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Inflation forecasting with inflation sentiment indicators
Döhrn, Roland (contributor);  … - 2008
indicators for the US and Germany, we demonstrate that our inflation sentiment indicators improve forecast accuracy in comparison …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003785071
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Measuring energy security : a conceptual note
Frondel, Manuel (contributor);  … - 2008
parameter. Applying the proposed concept to empirical energy data on Germany and the U.S. (1980-2004), we find that there is an … inter-temporally increasing gap in the energy supply risk between both countries, with Germany suffering much more from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729090
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Evaluating real world income distributions behind the veil of ignorance : how risk averse do you have to be to prefer Europe over the US?
Weichenrieder, Alfons J.; Zafar, Tasneem - 2011
The paper uses a veil of ignorance approach and income distribution data of developed countries to arrive at inequality corrected income rankings. While a risk neutral individual (based on year 2000 data) would have preferred to be born into the US rather than any European country in our sample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009375066
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Men, women, and the ballot : woman suffrage in the United States
Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2009
Woman suffrage led to the greatest enfranchisement in the history of the United States. Before World War I, however, suffrage states remained almost exclusively confined to the American West. The reasons for this pioneering role of the West are still unclear. Studying the timing of woman...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824710
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Is gasoline price elasticity in the United States increasing? : evidence from the 2009 and 2017 national household travel surveys
Goetzke, Frank; Vance, Colin - 2018
Drawing on the 2009 and 2017 waves of the National Household Transportation Survey, this paper models the determinants of vehicle miles traveled, with the aim of parameterizing the magnitude of the fuel price elasticity. To capture changes in this magnitude over the two years of the survey, our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903641
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Taxes and the financial structure of German inward FDI
Ramb, Fred (contributor);  … - 2004
tax rate of the German affiliate. From our study of a panel of more than 8,000 non-financial affiliates in Germany, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002522773
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Photovoltaics and the solar rebound : evidence for Germany
Frondel, Manuel; Kaestner, Kathrin; Sommer, Stephan; … - 2022
Recent research suggests that households increase their electricity consumption in the aftermath of installing photovoltaic (PV) panels, a behavioral change commonly referred to as the solar rebound. Drawing on panel data originating from the German Residential Energy Consumption Survey (GRECS),...
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The dynamics of household location preferences in Germany
Neumann, Uwe; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2024
pursue the evolution of household location preferences in West Germany. Using microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel …-urban and urban-rural disparities by age and skills have begun to rise. Even for Germany, where segregation is moderate, any … Jahrzehnten die innerstädtischen und Stadt-Land-Unterschiede nach Alter und Qualifikation zugenommen haben. Selbst für Deutschland …
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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition : theory and application to the German clothing industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
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Why are more boys born during war? : evidence from Germany at mid century
Bethmann, Dirk - 2009
In belligerent countries, male-to-female sex ratios at birth increased during and shortly after the two world wars. These rises still defy explanation. Several causes have been suggested (but not tested) in the literature. Many of these causes are proximate in nature, reflecting behavioral...
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