This paper investigates whether new health information aff ects smoking behavior. Interpreting three distinct categories of health events as different information, the paper also tests whether behavioral change depends on the type of information received. Based on retrospectively reported data...

The coexistence of social health insurance and private health insurance in Germany is subject to intense public debate. As only few have the opportunity to choose between the two systems, they are often regarded as privileged by the health insurance system. Applying a hazard model in discrete...

The coexistence of social health insurance and private health insurance in Germany is subject to intense public debate. As only few have the opportunity to choose between the two systems, they are often regarded as privileged by the health insurance system. Applying a hazard model in discrete...

Dieses Gutachten untersucht den Zusammenhang von Mengen‐ und Kostenveränderungen in der stationären Krankenhausversorgung. Ziel ist die Bestimmung des Fixkostenanteils an den Fallpauschalen (G‐DRG) für zusätzliche Leistungen. Auf Basis einer erheblich größeren und repräsentativeren...

In this paper, we analyze the effect of light conditions on road accidents and estimate the long run consequences of different time regimes for road safety. Identification is based on variation in light conditions induced by differences in sunrise and sunset times across space and time. We find...

Heuristics and biases are a widely researched topic in the field of behavioral finance. Yet, most studies only investigate the effects of heuristics and biases under laboratory conditions and consequently do not consider that financial decisions are likely to be made quite differently under...

Die Koexistenz von gesetzlicher und privater Krankenversicherung in Deutschland ist Gegenstand intensiver öffentlicher Debatten. Da lediglich eine Minderheit der Versicherten die Wahl zwischen beiden Systemen hat, wird diese Minderheit oft als privilegiert betrachtet. Auf Basis des...

The coexistence of social health insurance and private health insurance in Germany is subject to intense public debate. As only few have the opportunity to choose between the two systems, they are often regarded as privileged by the health insurance system. Applying a hazard model in discrete...

This paper empirically assesses the relative role of health plan prices, service quality and optional benefits in the decision to choose a health plan. We link representative German SOEP panel data from 2007 to 2010 to (i) health plan service quality indicators, (ii) measures of voluntary...