1. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2018

    Do retirement savings increase in response to information about retirement and expected pensions?

    How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system to study this question. As of 2005 (with a phase-in period between 2002 and 2004), the…

  2. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2018

    Januar 2018

    • Weiterhin gute Aussichten für die deutsche Konjunktur im ersten Halbjahr 2018
    • Eurogebiet: Beurteilung der Konjunkturlage fällt erneut positiv aus
    • USA: Konjunktureinschätzung verbessert sich deutlich
    • Japan:…
  3. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2018

    Comparison of parametric and semiparametric representations of unobserved preference heterogeneity in logit models

    The logit-mixed logit (LML) model is a very recent advancement in semiparametric discrete choice models. LML represents the mixing distribution of a logit kernel as a sieve function (polynomials, step…

  4. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2018

    Extending the logit-mixed logit model for a combination of random and fixed parameters

    The logit-mixed logit (LML) model, which allows the analyst to semi-parametrically specify the mixing distribution of preference heterogeneity, is a very recent advancement in logit-type choice models. In…