Liberalizing public utility industries: Experiences from Great Britain
Ilka Lewington
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 14,
1997
Abstract
Anhand von praktischen Beispielen des britischen Telekommunikations-, Gas-,
Strom-, Wasser- und Eisenbahnwesens wird über die Einführung des Wettbewerbs berichtet. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Auswirkungen auf Preise und Kosten sowie die Funktionweise der Regulierungsbehörde. Für Deutschland werden Schlussfolgerungen gezogen.
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Das Experiment der „Sozialstationen“ – Zur Effizienz eines parafiskalischen Arrangements im Bereich der Ambulanten Pflege
Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Politik der Parafiski,
1996
Abstract
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The Impact of Location and Centrality on Regional Income - the German Experience 1976 - 1980
Ulrich Blum
Space - Structure - Economy - A Tribute to August Lösch, Karlsruhe Papers in Economic Policy Research, Nr. 3,
1986
Abstract
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Worker Beliefs about Outside Options
Simon Jäger, Christopher Roth, Nina Roussille, Benjamin Schoefer
Quarterly Journal of Economics,
2099
Abstract
Standard labor market models assume that workers hold accurate beliefs about the external wage distribution, and hence their outside options with other employers. We test this assumption by comparing German workers’ beliefs about outside options with objective benchmarks. First, we find that workers wrongly anchor their beliefs about outside options on their current wage: workers that would experience a 10% wage change if switching to their outside option only expect a 1% change. Second, workers in low-paying firms underestimate wages elsewhere. Third, in response to information about the wages of similar workers, respondents correct their beliefs about their outside options and change their job search and wage negotiation intentions. Finally, we analyze the consequences of anchoring in a simple equilibrium model. In the model, anchored beliefs keep overly pessimistic workers stuck in low-wage jobs, which gives rise to monopsony power and labor market segmentation.
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