1. Refereed Journal // 2001

    A Note on Decisions under Uncertainty - The Impact of the Choice of the Welfare Measure

    The paper addresses the question how policy decisions under uncertainty depend on the underlying welfare concept. We study three different welfare measures: The first is directly based on the ex ante (expected)…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2001

    Empirical macro models under test. A comparative simulation study of the employment effects of a revenue neutral cut in social security contributions

    This paper examined the employment effects of a revenue neutral cut in the social security contribution rate in Germany by running policy simulations in four different types of macroeconomic models. Two models…