We investigate how continental European unemployment can be reduced without reducing unemployment benefits and without reducing the net income of low-wage earners. Lower unemployment replacement rates reduce unemployment, the net wage and unemployment benefits. A lower tax on labour increases...

We analyze the welfare and employment effects of different wage bargaining regimes. Within the large firm search model, we show that collective bargaining affects employment via two channels. Collective bargaining exerts opposing effects on job creation and wage setting. Firms have a stronger...

We analyse the welfare effects of a publicly imposed smoking ban in privately owned places like bars. In an economy where households have heterogenous (positive and negative) attitudes towards smoking bans, bars can use the smoking regime choice as a strategic variable. In doing so, bars may...

Wir untersuchen das Ausscheiden von Vorstandsmitgliedern, insbesondere hinsichtlich verschiedener Arten von weiteren Vorstands- und Aufsichtsratsmandaten der Aufsichtsratsmitglieder. Es werden alle Vorstandsmitglieder der größten deutschen Aktiengesellschaften im Zeitraum 1996 bis 2008...