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Analyzing Cost Efficient Production Behavior Under Economies of Scope : A Nonparametric Methodology
Cherchye, L. - 2006
In designing a production model for firms that generate multiple outputs, we take as a starting point that such multi-output production refers to economies of scope, which in turn originate from joint input use and input externalities. We provide a nonparametric characterization of cost...
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A Pigouvian Approach to Congestion in Matching Markets
He, Yinghua - 2019
Recruiting agents, or "programs" costly screen "applicants" in matching processes, and congestion in a market increases … costs can be used as a Pigouvian tax. Higher costs reduce congestion by discouraging applicants from applying to certain … experimental and structural estimates show that a (low) application cost effectively reduces congestion without harming match …
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Low, High and Super Congestion of an Open-Access Natural Resource : The Autarky Case
Schiff, Maurice - 2020
" congestion (LC) – where MC > AC and both increase with output. I identify two additional congestion categories, "high" (HC) and … "super" (SC) congestion – where AC is backward-bending and MC < 0. Using a general equilibrium model, I derive the open …
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Labour Supply and Commuting
Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva - 2010
A new paradigm for transport economists has been established: revenues of a welfare-maximising road tax should be employed to reduce the level of a distortionary income tax. An essential modelling assumption to reach this conclusion is that the number of workdays is optimally chosen, whereas...
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Do School Budgets Matter? The Effect of Budget Referenda on Student Performance
Lee, Kyung-Gon - 2014
budget referenda passed and failed by narrow margins. The results indicate that increases in school expenditures reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055909
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Did Tuition Fees in Germany Constrain Students' Budgets? New Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2014
Less than a decade ago, several German states introduced tuition fees for university education. Despite their comparatively low level, fees were perceived by the public to increase social injustice, and have been abolished. Whereas other studies have shown no effect on enrollment, we analyze the...
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The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks
Helm, Ines; Stuhler, Jan - 2023
We study the fiscal and tax response to intergovernmental grants, exploiting quasi-experimental variation within Germany's fiscal equalization scheme triggered by Census revisions of official population counts. Municipal budgets do not adjust instantly. Instead, spending and investments adapt...
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Overtime Work and Overtime Compensation in Germany
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Bauer, Thomas K. - 2021
Sharing the available stock of work more fairly is a popular concern in the public policy debate. One proposal is to reduce overtime work in order to allow the employment of more people. This paper suggests that such a concept faces major problems. Using Germany as a case study, it is shown that...
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Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality : Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith - 2011
Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...
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The US Labor Market in 2030 : A Scenario Based on Current Trends in Supply and Demand
Edwards, Rebecca - 2013
Three fundamental forces have shaped labor markets over the last 50 years: the secular increase in the returns to education, educational upgrading, and the integration of large numbers of women into the workforce. We modify the Katz and Murphy (1992) framework to predict the structure of the...
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