In this paper we explore the role that demand uncertainty plays for the offshoring decision, and the role that … demand. The presence of a cost of firing or hiring as in Bagliano & Bertola (2004) generates an intertemporal element to a …

In this paper we conduct a counterfactual analysis and estimate the quantitative importance of demand and supply … isolate the impact of capital-skill complementarity (i.e., demand effects) and varying skill-specific labor supply (i …

, and the demand for private and public child care are simultaneously endogenized and intertemporally determined. We …

This study examines if couples time their work hours and how this work timing influences child care demand and the time … small. Finally, work timing behavior affects the demand for informal child care, but not the demand for formal child care …

-insurance demand. An unanticipated tax reform in 2000 halved the tax exemption limit for capital income in Germany. We document that … the demand for life insurance reacted strongly to this change. With regard to bequest motives, we analyze the demand for … viewed as an experimental institutional setting where life-insurance demand was not influenced by tax considerations which …

the viewers' equilibrium demand for high quality content. We find that, although consumers dislike advertisements, an …

and labour and its relation to derived demand. The resulting formula has proven very useful in understanding the derived … demand for productive factors, the distribution of factor incomes, and Marshall's Four Rules. This short paper notes that a …

Firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and size of their export … shipments. In our inventory model, transportation costs and optimal shipment frequency are determined on the basis of demand as …

unpredictable (and unobservable) fluctuations in demand for life insurance as well as changes in risk type (observable) over … individuals' lifetimes. The presence of demand type heterogeneity leads to the possibility that optimal GR contracts may have a … whose type turns out to be high risk but low demand renew more of their GR insurance than is efficient due to the attractive …