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, how Schotter and Schelling's approaches to the analysis of economic institutions contribute to develop a proper cognitive … model developed by Schotter does not allow to encompass the complexity of decision-making processes leading to the emergence …
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This paper deals with a cross section analysis of local compensation payments to farmers for their provision of landscape amenities in alpine tourist communities. These payments can be interpreted as the outcomes of Coasian negotiations. Based on Austrian data we empirically identify the...
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We analyze the expected effects of building a rail tunnel between Lyon and Turin on i) the market shares of the established and the new suppliers, and ii) consumer surplus. The prospective project consists of a 53km rail tunnel providing freight shippers with a new alpine path. We calibrate an...
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We investigate the sensitivity of consumer surplus estimates to parametric assumptions on individual preference heterogeneity in a discrete choice framework. We compare results from a parametric random coefficients logit model and a recently proposed nonparametric sieve estimator. In particular,...
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Die vorliegende Studie thematisiert die Netzwerke „Allianz in den Alpen“ und das „Klimabündnis Österreich“, die … „Allianz in den Alpen“ sowie das „Klimabündnis Österreich“ näher beleuchtet (Entstehung, Ziele, Strukturen, Finanzierung und … problemorientierte Netzwerke bezeichnet werden: Während die „Allianz in den Alpen“ sich dezidiert auf die besonderen Probleme des …
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Trotz der großen Bedeutung des Tourismus für die regionale Entwicklung durch seine Rolle als Wirtschaftsfaktor und Arbeitgeber gerade in ländlichen, strukturschwächeren Räumen wird der Tourismus im neuen Bayerischen Landesentwicklungsprogramm kaum mehr erwähnt. Als Ersatz soll das...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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