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Percy, Sarah; Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

This article argues that it will be difficult, if not impossible, to control Somali piracy for four reasons. First, Somali piracy is a land-based problem and naval control mechanisms are not changing the incentives for pirates. Second, improving Somalia's anarchic political situation will not...

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Gov-arrrgh-nance: Jolly Rogers and Dodgy Rulers

Groot, Olaf J. de; Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

In this paper, we argue that the effect of governance on the emergence of crimes of different levels of sophistication is highly non-linear. State failure, anarchy and a lack of infrastructure are not conducive to establishing any business, including illicit enterprises. At the bottom of the...

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Networks and Selection in International Migration to Spain

Neubecker, Nina; Smolka, Marcel; Steinbacher, Anne - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013

migration, using aggregate data from a recent migration boom to Spain. We draw upon McFadden (1984, 1422-1428) in order to …

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The Influence of Conflict on the Demand for Education in the Basque Region

Groot, Olaf J. de; Göksel, Idil - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

It has previously been shown that civil conflict influences many economic factors, including education, which play an important role in development and economic growth. Previous authors working on the influence of conflict on education have, however, always focused strongly on the supply-side...

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The Partisan Effects of Voter Turnout: How Conservatives Profit from Rainy Election Days

Arnold, Felix; Freier, Ronny - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

In this short note, we use data from different elections in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia between 1975 and 2010 to show that the social democrats generally profit from higher voter turnout at the expense of the conservatives. We deal with the endogeneity of voter turnout by using...

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An Economic Assessment of Soil Carbon Sequestration with Biochar in Germany

Teichmann, Isabel - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

climate change. When deployed in agricultural soils in Germany, it has been found by Teichmann (2014a, b) that slowpyrolysis …

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How You Ask Is What You Get: Willingness-to-Pay for a QALY in Germany

Ahlert, Marlies; Breyer, Friedrich; Schwettmann, Lars - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

We report results of a survey of a representative sample of the German population in which respondents were asked for their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for either an extension of their life or an improvement in their health corresponding to a gain of one quality-adjusted life year (QALY). While one...

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Lifetime Earnings Inequality in Germany

Bönke, Timm; Corneo, Giacomo; Lüthen, Holger - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …

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Who Starts a Business and Who Is Self-Employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …

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Long Memory in German Energy Price Indices

Barros, Carlos P.; Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

This study examines the long-memory properties of German energy price indices (specifically, import and export prices, as well as producer and consumer prices) for hard coal, lignite, mineral oil and natural gas adopting a fractional integration modelling framework. The analysis is undertaken...

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