This paper proposes an iterative three-step spatial clustering procedure to define Functional Economic Market Areas (FEMAs) with an evolutionary computational approach using flow data on economic linkages. FEMAs are needed as basic observation units in disaggregated economic data analysis, since...

Wenn das Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVG) am 9. Dezember 2008 sein Urteil darüber verkündet, ob die geltende gesetzliche Regelung zur Pendlerpauschale verfassungswidrig ist, dann steht ihre juristische Bewertung im Vordergrund. Aktuell werden die Aufwendungen der nicht-selbständigen...

A new paradigm for transport economists has been established: revenues of a welfare-maximising road tax should be employed to reduce the level of a distortionary income tax. An essential assumption to reach this conclusion is that the number of workdays is optimally chosen, whereas daily...

We hypothesize, and test for, a negative effect of the length of the commute on worker’s productivity, by examining whether the commute has a positive effect on worker’s absenteeism. Our estimates for Germany indicate that commuting distance induces absenteeism with an elasticity of about...