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We explain the recent events in the German market for online access using a model of a regulated monopoly renting phone lines to retailers. Retailers offer either a linear or a flat tariff to consumers. Consumer heterogeneity leads to adverse selection. We show why market entry for flatrate...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of market-oriented institutional reforms in German network industries. A disaggregated approach is chosen, which differentiates between network services, infrastructure management and network infrastructure. The gradual opening of network...
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. Evidence on employment in the retail sector from Germany, the Netherlands and the United States suggests that the regulatory …
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und Deutschland aufzeigt. Der Anteil Langzeitarbeitsloser an der Arbeitslosenquote ist in Europa wesentlich höher als in … den USA, was Solow durch die geringe Arbeitsplatzschaffung während Zeiten des Aufschwungs erklärt. Der Autor betont, dass …
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explaining the interaction between private agents and fiscal authorities in the U.S., West Germany, Japan and the U.K. over the … is necessary to formally test the models ̕theoretical restrictions. In West Germany and Japan there is evidence that the …
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, especially in the USA and Japan. In contrast with popular wisdom, it is only since the 1990s that policies in these countries …
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This paper considers the arguments for fundamental pension reform in Germany and the United States. The two countries …
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Social assistance in Germany reduces the incentive to work. The U.S. Welfare to Work Programm tries to avoid such …. Conclusions for welfare reform in Germany are drawn. …
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data on households in five countries: Spain and Italy (the South), and Germany, Britain, and the US (the North). Our …
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hypotheses in the data for Germany, Japan and the United States. …
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