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case of ARGARCH models, the approximation process chosen in this paper shows a better estimation of the stock price … development based on autoregressive models and, thus, more robust estimation results for the reaction to a regulatory change … because of the national process of governments’ adjustments. Thus, the estimation results provide evidence that companies …
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Psychological studies invariably find a positive relationship between violent video game play and aggression. However, these studies cannot account for either aggressive effects of alternative activities video game playing substitutes for or the possible selection of relatively violent people...
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interaction in the past. Econometric estimation results suggest that Internet contact to firms is more likely to be established by …
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This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany between 2001 and 2006. Based on detailed linked employer-employee data, we show that wage inequality is rising strongly – driven not only by...
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estimation, using data with self-reported periods of hunger earlier in life, with famines as instruments. The data contain … estimation to deal with imperfect recollection of conditions at very early stages of life. The estimated average causal effects …
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Most countries show a residency discount in rents for sitting tenants. In the wake of strong rent increases and housing shortages, Germany implemented a reform in 2001 to curtail rent increases. Based on linked housing-tenant data for Germany, this paper estimates panel OLS and quantile...
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Auch dreißig Jahre nach dem Artikel von Modigliani und Miller und zahllosen weiteren Veröffentlichungen ist die Frage zur Finanzierungsstruktur von Unternehmen weitgehend ungelöst. Dabei ist insbesondere in der empirischen Evidenz dieses Forschungsgebietes ein Defizit festzustellen. Unter...
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In this study we investigate the minimum wage (MW) effects for a German sub-construction sector where the MW bites extraordinary hard by international standards. Within a quasiexperiment we estimate the Quantile Treatment Effects of the MW on the conditional and unconditional distribution of...
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survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation …
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We study how consumer search affects pricing in markets with incumbents and entrants using panel data on German electricity retail markets. Consumers observe the baseline price of the incumbent and decide whether or not to search. Incumbent providers can price discriminate between searching and...
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