One standard criterion for there being objectivity in an area of discourse is that there is conceptual space between what someone thinks to be the case and what actually is the case. That is, participants can be mistaken. This article explores one aspect of the objectivity debate as regards law:...

In this chapter, we utilize the residual concept of productivity measures defined in the context of normal-gamma stochastic frontier production model with heterogeneity to differentiate productivity and inefficiency measures. In particular, three alternative two-way random effects panel...

Grundlagen -- Auswirkungen der Verwendung verrauschter PD-Schätzungen auf die Höhe des regulatorischen Kapitals gemäß Basel II -- Winner's Curse als mögliche Folge verrauschter PD-Schätzungen -- Auswirkungen einer Verrauschung der PD-Schätzungen auf die Ergebnisse der quantitativen...

Efficiency analyses in the health care sector are often criticised for not incorporating quality variables. The definition of quality of primary health care has many aspects, and it is inevitably also a question of the patients’ perception of the services received. This paper uses variables...