1. Refereed Journal // 2014

    Fixing the leak: Unemployment incidence before and after a major reform of unemployment benefits in Germany

    We present first empirical results on the effects of a large scale reduction in unemployment benefit entitlement lengths on unemployment inflows in Germany. We show that this highly disputed element of the…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2014

    Endogenous Market Structures and Innovation by Leaders: an Empirical Test

    Models of competition for the market with endogenous market structures show that, contrary to the Arrow view, an endogenous entry threat induces the average firm to invest less in R&D and the incumbent leader to…