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University rankings in action? : The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students?

Horstschräer, Julia - 2011

This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I estimate a random utility model using administrative...

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Accuracy and properties of German business cycle forecasts

Osterloh, Steffen (contributor) - 2006

In this paper the accuracy of a wide range of German business cycle forecasters is assessed for the past 10 years. For this purpose, a data set is used comprising forecasts published on a monthly basis by Consensus Economics. The application of several descriptive as well as statistical measures...

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Citation frequency and the value of patented innovation

Harhoff, Dietmar; Narin, Francis; Scherer, Frederic M.; … - 1997

Through a survey, economic value estimates were obtained on 962 inventions made in the United States and Germany and on …

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Exploring the tail of patented invention value distributions

Harhoff, Dietmar; Scherer, Frederic M.; Vopel, Katrin - 1997

We explore the tail of patented invention value distributions by using value estimates obtained directly from patent holders. The paper focuses on those full-term German patents of the application year 1977 which were held by West German and U.S. residents. The most valuable patents in our data...

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Life-cycle incidence of family policy measures in Germany : evidence from a dynamic microsimulation model

Bonin, Holger; Reuß, Karsten; Stichnoth, Holger - 2015

This paper quantifies the life-cycle incidence of key family policy measures in Germany. The analysis is based on a … Germany benefit considerably from family- and marriage-related transfers, yet also reveal substantial variation behind the …

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Assessing the impact of introducing an ACE regime : a behavioural corporate microsimulation analysis for Germany

Finke, Katharina; Heckemeyer, Jost H.; Spengel, Christoph - 2014

ACE regime in Germany. The simulation results show that granting an ACE for corporate income tax purposes results in a …

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Quasi-Monte Carlo methods in stochastic simulations : an application to fiscal policy simulations using an aggregate disequilibrium model of the West German economy 1960-1994

Franz, Wolfgang; Göggelmann, Klaus; Schellhorn, Martin; … - 1998

Different stochastic simulation methods are used in order to check the robustness of the outcome of policy simulations … possible margin. Because of nonlinearities confidence intervals for the simulation results have to be obtained by means of … stochastic simulations. The main contribution of this paper consists in presenting the simulation results. The robustness of …

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How do employment tax credits work? : an analysis of the German inheritance tax

Franke, Benedikt; Simons, Dirk; Voeller, Dennis - 2014

business transfers from the German Inheritance Tax Statistic and combine them with a simulation of the future development of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010425607

Reforming social welfare as we know it? : a microsimulation study for Germany

Steiner, Viktor; Jacobebbinghaus, Peter - 2003

-specified time limits, are viewed as one important reason for the persistently high level of unemployment in Germany by many … typically assumed by contributors to recent discussions on the potential labour market effects of welfare reforms in Germany …

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Ganztagsschulen und Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern : eine Mikrosimulationsstudie für Deutschland

Beblo, Miriam (contributor); … - 2005

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