German Abstract Die Corona-Pandemie 2020 wird ähnlich wie die Finanzkrise 2008 auch deutliche Spuren in der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung hinterlassen. Diese treten aufgrund der Rentenanpassungsformel mit 1 bis 2 Jahren Verzögerung ein und sind stark asymmetrisch zugunsten der...

Most countries show a residency discount in rents for sitting tenants. In the wake of strong rent increases and housing shortages, Germany implemented a reform in 2001 to curtail rent increases. Based on linked housing-tenant data for Germany, this paper estimates panel OLS and quantile...

Most countries show a residency discount in rents for sitting tenants. In the wake of strong rent increases and housing shortages, Germany implemented a reform in 2001 to curtail rent increases. Based on linked housing-tenant data for Germany, this paper estimates panel OLS and quantile...

This paper studies a dynamic procurement and production process used by many automakers, and BMW in particular. An automaker (she) must procure components from an upstream supplier (him) to assemble cars in a given production period. Demand for cars is stochastic and retail prices are...