Mr. Nardotto, you investigated the market for broadband communication networks using data from UK broadband. The incumbent broadband providers have a strong market position because they own the network. What options do new entries have to compete? Historically, the EU implemented regulation because the authorities were afraid that the incumbents could transfer their monopolistic power into the new ...
Maximilian Podstawski, department of Forecasting and Economic Policy, has successfully defended his dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title “Unconventional Identification in Vectorautoregressive Models: Empirical Essays on Credit, Risk and Uncertainty" was supervised by Helmut Lütkepohl (DIW, Freie Universität Berlin) and Ferdinand Fichtner ...
The application for the project “Conception, Implementation, Preparation, Register Linkage, Analysis, and Data Provision/Distribution of a Representative Sample of Refugee Families (GeFam)“ approved by the BMBF envisions that this sample be doubled by another 1,600 “anchor” respondents along with their families. The GeFam boost sample was designed to increase the number of individuals in the...
According to the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), the uncertainty introduced by the results of the Brexit referendum could noticeably negatively impact on the German economy, resulting in a growth number for next year significantly lower than expected. In particular, the uncertainty about the UK’s economic prospects increased after the referendum, as mirrored in a flight to ...
Friederike Lenel, a doctoral student of the Development and Security Department, was awarded the best PhD Student Paper Award for her paper 'Insurance and Solidarity' at the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology Annual Conference 2016 in Wageningen. The paper was written in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Susan Steiner as part of the research project 'Insurance and Private Transfers ...
In this study, we analyze a client’s choice of contract in auctions where Dutch law firms compete for cases. The distinguishing feature is that lawyers may submit bids with any fee arrangement they wish. We find robust evidence that bids offering hourly rates are less attractive to clients. Our findings tentatively contradict lawyers’ often-made argument that hourly rates are in a client’s ...
Mr. Seldeslachts, you analyzed a client’s choice of contract in auctions where Dutch law firms compete for cases. What was the aim of your investigation? The aim was to look at a completely different environment where lawyers could offer contracts to clients, who were then actually able to choose from among several lawyers and various kinds of contracts. [...] The interview with Jo Seldeslachts, ...
