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Nuclear power in the twenty-first century (Part II) - The economic value of plutonium

von Hirschhausen, Christian R. - 2022

framework, we explore determinants of the value of plutonium, by comparing it with the economics of the dominant nuclear energy …

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Measuring unmeasurable: How to map laws to numbers using leximetrics

Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Pfeiffer, Linus - 2021

As the institutional literature convincingly shows, socioeconomic phenomena are to a large extent shaped by the formal institutions, that is, legal acts (laws and ordinances). However, the latter are formulated in a specific language that is difficult to understand, let alone to measure....

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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism: A survey (Part II)

Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010

methodologies from the discipline of economics but also refers to research from related disciplines (sociology, political science …

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The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism: A survey (Part I)

Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010

methodologies from the discipline of economics but also refers to research from related disciplines (sociology, political science …

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Mortality and Survivors' Consumption

Grimm, Michael - 2006

In developing countries illness shocks can have a severe impact on household income. Few studies have so fare examined the effects of mortality. The major difference between illness and mortality shocks is that a death of a household member does not only induce direct costs such as medical and...

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John Doe's old-age provision: Dollar cost averaging and time diversification

Ulbricht, Dirk - 2014

&P and downward trending Nikkei, are compared. In conclusion, average investor?s risk and return ratios improve with horizon …

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Distributional effects of taxing financial transactions and the low interest rate environment

Schäfer, Dorothea - 2016

The study aims to assess the distributional effects of taxing financial transactions including a focus on gender. It specifically investigates the impact of the low interest rate environment on tax revenues and distribution. The first part of the study is explorative, aiming to develop a concept...

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Estimating Risky Behavior with Multiple-Item Risk Measures

Menkhoff, Lukas; Sakha, Sahra - 2017

We compare seven established risk elicitation methods and investigate how robustly they explain eleven kinds of risky … behavior with 760 individuals. Risk measures are positively correlated; however, their performance in explaining behavior is … heterogeneous and, therefore, difficult to assess ex ante. Greater diversification across risk measures is conducive to closing this …

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The Store-of-Value-Function of Money as a Component of Household Risk Management

Größl, Ingrid; Fritsche, Ulrich - 2007

, smooth and stabilize consumption as well as minimize portfolio risk. In this context we also show how the correlation between …

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Risky earnings, taxation and entrepreneurial choice: a microeconometric model for Germany

Fossen, Frank M. - 2007

earnings deter risk-averse individuals. In this paper I analyse the expected value and variance of income in self …-employment entry and exit under risk are estimated, which include a standard risk aversion parameter. The model predicts that the …

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