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Auf dem Markt für Informationen über feine Weine konnte sich Robert M. Parker eine dominante Stellung als sogenannter Weinkritiker aufbauen. Der vorgelegte Beitrag hat zum Ziel, die ökonomischen Mechanismen und „Geschäftsmodelle“ offen zu legen, die hinter Parkers Erfolg als Weinkritiker...
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Why is discovery in the Old Economy mostly financed by investors whereas entrepreneurs in the New Economy usually remain self-employed? The paper tries to answer this question based on a semi-formal analysis.
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Berichte über phänomenale Preissteigerungen bei feinen Weinen in der zweiten Hälfte der 90er Jahre haben die Frage aufgeworfen, ob sich Weine als Kapitalanlagen eignen könnten. Während diese Frage bezogen auf den Durchschnitt aller Weine sicher zu vernei-nen sein dürfte, ist dennoch nicht...
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One of the most striking empirical patterns of horse race betting markets is the favourite-longshot bias: Bets on favourites have dramatically higher expected returns than bets on longshots. The literature offers a couple of different, though not mutually exclusive, explanations based on risk...
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In every country in the world parties to private litigation are subject to a predetermined fee shifting regime. While there are no institutionalized opt-out provisions so far, we demonstrate that such provisions could improve welfare. We argue that private negotiations are not a viable...
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Higher education is subsidized worldwide, although with pronounced differences in levels of subsidization. While public funds account for about 90% of universities budgets in Scandinavian countries, the share of public funds in Great Britain and the US is less that 30%. Subsidization is...
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This study addresses the issue of poor intercomparability of measurements of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices among different laboratories. We present a round robin performance testing of novel OPV devices among 16 laboratories, organized within the framework of European Research...
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