We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment … impact of the reform. …

This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of … long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar … within the system of social insurances in Germany and its set-up with regard to eligibility criteria, service provision and …

costs (hedging costs) for firm values and exposure. Based on time series data of German DAX companies, DM/ dollar rates and … finding can be explained by higher exchange rate adjustment costs in case of substantial deviations from the long-run median … level. Furthermore, there is indication of asymmetric adjustment costs as effects from appreciations of domestic currency …

In the debate on the premature phase-out of nuclear power generation in Germany, there is an intense dispute on the …-out regulations affect both the magnitude of total economic costs and the distribution of these costs across nuclear power plants and … competing companies. Based on a dynamic partial equilibrium analysis of power supply options, we quantify the excess costs of …

deutlich, dass die laufenden Kosten von aufgeschobenen Leibrentenversicherungen zum Teil deutlich unter den Kosten für … Ansparen in Investmentfonds mit gleicher durchschnittlicher Renditeerwartung vor Kosten, wie sie private Rentenversicherungen … bieten, und den hier unterstellten Kosten für aktienorientierte Investmentfonds aus Kostensicht nicht immer effizient ist …

-specified time limits, are viewed as one important reason for the persistently high level of unemployment in Germany by many … proposals to reform social welfare in the recent German policy debate. We analyse a specific reform proposal with the following … effects of this welfare reform proposal are simulated on the basis of an econometrically estimated partialequilibrium labour …