Excessive alcohol consumption among youth and young adults is a major public health concern. On March 1, 2010 the German federal state of Baden-W rttemberg banned the sale of alcoholic beverages between 10pm and 5am in off-premise outlets (e.g. kiosks, petrol stations, supermarkets). We use rich...

Chapter 1: The Significance of Wellness and Its Presence in the Life of the Romanian Young Generation -- Chapter 2: Systemic risk causality among economic sectors -- Chapter 3: Destination management as determinant of tourist attractiveness -- Chapter 4: Mapping the performance of smart cities...

Die aktuellen politischen Debatten um den Klimawandel oder die Corona-Pandemie zeigen die grundlegende Umstrittenheit von Expertise in Politik und Gesellschaft. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes analysieren hierzu verschiedene Facetten, Akteure und Dynamiken der aktuellen Konflikte um Wissen und...

We study the effects of a labor-intensive health care sector within an R&D-driven growth model with overlapping generations. Health care increases longevity and labor participation/productivity. We examine under which conditions expanding health care enhances growth and welfare. Even if the...

Reference prices constitute a main determinant of patient health care reimbursement in many countries. We study the effects of a change from an "external" (based on a basket of prices in other countries) to an "internal" (based on comparable domestic products) reference price system. We find...