The red herring hypothesis contends that the high health care expenditure in old age is caused by proximity to death rather than calendar age. Dissenters point to longitudinal data and claim that health care expenditure age profiles tend to steepen over time. The present paper tests the...

The red herring hypothesis contends that the high health care expenditure in old age is caused by proximity to death rather than calendar age. Dissenters point to longitudinal data and claim that health care expenditure age profiles tend to steepen over time. The present paper tests the...

Die Theorie der Außenwirtschaft postuliert eine Effizienzsteigerung durch Spezialisierung, wenn freier Handel zwischen ehemals autarken Ländern möglich wird. Dieses Papier wendet das Heckscher-Ohlin Modell auf dieses Problemfeld an und analysiert die Fähigkeit der Spezialisierung im...

Die Theorie der Außenwirtschaft postuliert eine Effizienzsteigerung durch Spezialisierung, wenn freier Handel zwischen ehemals autarken Ländern möglich wird. Dieses Papier wendet das Heckscher-Ohlin Modell auf dieses Problemfeld an und analysiert die Fähigkeit der Spezialisierung im...

A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and in Switzerland. This study is of interest from three points of view. First, contrary to most existing work, patient days are not treated as an output but as an input. Second,...

A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and in Switzerland. This study is of interest from three points of view. First, contrary to most existing work, patient days are not treated as an output but as an input. Second,...