This paper estimates trade-demand functions for Germany from monthly data covering the period 1959-1988. It is assumed that these trade-demand functions have the form of the Linear Expenditure System, generated by a shifted Cobb-Douglas trade-utility function in which the shift parameter is...

The focus of this paper is on the microeconometric analysis of spatial choice in a cross section. Nested multinomial logit models are used to analyze the determi-nants of individual choice among destinations and vacation activities. Cramer and Ridder's likelihood ratio test for pooled...

This paper demonstrates the prominent role of antidumping laws as an Instrument of endogenous trade policy in the EC. In contrast with the US where dumping is subject to technical determination, the EC application of antidumping laws reflects political discretion and influence.

Within the framework of a microeconomic model of leisure demand, the determinants of German tourists' decisions whether to spend vacation at all, which activities to pursue, and which travel destination to choose are investigated empirically. Three-stage nested multinomial logit models are...

Anlaß dieses Beitrags bildet der im Januar 1989 präsentierte Kommissionsvorschlag zu einer Richtlinie bezüglich der Übernahme von Unternehmen in den Mitgliedstaaten. Zunächst werden theoretische Überlegungen zur Gestaltung von institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen diskutiert, die die...

This paper describes portfolio choices of German households in the 1980s and 1990s, presenting stylized facts and analyzing recent trends in asset ownership rates and asset shares on the basis of financial accounts and survey data. We correlate socio-demographic household characteristics with...

Die Simulated Maximum-Likelihood-Methode erlaubt die Schätzung von multinomialen Probitmodellen für Querschnitts- oder Paneldaten bei einer größeren Zahl von Entscheidungsalternativen. Im Rahmen von Monte-Carlo-Studien wird hier gezeigt, daß die Simulated Maximum-Likelihood-Methode bei...

This paper investigates whether individual-specific costs and incentives to search for information on financial assets affect the individuals' willingness to hold risky and illiquid assets. The study presents a MIMIC model of asset holdings and financial knowledge that explicitly accounts for...

Attitudes with respect to risk bearing, self-control and impatience are potentially important determinants of a households' decision whether or not to hold a certain assets. They are, however, hard to measure. This paper acknowledges the endogeneity of common measures of risk attitudes and...

This paper demonstrates the prominent role of antidumping laws as an instrument of endogenous trade policy in the EC. In contrast with the U.S. where anti-dumping decisions are largely subject to technical determination and trade barriers result from protectionist rules, the EC application of...