This study explores the potential of conjoint choice analysis for planning decisions in urban sites. We elicit people's preferences for regeneration projects that change the aesthetic and use character of specified urban sites. We focus on two sets of regeneration projects. The first set entails...

Die kommunale Straßensanierung wird in der Regel von den Anliegern finanziert. Widersprüche dagegen haben Verwaltungsgerichte mit der Begründung, die Hauseigentümer hätten durch die Sanierung besondere Vorteile, abgewiesen. Aus finanzwissenschaftlicher Sicht muss die Erhebung von Beiträgen...

In den 90er Jahren haben sich Erreichbarkeitsprobleme als Hindernis für die Revitalisierung der Innenstadt von Halle (Saale) erwiesen. Anhand der Befunde einer im Jahr 2004 durchgeführten Passantenbefragung (N = 1 492) wird überprüft, ob dies nach wie vor ein Hemmfaktor für die...

In this paper, we illustrate how surveys can be used to elicit the preferences of the public and of policymakers and city officials for regeneration projects at urban sites. Our methodology uses rating exercises, coupled with conjoint-choice stated preferences for the general public and with...

While risk selection within the German public health insurance system has received considerable attention, risk selection between public and private health insurers has largely been ignored. This is surprising since - given the institutional structure - risk selection between systems is likely...

This paper explores the relationship between risk attitude and asset diversification in household portfolios. We first examine the impact of manifested risk aversion on the total number of distinct assets held in a portfolio (naive diversification). The second part of the paper focuses on a more...

With banking sectors worldwide still suffering from the effects of the financial crisis, public discussion of plans to place toxic assets in one or more bad banks has gained steam in recent weeks. The following paper presents a plan how governments can efficiently relieve ailing banks from toxic...

This document provides an overview of the long-term care system, the number and develop-ment of beneficiaries and the long-term care policy in Germany. The report is part of the first stage of the European project ANCIEN (Assessing Needs of Care in European Nations), commissioned by the European...

Bei dem vorliegenden Pflegeheim Rating Report 2009 handelt es sich um den zweiten seit 2007. Hauptziel ist die Verbesserung der Transparenz im deutschen Pflegemarkt - mit Fokus auf der stationären Pflege. Daraus abgeleitet ergibt sich der Anspruch, den Entscheidungsträgern auf den...

Several approaches for subset recovery and improved forecasting accuracy have been proposed and studied. One way is to apply a regularization strategy and solve the model selection task as a continuous optimization problem. One of the most popular approaches in this research field is given by...