Regional Allocations of Innovative Activity -- The Case of 3D Printing -- Regional Determinants of Innovative Activity -- Geoadditive Modeling of Diverging Allocations -- Innovative Activity over Space and Time -- Spatiotemporal Modeling of Innovation Promoting Factors

This paper examines the choice of commercial breaks by a television network in a monopoly setup. It is assumed that viewers dislike commercials, while the network seeks to maximize the total audience for these commercials through its choice of the number, length, and timing of commercial breaks....

Production of Scotch single malt whisky requires at least 3 years of storage time. The majority of whiskies are stored for about 10-18 years, several sorts are matured for even up to 70 years. This can be justified by the common opinion that older whisky is 'better'. This paper gives a...