We use a spatial general equilibrium model with potential commuting of workers between their place of work and their place of residence to analyze the effects of rush hours on the spatial allocation of employment and population, average labor productivity and the housing market. Abolishing...

This paper studies drivers' responses to a "notched" penalty scheme in which speeding penalties are stepwise and discontinuously increasing in speed. We present survey evidence suggesting that drivers in Germany are well aware of the notched penalty structure. Based on a simple analytical...

Das Insight Mobilität-Konzept: Vier Grundformen der Mobilität -- Der Homo Mobilicus -- Mobilität in Zahlen: Wo findet Mobilität tatsächlich statt? -- Individuelle Mobilitätsmuster: Was denken Experten und Nutzer? -- Mobilitätstypen: Welches Mobilitätsverhalten ist typisch? --...

We explore how outcomes of trade policy retaliation (Nash tariff games) are affected when trade simultaneously takes places geographically across countries and through time via financial intermediation. In such models deficits and surpluses in goods trade are endogenously determined, and...

Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the outcomes of dismissal conflicts. In this study we focus on severance pay and inquire whether its incidence and level varies in a systematic manner with the legal rules as defined...

Herausforderungen für die Gewährleistung von Versorgungssicherheit -- Überblick über ergänzende Mechanismen zur Sicherstellung von Versorgungssicherheit -- Modellierung von Kapazitätszubau im Rahmen eines mengenbasierten Kapazitätsmarktes -- Analyse und Interpretation unterschiedlicher...

The Decision to Patent with Vertical Product Differentiation -- An Empirical Investigation of the Decision to Patent with Vertical Product Differentiation -- The Decision to Patent with Horizontal Product Differentiation -- An Empirical Investigation of the Decision to Patent with Horizontal...