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Inequality, infrastructure, and institutions : empirical studies in public economics and political economy

Dorn, Florian - 2021

Florian Dorn erstellte diesen Beitrag während seines Promotionsstudiums an der Universität München (LMU). Die Studie wurde im September 2020 abgeschlossen und von der Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre als Dissertation angenommen. Die Dissertation trägt zur Empirie der Ökonomie des...

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Uncertainty and the demand for redistribution

Molnár, György; Kapitány, Zsuzsa - 2006

In this paper we focus on the connection between perception of the competitive pressure situation (unemployment, uncertainty, rising income and wealth inequalities, decreasing mobility) and demand for redistribution. Our context is Hungary, between 2000 and 2002. We identify some basic variables...

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Equality of opportunity : East vs. West Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015

The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990.Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...

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Collateral, default risk, and relationship lending : an empirical study on financial contracting

Elsas, Ralf; Krahnen, Jan Pieter - 2000 - Current draft: February 29, 2000

lending, borrower quality and collateral as a key variable in loan contract design. We used a unique data set based on the … examination of credit files of five leading German banks, thus relying on information actually used in the process of bank credit … borrower quality and the incidence or degree of collateralization. Our results indicate that the use of collateral in loan …

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Financial constraints and moral hazard : the case of franchising

Fan, Ying; Kühn, Kai-Uwe; Lafontaine, Francine - 2016

Financial constraints are considered an important impediment to growth for small businesses. We study theoretically and empirically the relationship between the financial constraints of agents and the organizational decisions and growth of principals, in the context of franchising. We find that...

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Financial constraints and moral hazard : the case of franchising

Fan, Ying; Kühn, Kai-Uwe; Lafontaine, Francine - 2013

Financial constraints are an important impediment to the growth of small businesses. We study theoretically and empirically how the financial constraints of agents affect their decisions to exert effort, and, hence the organizational decisions and growth of principals, in the context of...