This paper discusses various approaches to decompose economic time series into their trend and cyclical components. For over 30 years now, the Deutsche Bundesbank publishes trend-adjusted indicators in its Statistical Supplement 4 entitled ?Seasonally Adjusted Business Statistics? which are...

In a surprisingly growing number of regions in Germany private "regional currencies" are issued as a cash substitute for the euro. Currently, these regional currencies are conceived almost exclusively as Schwundgeld (depreciative currency), which loses value on a predetermined timescale. This...

In dieser Arbeit werden Personalstammdaten eines großen Unternehmens des verarbeitenden Gewerbes genutzt, in der die Belegschaft in Arbeiter, technische und kaufmännische Angestellte untergliedert ist. Im Sinne von Doeringer und Piore (1971) kann gezeigt werden, dass der interne Arbeitsmarkt...