Various fields of economic analysis (e.g., growth and productivity) and economic policy (e.g., monetary and social policy) rely on accurate measures of price change. Unfortunately, the price index formulae that most price statisticians consider as particularly accurate - the superlative indices...

A model-based derivation of an effective antitrust policy requires an economic framework that includes three actors: a cartel, a group of competing fringe firms, and a welfare maximizing antitrust authority. In existing models of cartel behavior, at least one of these actors is always missing....

This study introduces the urbanicity index of employment. Unlike traditional measures of urbanization (e.g., urbanization rate), the urbanicity index is distance-based and accounts for the scale aspect as well as the concentration aspect of urbanization. The concentration aspect can be...

Aufgaben -- Lösungen -- Schätzung I: Punktschätzung -- Indikatoren für die Qualität von Schätzverfahren -- Schätzung II: Intervallschätzer -- Hypothesentest -- Fortgeschrittene R-Anwendungen -- Verwendete R-Befehle -- Verwendete Datensätze.

Surveys of cartel proceedings reveal that illegal cartels usually (1) attempt to minimize the risk of detection, (2) achieve merely imperfect levels of collusion, (3) compete against some fringe firms, and (4) adjust to market entries and exits. By contrast, existing oligopoly models of...

Aufgaben -- Lösungen -- Schätzung I: Punktschätzung -- Indikatoren für die Qualität von Schätzverfahren -- Schätzung II: Intervallschätzer -- Hypothesentest -- Fortgeschrittene R-Anwendungen -- Verwendete R-Befehle -- Verwendete Datensätze.