1. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2019

    Langfristige Wirkungen eines nicht abgeschlossenen Studiums auf individuelle Arbeitsmarktergebnisse und die allgemeine Lebenszufriedenheit

    To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first study for Germany to assess the long-term impacts of studying without graduating on three labour market outcomes (working hours, wages, and occupational…

  2. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2019

    The quest for affordable owner-occupied housing in Germany

    Purpose – Even though housing prices in Germany are low by international standards, housing in urban areas has become less affordable. Since 2018, certain families aspiring to become homeowners may apply for a…

  3. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2019

    Comparing Sentiment- and Behavioral-Based Leading Indexes for Industrial Production: When Does Each Fail?

    We apply a relatively novel leading–lagging (LL) method to four leading and one lagging indexes for industrial production (IP) in Germany. We obtain three sets of results. First, we show that the sentiment-based…

  4. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2019

    Linking savings behavior, confidence and individual feedback: A field experiment in Ethiopia

    In this paper we investigate behavioral constraints to savings among smallholder farmers in rural Ethiopia. Increasing savings by overcoming such behavioral constraints has been documented to have positive…

  5. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2019

    Increasing tax transparency: investor reactions to the country-by-country reporting requirement for EU financial institutions

    We employ an event study methodology to investigate the capital market reaction to the surprising political decision to adopt a public country-by-country reporting (CbCR) obligation for EU financial…