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Ownership and financial performance in the German hospital sector
Augurzky, Boris; Engel, Dirk; Schmidt, Christoph M.; … - 2009
This paper considers the role of ownership form for the financial performance of German acute care hospitals and its development over time. We measure financial performance by a hospital-specific yearly probability of default (PD). Using a panel of hospital data, our models allow for state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861443
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Preferences over bank and family loans in rural Rwanda
Peters, Jörg; Schoofs, Annekathrin; Sievert, Maximiliane - 2015
We study borrowers’ preferences over bank and family loans based on field work undertaken in rural Rwanda. We randomly assigned willingness-to-pay questions for a hypothetical loan offer either by a bank or by a family member to a sample of 480 households. Informal family loans are typically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390547
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How much fiscal backing must the ECB have? : The Euro Area is not the Philippines
Belke, Ansgar - 2010
The ECB has accepted increasing amounts of rubbish collateral since the crisis started leading to exposure to serious … ; central bank capital ; counterparty risk ; repurchase agreements ; collateral ; fiscal backing ; liquidity ; haircuts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961044
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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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Unemployment as a social norm revisited : novel evidence from German counties
Kunze, Lars; Suppa, Nicolai - 2016
Deutschland untersuchen wir, ob der soziale Normeffekt von Arbeitslosigkeit altersabhängig ist. In der Tat finden wir, dass die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440877
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Germany's Energiewende : a tale of increasing costs and decreasing willingness-to-pay
Andor, Mark Andreas; Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2016
This paper presents evidence that the accumulating cost of Germany’s ambitious plan to transform its system of energy … on a closed-ended question framed around Germany’s target of 35% renewable energy in electricity provision by 2020, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538684
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Effects of the Bologna Reform on educational outcomes : micro evidence from Germany
Hahm, Sabrina; Kluve, Jochen - 2016
paper analyzes impacts of the Bologna Reform for Germany by using unique micro data from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU …. Dieses Papier analysiert die Auswirkungen der Bologna-Reform in Deutschland auf Basis von Mikrodaten der Humboldt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540918
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A decomposition analysis of cigarette consumption differences between male Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002 - 2012
Dang, Rui - 2016
In this article, we investigate the differences in smoking behavior between male Turkish immigrants and male Germans, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). More specifically, we use a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models, and isolate differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011419574
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Cohort size effects on wages, working status, and work time
Okoampah, Sarah - 2016
This paper estimates the effects of cohort size on wages, employment and work time for workers in Germany. The … Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland. Die empirischen Ergebnisse implizieren, dass männliche Arbeiter in Berufen mit mittleren und hohen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011520610
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Estimating earnings assimilation of immigrants to Germany : evidence from a double cohort model
Okoampah, Sarah - 2016
, empirical evidence mostly suggests that immigrants to Germany experience persistent earnings disadvantages and, if at all, only … processes of immigrants to Germany. In line with this literature, no evidence for a robust assimilation process for immigrants … Aufenthaltsdauer im Gastland verschwindet, deutet die Evidenz für Deutschland hauptsächlich auf persistente Lohnnachteile für …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011520616