Zahlungsmittelkosten für Verbraucher sind schwer zu ermitteln, werden international nicht harmonisiert erfasst und schwanken je nach Studienergebnis deutlich von Land zu Land. Sie fallen in vielfacher Form an, etwa als Gebühren für die Kontoführung, für Barabhebungen am Geldausgabeautomaten...

Background: The growth of parcel volumes in urban areas, largely driven by e-commerce, has increased the complexity of pickup and delivery operations. To meet demands for cost efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability, CEP (Courier, Express, and Parcel) operators increasingly outsource...

Access to accurate and reliable information on the cost of COVID-19 is essential for informed socio-economic policy decisions. This paper analyses the economic costs associated with the COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, with a particular focus on Australia. This study examined both the macroeconomic...

The aim of this work is to analyze the factors that help companies avoid liquidation following the spirit of the Spanish insolvency law. This work focuses on the phase starting when companies file for bankruptcy and ending with the completion of the common phase. We apply the agency theory to...

To estimate the causal effect of employment protection on firms’ worker selection, we study apolicychangethatreduced dismissalcosts fortheemployersof overatenth of Sweden’s workforce. Our difference-in-differences analysis of firms’ hiring uses individual ability mea-sures including...

We examine how trade and policy uncertainty affect shipping freight rates, using a Bayesian Vector Autoregression (BVAR) model. Trade uncertainty has a strong effect on shipping costs, even though the effects become insignificant within a year. On the other hand, policy uncertainty has a...

Understanding the economic costs attributable to unhealthy diets is essential for advocating health and agrifood investments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experiencing nutrition transitions. These costs encompass direct and hidden expenses, including absenteeism, presenteeism, and...

Holt and Vinopal (2023) provides evidence of an income-based gap in time spent waiting for services on the typical day in the United States. The gap was estimated at the extensive margin, unconditional intensive margin, and intensive margin conditional on some waiting time. The analysis was...

The failure of newly independent Central Asian countries to diversify exports after the Soviet Union's collapse is attributed to high trade costs, either because these countries are landlocked or due to border delays and regulatory obstacles. This paper estimates the impact of the high costs of...

Beyond its environmental damage, climate change is predicted to produce significant economic costs. Combining novel high-frequency geospatial temperature data from satellites with measures of economic activity for the universe of US listed firms, this article examines a potentially important...

Zahlungsmittelkosten für Verbraucher sind schwer zu ermitteln, werden international nicht harmonisiert erfasst und schwanken je nach Studienergebnis deutlich von Land zu Land. Sie fallen in vielfacher Form an, etwa als Gebühren für die Kontoführung, für Barabhebungen am Geldausgabeautomaten...

In this paper, we study supplier encroachment in competition with multi-product retailers and its effects on retail profits under endogenous consumer shopping behavior. We find that supplier encroachment (weakly) increases both supplier and retailer profits, as the retailer benefits from better...

Im Zuge des demografischen Wandels nehmen die Ausgaben der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung in Deutschland in Zukunft deutlich zu, während die Lohnsumme, aus der die Beiträge zu finanzieren sind, gedämpft wird. Immer weniger Beitragszahler stehen in dem umlagefinanzierten System immer mehr...

Prices for, and the affordability of childcare has received increased attention since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, concerns have been raised about potential differences in childcare costs and access between rural and urban communities. To address these issues, we combine...

Der Übertragungsnetzausbau erfordert eine Verdreifachung der Netzinvestitionen und wird zu steigenden Netzkosten von heute 10 auf rund 30 Mrd. Euro bis 2045 führen. Die Übertragungsnetztbetreiber haben einen Eigenkapital-Engpass und können den Eigenkapitalbedarf von etwa 70 Mrd. Euro bis...

Wie hoch sind die durch den Verkehr in der Schweiz verursachten Kosten, wie sind sie entstanden und wer hat sie übernommen? Die vorliegende Publikation beantwortet diese und weitere Fragen für den motorisierten Strassen- und Schienenverkehr, den Langsamverkehr, die Luftfahrt sowie für die...

Bidder selection is a complex procurement decision that often surfaces in most project-based industries. The widely preferred institutional logic of low-cost bidder causes quality-related issues and poor revenue generation in the operations and maintenance phase. Therefore, the present research...

To tackle climate change, residential heating must become climate-neutral. Which technology cost-efficiently achieves this goal is a complex question, given the heterogeneity of buildings and existing infrastructure, as well as the uncertainty regarding future energy prices and grid fees. This...

Casual observation suggests that intra-national trade costs remain high in low- and middle-income countries. Precisely estimating them is crucial for guiding policies aimed at optimizing economic efficiency within a country's borders. This paper estimates intra-national trade costs for six low-...

Background While COVID-19 hospitalization costs are essential for policymakers to make informed health care resource decisions, little is known about these costs in western Europe. The aim of the current study is to analyze these costs for a German setting, track the development of these costs...