In the report existing policies were shown to be partly insufficient at handling adaptation needs, and thus the inclusion of new measures into existing policies is required. Based on the review of existing…

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In this paper, human capital investments are evaluated by assuming heterogeneous returns to schooling. We use the potential outcome approach to measure the causal effect of human capital investments on earnings…

This expertise is only available in German. Further information can be found on the english project page "A Concept for Monitoring Energy Policy Achievements".

Behavioral economics has provided striking insights that are contrary to the standard economic framework. Years of experiments, in laboratories as well as in the field, have shown the diversity of human…

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Gregariousness is an important aspect of human life with implications also for labour markets. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first to examine gregariousness and social interaction at the…

In the last decade, the domestic U.S. airline industry has experienced a substantial consolidation trend. In addition to a number of high level mergers such as American Airlines – Trans World Airlines (2001),…

According to the European Court of Justice, any citizen or business who suffered harm as a result of a breach of the antitrust rules of the European Union (EU) should be able to obtain compensation from the…