In this paper, we study the local dial-up Internet access market using a game theoretic model. Inparticular, we consider the Nash equilibrium of the service providers and examine their behavioron investment and output level. We calibrate this model to fit the industry structure and datafound in...

Diese Dissertation umfasst drei Beiträge zur ökonometrischen Untersuchung der Wirkungen der Besteuerung von Arbeitseinkommen (Taxonometrics). Der erste Beitrag versucht die Frage zu klären, wie die Besteuerung von Arbeits- und Kapitaleinkommen miteinander kompatibel gemacht werden können....

Die vorliegende Dissertation zum Thema „Theoretische und Empirische Aspekte der Besteuerung von Veräußerungsgewinnen“ beschäftigt sich mit den Effekten der Besteuerung von realisierten Wertsteigerungen beim Anteilsverkauf. In dieser Arbeit werden zum einen normative (Manuskript 1) sowie...

This paper carries out an analysis of individual profitability of life insurance in form of endowment policies which have been very popular in Germany for several decades. We integrate taxes, transaction costs and the possibility of early termination into a model of capital budgeting. The aim of...

This paper discusses how payments from and contributions to a life annuity or a pension scheme can be taxed decision neutrally in the context of a classical income tax. We use the concept of "economic income" in the sense of Johansson and Samuelson. Within the framework of an economic analysis...

Thailand is now engaged in the important process of reforming the countrys telecommunications structure. New telecommunications acts have been passed and regulators have been designated to regulate this telecommunications transformation. However, there are many critical details that must be...

This study offers a new approach to understanding the diffusion of a new technology; specifically on the process of information sharing and its influence on a market based standards contest. Since diffusion relies upon adopting firms to gather information and learn about a new technology prior...

One of the major areas for research and investment related to the Internet is the provision of quality of service (QoS). We remain confident that in the not-to-distance future, QoS will be introduced not only in private networks but in the whole Internet. QoS will bring some new features into...

The growing interest from telecommunication services providers to offer wireless based services has spurred an also growing demand for wireless spectrum. This has made the tasks related to spectrum management more complicated, especially those related to the allocation of spectrum between...