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Price and income elasticities of residential energy demand in Germany
Schulte, Isabella; Heindl, Peter - 2016
(electricity and heating) in Germany. Using official expenditure data from 1993 to 2008, we estimate an expenditure elasticity for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503007
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Did the introduction of the euro lead to money illusion? : empirical evidence from Germany
Bittschi, Benjamin; Duppel, Saskia - 2015
Using the introduction of the euro as a natural experiment, we provide economy-wide evidence for money illusion based on declared donations from German administrative income tax data. Our results suggest a magnitude of the money illusion effect between 2.4% and 7.6%. Compared to previous studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316505
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Uncertainty of outcome versus reputation : empirical evidence for the first German football division
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Stadtmann, Georg - 1999
This paper analyses the determination of match attendance in the German premier football league by applying models derived from Peel/Thomas (1992) and Janssens/Késenne (1987). Additionally we develop an improved version, where we incorporate the supporter clubs and the weather conditions as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443285
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The behaviour of noise traders : empirical evidence on purchases of business magazines
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Stadtmann, Georg - 2000
According to the prospect theory financial investors tend to sell winners too early and ride losers too long. Therefore, demand for financial advise should be high in a bull market and low in a bear market. Thus, we test the hypothesis whether the demand for business magazines is somehow related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445202
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Welfare analysis of fiscal reforms : does the representation of the family decision process matter : evidence for Germany
Beninger, Denis; Laisney, François; Beblo, Miriam - 2003
compound procedure of estimation and calibration based on the 1998 wave of the German socioeconomic panel. We estimate a … estimation of collective models with taxation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448527
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Forecasting adoption of ultra-low-emission vehicles using the GHK simulator and Bayes estimates of a multinomial probit model
Daziano, Ricardo A.; Achtnicht, Martin - 2012
stated-preference data on vehicle choice from a Germany-wide survey of potential light-duty-vehicle buyers using computer …-assisted personal interviewing. We show that Bayesian estimation of a multinomial probit model with a full covariance matrix is feasible … representing an average of the current vehicle choice situation in Germany. Consumer response to qualitative changes in the base …
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What drives WTP for energy efficiency when moving? : Evidence from a Germany-wide household survey
Kesternich, Martin - 2010
households. The estimation results suggest that the WTP is not mainly determined by socioeconomic attributes like household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008902231
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Semiparametric estimation of regression functions under shape invariance restrictions
Wilke, Ralf A. - 2003
This paper considers the shape invariant modelling approach in semiparametric regression estimation. Nonparametric … estimation procedure is suggested. √N- consistency of the parameter estimates is proved. Finite sample performance of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448993
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Cognition, optimism and the formation of age-dependent survival beliefs
Grevenbrock, Nils; Groneck, Max; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2018
This paper investigates the roles psychological biases play in empirically estimated deviations between subjective survival beliefs (SSBs) and objective survival probabilities (OSPs). We model deviations between SSBs and OSPs through age-dependent inverse S-shaped probability weighting functions...
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Consumption and nutrition : age - intake profiles for Czechoslovakia 1989-1992
Miquel, Ruth; Laisney, François - 2000
This paper provides non-parametric estimates of the relation between nutrient intake and age for Czechoslovak individuals, as a function of characteristics of both the individual and the household she lives in, on the basis of household purchases. Results show no significant difference between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445193