In den Vereinigten Staaten werden die Beitragssätze der einzelnen Firmen zur Arbeitslosenversicherung entsprechend ihrer Beanspruchung ermittelt. Dies wird theoretisch damit begründet, daß andernfalls Sektoren mit hohen Entlassungsraten einen großen Teil der entstehenden Folgekosten...

In den Vereinigten Staaten werden die Beitragssätze der einzelnen Firmen zur Arbeitslosenversicherung entsprechend ihrer Beanspruchung ermittelt. Dies wird theoretisch damit begründet, daß andernfalls Sektoren mit hohen Entlassungsraten einen großen Teil der entstehenden Folgekosten...

In der bundesdeutschen Debatte über ein wünschenswertes Finanzausgleichssystem werden Effizienzaspekte weitgehend vernachlässigt. Es läßt sich jedoch zeigen, daß Finanzausgleichsregelungen Allokationsstörungen hervorrufen. Dies wird in dieser Arbeit anhand einer theoretischen Analyse...

Associated with climate change are the rising frequency, probability, and intensity of natural hazards, as stated by IPCC (2014). To contribute to the evaluation of climate change consequences, we study the impact of river floods caused by torrential rain periods, which are supposed to become...

Households in real cities are heterogeneous regarding their size and composition. An aspect usually neglected in urban models used to study economic and policy issues that arise in today's cities. We develop an urban general equilibrium model that takes a more complex household structure...

A spatial econometrics cross-section analysis of the NUTS2 regions of the EU15 is carried out to examine whether the age structure of the regional population or di¤erences in the regional age pattern a¤ect growth of regional per capita income.

As research indicates a gap between complex scientific measures of accessibility and simpler proxies used by firms, this paper analyses the impact of several market access indicators on the location decision of firms. It compares the role of inter- and intra-industry agglomeration as proxies of...

We discuss future challenges to road transport infrastructure. These are related to maintenance, autonomous transport and the fi-nancing of infrastructure. We state that maintenance investments are mainly relevant and necessary to avoid a strong reduction in accessibility;autonomous driving will...

We develop a two-stage formulation to estimate seaport performance and to understand the drivers of efficiency, which could potentially include specialization, ownership, competition and tariff regulation. The first-stage non-parametric, slacks-based measure estimates the technical efficiency of...