endogenous firing as well as a short-time work decision. In recessions, short-time work reduces the unemployment risk of workers …, which mitigates their precautionary savings motive and aggregate demand falls by less. Using a quantitative model analysis …

risk of workers, which mitigates their precautionary savings motive. Using a quantitative model analysis, we show that this … recessions. First, we show that the consumption risk of short-time work is considerably smaller compared to unemployment using …

The real options investment theory shows that greater uncertainty about market revenues reduces current R&D investment …