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The benefits of creating an integrated EU market for investment funds

Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor) - 2002

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001701687

How does the domiciliation decision affect mutual fund fees?

Lang, Gunnar; Köhler, Matthias - 2011

In this paper, we analyze whether the domiciliation decision of mutual funds has an impact on fund fees. To explain the fee price-setting of mutual funds, we consider characteristics specific to funds, fund companies, and countries. We find that fees vary considerably across fund types and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510386

Socially responsible investments in Germany, Switzerland and the United States : an analysis of investment funds and indices

Schröder, Michael - 2003

The aim of this study is the analysis of so called socially responsible investments (SRI). First, the performance of SRI equity investment funds and equity indices is investigated using Jensen's alpha as performance measure. The analysis considers market timing strategies of the fund management...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448250

Employment effects of innovations over the business cycle : firm-level evidence from European countries

Dachs, Bernhard; Hud, Martin; Koehler, Christian; … - 2016

A growing literature investigates how firms' innovation input reacts to changes in the business cycle. However, so far there is no evidence whether there is cyclicality in the effects of innovation on firm performance as well. In this paper, we investigate the employment effects of innovations...

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Local governments in the wake of demographic change : efficiency and economies of scale in German municipalities

Geys, Benny (contributor); Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor) - 2007

German municipalities are expected to suffer from (often significant) population losses in the upcoming decades. We assess these local governments’ vulnerability to the fiscal consequences of this demographic decline through two means (using a sample of 1021 municipalities in the state of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003480058

Do municipal mergers reduce costs? : evidence from a German federal state

Blesse, Sebastian; Baskaran, Thushyanthan - 2016 - This version: April 2016

We study the fiscal consequences of municipal mergers by making use of a largescale merger reform in the German federal state of Brandenburg. This reform, which was implemented from 2001 to 2003, led to a substantial reduction in the number of municipalities. Individual mergers were...

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Kosten der privaten Altersvorsorge : private Rentenversicherungen und Fondssparpläne im Vergleich

Westerheide, Peter - 2001

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 …. Sofern aktienorientierte Investmentfonds jedoch im langfristigen Durchschnitt höhere Renditen vor Kosten erwirtschaften …

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Age and skill bias of trade liberalisation? : heterogeneous employment effects of EU Eastern Enlargement

Fries, Jan - 2014

This study analyses the 2004 Eastern Enlargement to the European Union to obtain evidence on the employment effects of an increase in trade liberalisation. The Enlargement is thought to generate a trade-induced demand shock with no (or only limited) supply effects. Besides the variation over...

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Benchmarking regions : estimating the counterfactual distribution of labor market outcomes

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Furdas, Marina - 2012

This paper develops and implements a new benchmarking approach for labor market regions. Based on panel data for regions, we use nonparametric matching techniques to account for observed labor market characteristics and for spatial proximity. As the benchmark, we estimate the counterfactual...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009520122

Heterogeneous labour markets in a microsimulation-AGE model : application to welfare reform in Germany

Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor) - 2008

Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728424

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