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Considerable empirical research exists on donations in the US and their determinants, including estimations of the income and price elasticity of giving. By contrast, less is known about the determinants of countries with an extensive welfare state. We address this deficiency by studying the...
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Regionalpolitik ist gemessen an den Ausgaben nach der Agrarpolitik das zweitwichtigste Politikfeld der EU. Eines ihrer zentralen Ziele ist die Förderung von langfristigem Wirtschaftswachstum. Die jüngere volkswirtschaftliche Forschung hat gezeigt, dass ein Zusammenhang zwischen der Höhe und...
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This paper experimentally analyzes the effects if signatories to an international environmental agreement (IEA) apply different voting schemes to determine the terms of the agreement. To this end, unanimity, qualified majority voting, and simple majority voting are compared with respect to the...
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This paper presents a meta-analysis of 46 primary studies reporting a total of 108 genetically modified food valuation estimates. The analysis shows that elicitation methods and formats used in the primary studies affect valuation estimates much more than do sample characteristics. Moreover,...
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Die Europäische Union sieht sich beim Klimaschutz als Vorreiter. Sie plant, den Einsatz klimaschonender Technologien weiter voranzutreiben und den Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen drastisch zu reduzieren. In der öffentlichen Debatte wird aber zunehmend auch das ökonomische Risiko einer...
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In this paper, we study how wage mobility in the low-wage sector has changed in western Germany between 1984 and 2004. Using German individual register data, we document a clear upward trend in the persistence of low-wage employment for both men and women. Next to compositional shifts of the...
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