four major European economies (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom). As opposed to the benchmark rational …

Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … the evolution of the monthly labour earnings distribution and individual economic well-being differently in West Germany … regards to West Germany, we show that the current policy of transforming paid overtime in "working time accountsʺ, which is …

In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours … of overtime for full-time male workers with overtime in Great Britain is roughly twice those in Germany for all years. We … time. In Germany, we observe a remarkable decrease in the share of workers who work paid overtime and a significant …

The paper analyses the recent supply side developments in France, Germany, and Italy by employing a non …

We report results on the ex ante predictability of monthly excess stock returns in Germany using real-time and revised …

used a new dataset on monthly real-time macroeconomic variables for Germany. The dataset covers the period 1994-2005. We …

quality of banks' financial intermediation in the regions of one economy only: Germany. To approximate the quality of … banking pillars active in Germany. …