In 1991 and 2008, Israel abolished the equivalents of 1¢ and 5¢ coins, respectively, effectively eliminating low-denomination coins and introducing rounding in cash transactions. When totals were rounded up, shoppers incurred a small rounding tax. Using detailed data on price endings and...

Anlässlich des 150. Geburtstags von Hugo Sinzheimer würdigt der vorliegende Tagungsband das Leben und Werk eines Juristen, dessen Bedeutung weit über seine Rolle als Namensgeber des Hugo-Sinzheimer-Instituts (HSI) hinausgeht. Sinzheimer war nicht nur Architekt, Pionier und Vater des...

Die Bundesregierung plant für 2026 eine umfassende Sozialstaatsreform, aufbauend auf den Ergebnissen der Sozialstaatskommission. Damit soll die deutsche Wirtschaft gestärkt und der Bundeshaushalt entlastet werden. Ob das gelingen kann, analysieren wir in diesem Papier: Wir quantifizieren die...

Der Siebte Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht (7. ARB) ist ein umfangreiches, datenbasiertes Werk, das viele relevante Lebensbereiche abdeckt - von Einkommen und Vermögen über Bildung, Gesundheit und Teilhabe bis hin zu neuen Themen wie Klimawandel und subjektiven Erfahrungen von Armut. Gleichzeitig...

Credit risk is one of the most significant risks for banks, with the probability of default (PD) playing a central role in risk management. Logistic regression models are widely used to estimate PDs based on historical default data and firm characteristics. However, such models rely on...

This report replicates and extends the empirical analysis of Fry (2023), which studies the impact of the 2014 West African Ebola epidemic on the scientific productivity of researchers in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Using the replication package provided by the author, we exactly reproduce...

Cahyadi et al. (2020) examine the cumulative effects of conditional cash transfer programs in Indonesia after 2 and 6 years. They find beneficial effects for several of the indicators targeted by the cash transfer programme. They find a substantial increase in childcare using trained...

We replicate Horváth (2025), experimentally studying link formation and effort in a linear-quadratic game with positive externalities. Across five treatments, subjects exert 38-97 percent more effort than the Nash benchmark yet create too few links, depressing payoffs. In groups of five, the...

This study provides a comprehensive examination of the economic, structural, and sustainability dimensions of the coffee value chain in Region X (Northern Mindanao), with emphasis on the provinces of Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental two areas recognized as emerging centers for both Robusta and...

Mehmood et al. (2023) estimate the effect of Ramadan fasting hours on judicial decisions using case-level data from Pakistan and India. Using exogenous variation in fasting intensity due to the Islamic lunar calendar and latitude, the authors find that Muslim judges are significantly more likely...