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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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indicators for the US and Germany, we demonstrate that our inflation sentiment indicators improve forecast accuracy in comparison …
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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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Studie) in Deutschland nahe, dass die Einspareffekte tatsächlich deutlich geringer sind als in den USA. … Germany suggests that effect sizes are actually much lower than in the US. … zeigen, dass außerhalb der USA die Höhe der Stromverbräuche und die Kohlenstoffintensität der Stromerzeugung typischerweise …
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This article demonstrates that the large feed-in tariffs currently guaranteed for solar electricity in Germany …
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This paper uses individual level data to analyze the effect of changes in the compulsory benefit package of the German statutory health insurance scheme on the demand for private supplementary insurance. In particular, we aim at measuring the effect of excluding dentures from the benefit package...
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This paper examines the impact of unemployment on life satisfaction for Germany 1984-2006, using a sample of men and … explicitly identifies truly exogenous unemployment entries starting from 1991. We find that for women in East and West Germany …
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distinct focus on Germany, the three most important and still largely open questions in the design and implementation of …
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In times of peak demand hospitals may fail to deliver the high standard of treatment quality that they are able to offer their patients at regular times. To assess the magnitude of these effects, this study analyzes the effects of low staff-to-patients ratios on patient outcomes empirically. We...
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Using data on the valuation of Christmas gifts received by students in different fields at a German university, we investigate whether the endowment effect differs between students of economics and other respondents and whether it varies with the market price of the object under consideration....
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