Normative-based distributional comparisons across countries and over time usually build upon the assumption that individuals are selfish. However, there is a consolidated evidence that individuals also care about what others have. In this paper we propose a framework for comparing and ranking distributions that includes non-individualistic possibilities. Specifically, we consider ranking criteria that ...
Im Rahmen der 2. Amtszeit des Sachverständigenrats für Umweltfragen (SRU) berät Claudia Kemfert als Co-Vorsitzende die Bundesregierung in Umweltfragen. Zur Vorsitzenden des Sachverständigenrats wurde Prof. Dr. Claudia Hornberg gewählt. Der SRU berät seit 1972 die Bundesregierung und ist damit eine der ältesten Institutionen wissenschaftlicher Beratung für die ...
The rise of dominant firms in data driven industries is often credited to their alleged data advantage. Empirical evidence lending support to this conjecture is surprisingly scarce. In this paper we document that data as an input into machine learning tasks display features that support the claim of data being a source of market power. We study how data on keywords improve the search result quality ...
There is ample empirical literature centering on the effectiveness of foreign exchange intervention (FXI). Given the mix of objectives and country-heterogeneity, the general lack of consensus thus far is no surprise. We shed light on this debate by conducting the first comprehensive meta-analysis in the FXI literature, with 279 reported effects that stem from 74 distinct empirical studies. We cover ...
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