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  • Diskussionspapiere 1220 / 2012

    Does Consumption Decline at Retirement? Evidence from Repeated Cross-Section Data for Germany

    The life-cycle hypothesis implies that consumption would not decline at retirement. However, several studies found relevant declines in food consumption after retirement for the United States. Others concluded that this contradiction of the life-cycle hypothesis is solved by allowing for broader measures of consumption than food. Using repeated cross-section data for Germany, this paper analyzes the ...

    2012| Martin Beznoska, Viktor Steiner
  • Diskussionspapiere 1231 / 2012

    Liquidity Constraints and the Permanent Income Hypothesis: Pseudo Panel Estimation with German Consumption Survey Data

    This paper empirically investigates the relevance of liquidity constraints and excess sensitivity in intertemporal household consumption. Using a pseudo panel that has been constructed on rich German consumption survey data, we estimate the consumption responses to permanent and transitory income shocks, as well as the presence of excess sensitivity to anticipated income changes. A switching regression ...

    2012| Martin Beznoska, Richard Ochmann
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    The Strategic Use of Private Quality Standards in Food Supply Chains

    We explore the strategic role of private quality standards in food supply chains. Considering two symmetric retailers that are exclusively supplied by a finite number of producers and endogenizing the suppliers' delivery choice, we show that there exist two asymmetric equilibria in the retailers' quality requirements. Our results reveal that the retailers use private quality standards to improve their ...

    In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94 (2012), 5, S. 1189-1201 | Vanessa von Schlippenbach, Isabel Teichmann
  • Externe Monographien

    Unemployment and Portfolio Choice: Does Persistence Matter?

    Households can rely on private savings or on public unemployment insurance to hedge against the risk of becoming unemployed. These hedging mechanisms are used differently across countries. In this paper, we use a life cycle model to study the effects of unemployment on the portfolio choice of households in the US and in Germany. We distinguish short- and long-term unemployment and find that, in case ...

    Tübingen: IAW, 2011, 53 S.
    (IAW Discussion Papers ; 77)
    | Franziska Bremus, Vladimir Kuzin
  • Externe Monographien

    Mommies' Girls Get Dresses, Daddies' Boys Get Toys: Gender Preferences in Poland and Their Implications

    Bonn: IZA, 2011, 46 S.
    (Discussion Paper Series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 6232)
    | Krzysztof Karbownik, Michal Myck
  • Externe Monographien

    Behavioural Economics, Consumer Policy, and Consumer Law

    New York [u.a.]: Springer, 2011, S. 271-398
    (Journal of Consumer Policy ; 34,3)
    | Lucia A. Reisch, Hans Micklitz, Kornelia Hagen (Eds.)
  • Nicht-referierte Aufsätze

    An Introduction to the Special Issue on "Behavioural Economics, Consumer Policy, and Consumer Law"

    In: Journal of Consumer Policy 34 (2011), 3, S. 271-276 | Hans-W. Micklitz, Lucia A. Reisch, Kornelia Hagen
  • Diskussionspapiere 1120 / 2011

    The Strategic Use of Private Quality Standards in Food Supply Chains

    This paper highlights the strategic role that private quality standards play in food supply chains. Considering two symmetric retailers that are exclusively supplied by a finite number of producers and endogenizing the producers' delivery choice, we show that there exist two asymmetric equilibria in the retailers' quality requirements. The asymmetry is driven by both the retailers.incentive to raise ...

    2011| Vanessa von Schlippenbach, Isabel Teichmann
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior

    This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's federal states. We exploit this variation to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and smoking intensity. Using rich longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic ...

    In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011), 3, S. 591-601 | Silke Anger, Michael Kvasnicka, Thomas Siedler
  • SOEPpapers 358 / 2011

    Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start"

    A personal bankruptcy law that allows for a "fresh start" after bankruptcy reduces the individual risk involved in entrepreneurial activity. On the other hand, as risk shifts to creditors who recover less of their credit after a debtor's bankruptcy, lenders may charge higher interest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of a more forgiving personal bankruptcy ...

    2011| Frank M. Fossen
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