What is the tenet upon which the public policy of lockdown by fiat experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic is based on? The work approaches this question about the rationale of the mandatory shelter-in-place policy as an interpersonal exchange of rights, but where the exchange occurs coercively...

Our paper aims at improving the understanding for the role of public employment agencies in job matching. We analyze the effects of the restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment. Based on two microeconomic...

We analyze the effect of different pricing schemes on horizontally differentiated firms' ability to sustain collusion when customers have the possibility to combine (or mix) products to achieve a better match of their preferences. To this end, we compare two-part tariffs with linear prices and...

Auch wenn die Orientierung am Shareholder-Value-Ansatz in den letzten Jahren immer weiter aus der Mode gekommen ist, erfreut sich die wertorientierte Steuerung von Unternehmen – insbesondere in ihrer nachhaltigen Variante mit dem Fokus auf alle Stakeholder – einer zunehmenden Beliebtheit....

Covid-19 bestimmt seit dem Jahreswechsel 2019/20 weltweit weite Teile des öffentlichen und privaten Lebens. Die Einschränkungen in vielen Lebensbereichen können nicht ohne gesellschaftliche und ökonomische Folgen bleiben. In diesem Working-Paper wird versucht, einige Auswirkungen auf unsere...

This paper gives a short recapitulation of the constraints for forward and futures prices under the condition that no risk-free profits can be achieved through arbitrage activities.

This article sheds light on a scarcely explored area of research related to herd behavior in urban settings of developing economies, where the use of motorized twowheelers has been increasing rapidly. Using primary survey-based data from Nepal, we examine whether potential motorcycle buyers in...

We study a parent's demand for gratitude from his child. We view this demand as an intervening variable between the parent's earnings and the incidence of child labor. The demand for gratitude arises from the desire of a parent to receive care and support from his child late in life, while the...

Since the turn of the year 2019/2020, Covid-19 has determined large parts of public and private life worldwide. The restrictions are causing social and economic issues in all areas of life. This working paper attempts to quantify and qualify some impacts on our society and our economy and to...

This paper investigates recent developments in meta-analysis, the tool to quantitatively synthesize research in a certain body of literature. After providing a brief overview on how to do a meta-analysis and discussing recent methodological advancements in the field, I review applied...