The paper examines the trend in public sector – private sector wagedifferentials in the 1980s and 1990s, using a variety of econometricmethods...br>

The rent-seeking model of Tullock (1980) has stimulated a large literature on rent-seekingcontests, of which Hillman (1989) and Nitzan (1994) provide useful surveys. AlthoughTullock's 'winner take all' model has been adapted and extended in numerous ways, thereremain fundamental modeling issues,...

We present the asymptotic properties of double-stage quantile regressionestimators with random regressors, where the first stage is based on quantile regressionswith the same quantile as in the second stage, which ensures robustness of the estimationprocedure. We derive invariance properties...

In diesem Beitrag geht es um Theoriepluralismus. Nicht, um ihn wieder einmal gegen die altpositivistische Idee der einen Wahrheit zu verteidigen oder ihn gegen eine wissenschaftspolitisch besonders erfolgreiche, hegemoniale Koalition in Stellung zu bringen (was freilich immer wieder ein guter...