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One last puff? : public smoking bans and smoking behavior

Anger, Silke; Kvasnicka, Michael; Siedler, Thomas - 2010

, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in …-in-differences estimates show thatthe introduction of smoke-free legislation in Germany did not change average smoking behavior within the …

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Personality traits, self-employment, and professions

Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2010

We investigate the effect of broad personality traits - the Big Five - on an individual's decision to become self-employed. In particular, we test an overall indicator of the entrepreneurial personality. Since we find that the level of selfemployment varies considerably across professions, we...

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The economic impact of social ties : evidence from German reunification

Burchardi, Konrad B.; Hassan, Tarek A. - 2011

to East Germany in 1989 experience a persistent rise in their personal incomes after the fall of the Berlin Wall … within a given West German region invest in East Germany. As a result, West German regions which (for idiosyncratic reasons … capita in the early 1990s. A one standard deviation rise in the share of households with social ties to East Germany in 1989 …

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Online und Mobile Banking aus Kundensicht

Melles, Torsten - In: Die Bank (2015) 4, pp. 60-61

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In absolute or relative terms? : how framing prices affects the consumer price sensitivity of health plan choice

Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011

This paper provides field evidence on (a) how price framing affects consumers' decision to switch health insurance plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple regulatory efforts. In 2009, in order to foster competition...

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On the stability of preferences : repercussions of entrepreneurship on risk attitudes

Brachert, Mattias; Hyll, Walter - 2014

The majority of empirical studies make use of the assumption of stable preferences in searching for a relationship between risk attitude and the decision to become and stay an entrepreneur. Yet empirical evidence on this relationship is limited. In this paper, we show that entry into...

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Entry into entrepreneurship, endogenous adaption of risk attitudes and entrepreneurial survival

Brachert, Matthias; Hyll, Walter; Titze, Mirko - 2014

Empirical studies use the assumption of stability in individual risk attitudes when searching for a relationship between attitude to risk and the decision to become and survive as an entrepreneur. We show that risk attitudes do not remain stable but face endogenous adaption when starting a new...

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Does subsidizing investments in energy efficiency reduce energy consumption? : evidence from Germany

Dieckhöner, Caroline - 2012

Improving energy efficiency is one of the three pillars of the European energy and climate targets for 2020 and has led to the introduction of several policy measures to promote energy efficiency. The paper analyzes the effectiveness of subsidies in increasing energy efficiency in residential...

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Inkubator - Geschäftsmodell auch für Investmentbanken?

Birkelbach, Jörg - In: Die Bank (2001) 5, pp. 356-361

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Immobilien-Investments vor dem Umbruch

Zitelmann, Rainer - In: Die Bank (2000) 4, pp. 254-257

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