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Pharmaceutical prices: the impact of the launch strategy : an analysis of German data
Böhler, Yvonne-Beatrice; Lamping, Christian; Wichardt, … - 2019
pricing system was changed in 2011 in order to tie prices more to the benefits of the pharmaceuticals. A multiple linear … regression of 187 pharmaceuticals which were assessed from 2011 to 2017 suggests that, despite the change, the manufacturers …
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The impact of new drug launches on the loss of labor from disease and injury : evidence from German panel data
Bui, Thi Mai Van (contributor); Stolpe, Michael (contributor) - 2007
This paper studies the evolution of early retirement due to disease and injury in the German labor force between 1988 and 2004. Using data from the German Federation of Public Pension Providers, the IMS Health Drug Launches database and the WHO Mortality Database, we show that new drug launches...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003449223
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The welfare costs of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe : an empirical assessment using the economic value-of-life approach
Fimpel, Julia (contributor); Stolpe, Michael (contributor) - 2006
optimization model to determine the aggregate welfare losses from HIV/AIDS in 25 Eastern European countries. Assuming a discount … rate of three percent, we find a total welfare loss for the whole region of 1.2 trillion US-$, approximately 16 percent of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003375874
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On the neutrality of credit-driven asset bubbles
Reicher, Christopher Phillip - 2011
This paper proposes and tests a theory of credit-driven asset bubbles which are neutral in their real effects. When a lender such as a government, central bank, or banking sector is willing to lend infinitely against collateral, explosive asset bubbles can form which exactly offset a bubble in...
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Non-market interaction in primary equity markets : evidence from France and Germany
Stolpe, Michael - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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The cost of EU trade protection in textiles and clothing
Francois, Joseph F.; Glismann, Hans H.; Spinanger, Dean - 2000
This paper estimates the costs of EU restraints on trade in textiles and clothing. After explaining the methods used, we examine the impact of an opening up of EU trade in textiles and clothing, inter alia to those economies where the textile and clothing (T&C) industries command sizeable shares...
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Measuring the benefit-cost ratio of public IPM technology transfer programs : an optimal control framework and an application to Nepalese agriculture
Wiebelt, Manfred - 2000
Despite favourable ecological and economic results, many developing countries have not yet adopted an integrated pesticide management (IPM). Given rising marginal costs and diminishing marginal benefits from IPM technology transfer, an optimal control framework is used to identify optimal rates...
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The macroeconomic effects of fiscal consolidation in dynamic general equilibrium
Schwarzmüller, Tim; Wolters, Maik H. - 2014
-run output effects of the different consolidation strategies, but also regarding the welfare effects and the distributional … of credit-constrained households who cannot smooth consumption has a large impact on the overall output and welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416675
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On the heterogeneous trade and welfare effects of GATT/WTO membership
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Yalçin, Erdal; … - 2020
equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 … general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and heterogeneous across members, and relatively small … gain in terms of welfare, due to beneficial terms-of-trade effects. …
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Optimal sequencing of antiretroviral drug cocktails under uncertainty and irreversibility
Bezabih, Mintewab (contributor); Stolpe, Michael (contributor) - 2007
This paper develops a real options approach to the optimal sequencing of antiretroviral drug cocktails for HIV/AIDS patients in resource-poor settings. The analysis focuses on the implications of endogenous resistance mutations in the virus that reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of...
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