The concept of nonparametric smoothing is a central idea in statistics that aims to simultaneously estimate and modes the underlyingstructure. The book considers high dimensional objects, as density functions and regression. The semiparametric modeling technique compromises the two aims,...

East-West migration in Germany peaked at the beginning of the 90s although the average wage gap between Eastern and Western Germany continues to average about 25%. We analyze the propensity to migrate using microdata from the German Socioeconomic Panel. Fitting a parametric Generalized Linear...

Die Rekordzahlen an Unternehmensinsolvenzen, die schlechte Ertragslage der deutschen Kreditinstitute in den vergangenen Jahren und der von Basel II ausgehende Druck zur Verwendung von realitätsnahen Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeiten haben es überdeutlich gemacht: Der Bedarf an leistungsfähigen...

Publications are a vital element of any scientist’s career. It is not only the number of media outlets but aslo the quality of published research that enters decisions on jobs, salary, tenure, etc. Academic ranking scales in economics and other disciplines are, therefore, widely used in...