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Inflation forecasting with inflation sentiment indicators

Döhrn, Roland (contributor); … - 2008

indicators for the US and Germany, we demonstrate that our inflation sentiment indicators improve forecast accuracy in comparison …

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Measuring energy security : a conceptual note

Frondel, Manuel (contributor); … - 2008

parameter. Applying the proposed concept to empirical energy data on Germany and the U.S. (1980-2004), we find that there is an … inter-temporally increasing gap in the energy supply risk between both countries, with Germany suffering much more from a …

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Blood money : incentives for violence in NHL hockey

Haisken-DeNew, John P. (contributor); … - 2008

The level of violence in the National Hockey League (NHL) reached its highest point in 1987 and has reduced somewhat since then, although to levels much larger than before the first team expansions in 1967. Using publicly available information from several databases 1996-2007, the incentives for...

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The dynamics of household location preferences in Germany

Neumann, Uwe; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2024

pursue the evolution of household location preferences in West Germany. Using microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel …-urban and urban-rural disparities by age and skills have begun to rise. Even for Germany, where segregation is moderate, any … Jahrzehnten die innerstädtischen und Stadt-Land-Unterschiede nach Alter und Qualifikation zugenommen haben. Selbst für Deutschland …

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Heterogeneity in the intergenerational transmission of alcohol consumption : a quantile regression approach

Schmidt, Christoph M.; Tauchmann, Harald - 2010

This paper addresses the question of whether the effect of parental drinking on children’s later consumption of alcohol - which is frequently found to be of positive sign - exhibits a certain pattern of heterogeneity. In particular, if this effect is more prominent in the upper tail than...

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The regional economic effects of military base realignments and closures in Germany

Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Vance, Colin; Vorell, Matthias - 2010

Within the context of the current political discussion over base realignments and closures (BRACs) in Germany, this …

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Does it pay off to incentivize univiersites? : performance funding in the German higher education system

Burgard, Claudia; Grave, Barbara S. - 2013

In diesem Papier wird der Effekt der Einführung von leistungsorientierter Mittelvergabe (LOM) im deutschen Hochschulsektor analysiert. Seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre wurden neue Finanzierungssysteme nach und nach in den Bundesländern eingeführt, die zum Ziel hatten, die Performance und...

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Energiepolitik : erfolgreiche Energiewende nur im europäischen Kontext

Hübner, Malte; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Weigert, Benjamin - In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik : eine Zeitschrift … 13 (2012) 4, pp. 286-307

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The effect of a bonus program for preventive health behavior on health expenditures

Augurzky, Boris; Reichert, Arndt R.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2012

This paper contributes to the analysis of policy measures that attempt to reduce health care expenditures of insurers. We examine the impact of a cash bonus program for preventive health behavior of a German health insurer on prevention effort and health care expenditures using a unique...

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Supervisory board qualification of German banks legal standards and survey evidence

Körner, Tobias; Müller, Oliver; Paul, Stephan; … - 2013

implemented in Germany, we conducted a detailed survey among supervisory board members of German banks covering their educational …

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