Fees play a critical role in shaping the pension benefits provided by defined contribution (DC) pension funds. Even small differences in fees, when compounded over a long contribution period, can lead to…
How do retirees choose among home equity release products? Despite housing wealth being households’ largest asset, little is known about preferences for different equity release products. We conduct a survey…
This paper studies the misallocation of Medicaid funds, its consequences for reimbursement rates, the quantity, and the quality of care provided. Combining two decades of administrative, audit, and survey data…
This paper examines (the absence of effective) pro-productivity policies in Germany. Peculiarities such as the German reunification, the strong export orientation, the still sizeable manufacturing sector as well…
We study the content, novelty, and value of defensive publications relative to patents. We use a large language model (LLM) to apply the cooperative patent classification (CPC) system to a set of defensive…
This paper explores the interaction between the enforcement of and compliance with difficult-to-enforce rules in the context of data regulation. We focus on the effect of the introduction of the GDPR and its…
We develop a duopoly signaling model in which an innovative leader strategically announces a pending patent application to influence the follower’s behavior, both in the product market (in the short run) and in…
