer and consumer prices) for hard coal, lignite, mineral oil and natural gas adopting a fractional integration modelling framework. The analysis is undertaken...
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