social norms. We develop a theoretical frame-work which nests various social custom models. Using micro data for Germany and …

In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours … of overtime for full-time male workers with overtime in Great Britain is roughly twice those in Germany for all years. We … time. In Germany, we observe a remarkable decrease in the share of workers who work paid overtime and a significant …

European economies (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom). Using survey data on household and expert inflation …

professional forecasters from four major European economies. Our estimates imply that inflation expectations in France, Germany and …

-time and part-time employment of different skill groups of women in the UK and West Germany. The analysis is based on large …

bank lending. We are using a dataset on assets and liabilities of commercial banks from five countries (France, Germany …

-ins for monetary union with respect to Germany. Using tests for cointegration and common features for monthly data during the …