This paper analyses how many euro coins outflow from Germany and which composition of coins is to be expected in the long run. To this end, a simple mathematical model is formulated and calibrated for €1 coins. The introduction of the euro coins in 2002 presented a unique opportunity to...

Wie signalisieren hochbegabte Bewerber potenziellen Arbeitgebern ihr überdurchschnittliches Talent? Ein prominentes Kriterium ist die Ausbildung, denn Hochschulen lassen sich als Filtereinrichtungen interpretieren, die eine Einteilung von Studierenden in unterschiedliche Qualitätsstufen...

Auf der Tagung "Profil und Passung - Studierendenauswahl in einem differenzierten Hochschulsystem" wurden Methoden und Verfahren hochschuleigener Studierendenauswahl diskutiert und in einen breiteren hochschulpolitischen Kontext eingeordnet. Der Sammelband dokumentiert die Tagung in 28 Beiträgen.

We analyse the adjustment of retail and services prices in a period of low inflation, using a set of individual price data from the German Consumer Price Index which covers the years 1998 to 2003. We strong find evidence of time- and state-dependent price adjustment. Most importantly, the...

Most bank efficiency studies that use stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) employ each bank's own implicit input price when estimating efficient frontiers. But the theoretical foundation of most studies is a cost minimisation and/ or profit maximisation problem assuming perfect input markets. At...

Only a few studies have analysed staggering and synchronisation in pricing behaviour of multi-product firms. These studies used low-frequency data in an environment of high rates of inflation. This paper investigates staggering and synchronisation of weekly prices for ten food products in 131...

We provide an empirical assessment of the German interurban bus industry two years after its deregulation in January 2013. In addition to a general description of key developments of the industry, we use a unique route-level price data set to study both competitive interaction in general and the...

We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In addition to a brief characterization of the liberalization process and several general market developments, we provide a detailed analysis of selected market characteristics such as...