Jürgen Schupp
Wiesbaden,
30.06.2011
- 01.07.2011| Umfrageforschung: Entscheidungsgrundlage für Politik und Wirtschaft: 9. Wissenschaftliche Tagung des Statistischen Bundesamtes in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Arbeitskreis Deutscher Markt- und Sozialforschungsinstitute e.V. (ADM) und der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Institute e.V. (ASI)
Gert G. Wagner
Wiesbaden,
30.06.2011
- 01.07.2011| Umfrageforschung: Entscheidungsgrundlage für Politik und Wirtschaft: 9. Wissenschaftliche Tagung des Statistischen Bundesamtes in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Arbeitskreis Deutscher Markt- und Sozialforschungsinstitute e.V. (ADM) und der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Institute e.V. (ASI)
Although spiteful preferences play a crucial role in the development of human large-scale cooperation, there is little evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children¿s cognitive skills and spiteful behavior in a sample of 214 preschoolers aged 5-6 and their mothers. Other-regarding behavior of both mothers and children is elicited...
Elisabeth Bügelmayer, C. Katharina Spieß
Berlin,
29.06.2011
| SOEP Brown Bag Seminar: Spite and Cognitive Skills in Preschoolers
It is increasingly observable that in different industries competitors jointly acquire and share customer data. We propose a modified Hotelling model with two-dimensional consumer heterogeneity to analyze the incentives for such agreements and their welfare implications. In our model the incentives of firms for data acquisition and sharing depend on the willingness of consumers to switch brands....
Nicola Jentzsch, Geza Sapi, Irina Suleymanova
Mannheim,
27.06.2011
- 28.06.2011| The Economics of Information and Communication Technologies: 9th ZEW Conference
Nicola Jentzsch
Hersonissos, Griechenland,
27.06.2011
- 01.07.2011| The Challenge of the Changing Risk Landscape: 4th Summer School on Network and Information Security (NIS '11)
Tilman Brück
Berlin,
24.06.2011
- 25.06.2011| Conference on Development Economics and Policy: Seventh Annual Conference of the German Economic Association, Research Committee on Development Economics
Using a CGE model, this study analyses the impact of trade liberalization on poverty at the household level taking Ethiopia as a case. Two scenarios (complete tariff cut and uniform tariff scheme) suggest that further liberalization of trade has little short-run effect on the overall economy. However, the agriculture-based manufacturing sector (in particular, textile and leather) is likely to be...
Sindu Workneh Kebede, Dejene Aredo, Belay Fekadu
Berlin,
24.06.2011
- 25.06.2011| Conference on Development Economics and Policy: Seventh Annual Conference of the German Economic Association, Research Committee on Development Economics
The financial crisis in 2008/2009 had a presumably substantial influence on the everyday social and economic life of many Tajik people, including their behavior in the labor market. In our paper, we aim to study the impact of the economic crisis on individual labor market decisions. This is the first study investigating the impact of the financial crisis in a transition country using a unique...
Antje Kröger, Kristina Meier
Berlin,
24.06.2011
- 25.06.2011| Conference on Development Economics and Policy: Seventh Annual Conference of the German Economic Association, Research Committee on Development Economics