Die Analyse und Prognose des Kaufverhaltens von Konsumenten beschäftigt nicht nur die theoretische Marketingforschung, auch für den Praktiker stellt das Wissen über das Zustandekommen von Präferenzen eine zentrale Entscheidungsgrundlage für den Einsatz des Marketinginstrumentariums dar....

It has become part of the conventional wisdom in the economics of education that subsidies to higher education have a regressive distributional effect. Given that relatively more children from wealthier families enroll in higher education, many economist assume that these subsidies to higher...

We analyze the role of distance from a university in the decision to attend higher education in Germany. Students who live near a university can avoid moving and the increased living expenses by commuting. Thus, transaction cost arguments would suggest that the greater the distance to the...