There are two objectives of this article: (i) It is discussed theoreticallyhow the dynamics of pricing decisions of multiproduct retailers can be explained. (ii) It is analyzed empirically by use ofscanner data how prices are actually set and how consumers reactat the point of sale to price...

Price premiums are recognized as a central barrier for the diffusion of organic food. On average, the consumer has to pay about 50 % more for organic food than for comparable products. This is also true for large retailers although considerable economies of scale could be expected. Against this...

This paper studies the structural impact of wage and price control policies in socialist transitional economies using a two-sector three-factor small open economy model. It illustrates the results quantitatively via simulation exercises. At the earlier stage of the transition when labor is...

Konditionen stehen im Mittelpunkt des Verteilungskonfliktes zwischen der Industrie und dem Lebensmitteleinzelhandel. Der Konditionenstreit behindert dabei gemeinsame Ansätze zur Optimierung der Wertschöpfungskette (z.B. Ansätze des Efficient Consumer Response). Erst langsam setzt sich die...

The UK's Private Finance Initiative now involves billions of pounds' worth of capital investment in the public sector. Achievement of value for money is, therefore, a very important consideration. This study into value for money and economic analysis of PFI projects is based on empirical...

In this paper, we study the effects of bureaucratic corruption on fiscal policy and the subsequent impact on economic growth. Here corruption takes three forms: (i) it reduces the tax revenue raised from households, (ii) it inflates the volume of government spending, and (iii) it reduces the...

In this paper, we present the processes of public debt development in Kosovo for the period of its functioning, respectively from 2009 until 2018. There is no long history of it, but there is a dynamic constant growth. The methodology used in this paper is based on empirical study analysis, and...

En 2017, el Banco de España publicó un documento ocasional (DO 1701) en el que se describía el marco institucional del sistema de pensiones, se presentaban sus principales retos a medio plazo y se analizaban algunas propuestas de reforma. En este nuevo documento, el gobernador actualiza ese...

En 2017, el Banco de España publicó un documento ocasional (DO 1701) en el que se describía el marco institucional del sistema de pensiones, se presentaban sus principales retos a medio plazo y se analizaban algunas propuestas de reforma. En este nuevo documento, el gobernador actualiza ese...

En este documento exploramos empíricamente la influencia de la inflación sobre las variables fiscales en el corto, medio y largo plazos, para el caso de la economía española ; en particular, para extraer lecciones de política para el diseño del proceso en curso de reequilibrio de las...