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Exchange rate pass-through into German import prices : a disaggregated perspective
Beckmann, Joscha; Belke, Ansgar; Verheyen, Florian - 2013
This study analyzes the exchange rate pass-through into German import prices based on disaggregated data taken on a monthly basis between 1995 and 2012. Our main contribution is twofold: firstly, we employ various time-series techniques to analyze data for different product categories, and also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771153
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Labour market outcomes of second generation immigrants : how heterogeneous are they really?
Schurer, Stefanie (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008
portray the labour market outcomes of second generation immigrants in Germany. Special attention is attributed to observable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740243
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West-East convergence in the prevalence of illicit drugs : socioeconomics or culture?
Tauchmann, Harald (contributor) - 2008
In contrast to West-Germany, illicit drugs were virtually absent in East-Germany until 1990. Yet, after the collapse of … the former GDR, East-Germany was expected to encounter a sharp increase in the prevalence of substance abuse. By analyzing … individual data, we find that East-Germany largely caught up with West-Germany's ever-growing prevalence of illicit drugs within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740307
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Do red herrings swim in circles? : controlling for the endogeneity of time to death
Felder, Stefan (contributor); Werblow, Andreas (contributor) - 2008
Studies on the effect of ageing on health care expenditures (HCE) have revealed the importance of controlling for time-to-death (TTD). These studies, however, are subject to possible endogeneity if HCE influences remaining life expectancy. This paper introduces a ten year observational period on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003767521
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Do optional deductibles reduce the number of doctor visits? : empirical evidence with German dat
Schmitz, Hendrik (contributor) - 2008
Deductibles in health insurance are often regarded as a means to contain health care costs when individuals exhibit moral hazard. However, in the absence of moral hazard, voluntarily chosen deductibles may instead lead to self-selection into different insurance contracts. We use a set of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003785047
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003785071
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Trade-FDI linkages in a system of gravity equations for German regional data
Mitze, Timo (contributor); Alecke, Björn (contributor);  … - 2009
substitutive links between trade flows and outward FDI in line with earlier empirical evidence for Germany. Building upon German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811780
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US-euro area monetary policy interdependence : new evidence from Taylor Rule based VECMs
Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Cui, Yuhua (contributor) - 2009
This paper analyses the monetary policy interdependence between the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve (Fed) for the period 1999-2006. Two models are specified: a partial Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) and a general VECM. In the partial VECM, we look for a long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811795
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Tax policy and CO2 emissions : an econometric analysis of the German automobile market
Vance, Colin; Mehlin, Markus - 2009
car. Using panel data on new-car registrations in Germany, Europe's largest car market, the present paper addresses this … ; circulation tax ; car market ; Germany ; panel data ; nested logit model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811809
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Life-cycle variations in the association between current and lifetime earnings : evidence for German natives and guest workers
Brenner, Jan - 2009
In many economic models a central variable of interest is lifetime or permanent income which is not observed in survey data sets and typically proxied by annual income information. To assess the quality of such approximations, we use a unique source of lifetime earnings - the German pension...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824741