In many kinds of bilateral negotiations the resolution of the issues at stake has an impact which extends beyond the remits of the parties directly involved (e.g. labour negotiations in sectors of public interest, where a strike would impact on the public at large). Once this is recognised,...

Das anhaltend hohe Siedlungsflächenwachstum stellt die Raumplanungsebenen in Deutschland vor die Notwendigkeit, sich stärker am Ziel der Begrenzung des ?Flächenverbrauchs? zu orientieren. In diesem Zusammenhang gibt es nun Überlegungen, das traditionell ordnungsrechtliche Instrumentarium der...

Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit speziellen Aspekten der stochastischen Überlagerung, die als Anonymisierungsmethode zur Sicherstellung der faktischen Anonymität von Mikrodaten eingesetzt wird.2 Insbesondere soll der Zusammenhang zwischen der Überlagerung mittels einer Mischungsverteilung...

A persistent controversy in the economics of higher education is the distributional consequences of tuition-fee subsidies. There are two points at issue. First, subsidies affect income distribution between rich and poor households, analyzed by cross-sectional studies. Second, there may also be...

This paper analyzes stochastic productive pollution within a model of endogenous growth. The extent to which the agents perceive their individual influence on aggregate pollution is parameterized. Recursive preferences allow for the separation between intertemporal substitutability and risk...

As institutional investors are engaged to realize attractive risk-adjusted returns, they can by definition be seen as risk managers. This paper analyzes their risk management behavior from a macro perspective and focuses on their incentives for rational herding. Based on a questionnaire survey...

The rational prodigality argument, which often serves to justify social security, is considered in a second-best tax framework with endogenous labor supply. Rational prodigality renders the familiar policies time inconsistent. We analyze time consistent policies and show that a wage tax suffices...

Zur Bewertung von Investitionsprojekten mit mehrperiodigen Zahlungen können die erwarteten Zahlungen mit geeigneten Kapitalkosten diskontiert werden. Die Kapitalkosten werden in der Regel als die erwartete einperiodige Rendite der Investition bestimmt, wobei häufig auf Kapitalmarktmodelle wie...

Many public goods like dams, fire departments, and lighthouses do not provide direct utility but act more as insurance devices against floods, fire, and shipwreck. They either diminish the probability or the size of the loss. We extend the public good model with this insurance aspect and...