As wives generally are younger than their husbands, and as they also have a higher life expectancy, wives generally have larger incentives to save for old age than their husbands. This paper analyses the household members' attitudes towards saving for old age, and the relation with the household...

As wives generally are younger than their husbands, and as they also have a higher life expectancy, wives generally have larger incentives to save for old age than their husbands. This paper analyses the household members' attitudes towards saving for old age, and the relation with the household...

Within the framework of a microeconomic model of leisure demand, the determinants of German tourists' decisions whether to spend vacation at all, which activities to pursue, and which travel destination to choose are investigated empirically. Three-stage nested multinomial logit models are...

This paper demonstrates the prominent role of antidumping laws as an Instrument of endogenous trade policy in the EC. In contrast with the US where dumping is subject to technical determination, the EC application of antidumping laws reflects political discretion and influence.

Anlaß dieses Beitrags bildet der im Januar 1989 präsentierte Kommissionsvorschlag zu einer Richtlinie bezüglich der Übernahme von Unternehmen in den Mitgliedstaaten. Zunächst werden theoretische Überlegungen zur Gestaltung von institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen diskutiert, die die...