This paper examines the effects of stock market access, and in particular trading hours, on retail investment performance. We find that plausibly exogenous increases in trading hours are associated with meaningful declines in retail investors’ capital gains, as reported on tax returns for the...

This study explored the behavioral dynamics that is responsible for the success of the small independent specialty retailers in a shopping center during weekday extended trading hours. Drawing on literature from different areas, consumers' shopping experiences, browsing patterns and factors...

Für viele Erwerbstätige sind "atypische Arbeitszeiten" Realität. Für die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf stellen ungünstige Arbeitszeitlagen wie Arbeit auf Abruf, Schichtarbeit, Nacht- und Wochenendarbeit spürbare Hindernisse und Belastungsmomente dar. Die Flexibilisierung der...

This paper reports on ongoing research on the interactions between product regulation and labor market outcomes. In particular, I summarize work on the employment effects of shop-closing regulation in the retail and other related sectors. Evidence on employment in the retail sector from Germany,...

A 1996 change in shopping hours regulations in the Netherlands provides an opportunity to study the effects of timing constraints on total time spent in shopping, working, and other activities as well as the timing of these activities. We develop a simple structural model to make predictions...

We estimate the effects of the deregulation of shop opening hours on the market structure of the retail sector and on the size and composition of the labour force employed there. To identify these effects, we exploit the staggered implementation of a reform that allowed Italian municipalities to...

Die Policy Note untersucht Strukturen des Kinderbetreuungswesens. Dabei weist das Kinderbetreuungsangebot, trotz seiner starken räumlichen Ausweitung in der Vergangenheit, auch Mängel auf. Dies betrifft insbesondere die Öffnungszeiten, die in manchen Regionen sehr kurz sind. Das...