This dissertation is a collection of three stand-alone research papers. Thereby, the class of local polynomial matching … estimators is the central object of investigation. The first essay concentrates on applying local polynomial matching methods in … algorithms for the matching estimator. …

and incentive contracts in a labour market characterized by search frictions and matching. There exists a large body of … Arbeitskräfteumlauf und Anreizverträge in einem dynamischen Search-und-Matching-Arbeitsmarktmodell beschäftigen. Das grundlegende Modell …

the statistical method of matching, a specific nonexperimental variant of the causal model laid out in the first part. …

sogenannten 'matching' auf Ausbildungsfragen und schätzt den Effekt einer College Ausbildung auf Stundenlöhne. Sie stützt sich … thesis contrasts several alternative evaluation strategies in econometrics; one of which is the method of matching that has … recently become prominent in evaluating active labor market programs. This thesis extends the realm of matching into the field …

, measured using auditor market share by industry, improves audit quality. After matching clients of specialist and non …

This dissertation examines two problems that may arise in matching problems.The first two chapters deal with auctions …

gumbel distributed stochastic part, and derived its equilibrium output, a marriage match- ing function. The marriage matching …

Internationalisation has become part of the daily life of most small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe … of SMEs.Previous research on internationalisation has largely been explorative, most often without any modelling of … consisting of 1700 SMEs from seven countries in Europe where each firm is observed four or five times in the period 1991 …