In der Diskussion über Gemeindegebietsreformen wir immer wieder mit Skalenerträgen argumentiert: Durch Gemeindezusammenschlüsse könnten Größenvorteile ausgeschöpft werden und es entstünden leistungsfähigere Gebietskörperschaften. Die konsistente Messung dieser Skalenvorteile ist aber...

Inhalt: 1 Grundsätzliche Überlegungen. 2 Arbeitsmodelle. 2.1 Das Modell "Doppelmandat". 2.2 Das Modell "Contracting aus dem Erwachsenen-Ich". 2.3 Das Modell "Widerstandstypologie" mit fünf Widerstandstypen. 2.4 Das Modell "50-Prozent-Regel". 3 Conclusio. 4 Literatur.

Representative longitudinal data for German firms (establishments or enterprises) that can be used for scientific analyses are mainly from two sources, the IAB Establishment Panel and the AFiD-Panel based on surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. This paper compares the data from these...

"Since February 2006, self-employed, workers abroad and caregivers have the opportunity to voluntarily insure themselves against unemployment (Voluntary Public Unemployment Insurance). This scheme was initially scheduled to end in 2010. In 2011, the possibility of voluntary insurance was...

The private provision of public goods (PPPG) is still one of the most fascinating puzzles in economics. Underpredicted by standard economic theory but outrightly evident in empirical evidence, its presence opened doors for new methods to enter the economist's toolkit and helped birthing the...

We devise a new experimental game by nesting a voluntary contributions mechanism in a broader spectrum of incentive schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a 2x2 design, subjects either vote on or exogenously...

This paper studies individual log real wage change of east and west Germans over the period 1990/91 to 1995/96 using data from the German Socio-economic Panel. Parameters are estimated by median regression. Human capital theory and job mobility theories have implications for wage changes that...