infonet-economy

This paper considers the problem of testing s null hypotheses simultaneously while controlling the false discovery rate (FDR). Benjamini and Hochberg (1995) provide a method for controlling the FDR based on p-values for each of the null hypotheses under the assumption that the p-values are independent. Subsequent research has since shown that this procedure is valid under weaker...

An important and unresolved question is how the human brain processes speech for meaning after initial analyses in early auditory cortical regions. A variety of left-hemispheric areas have been identified that clearly support semantic processing, although a systematic analysis of directed interactions among these areas is lacking. We applied dynamic causal modeling of functional...

This paper reports data from an ultimatum mini-game in which responders first had to choose whether or not to participate. Participation was costly, but the participation cost was smaller than the minimum payoff that a responder could guarantee himself in the ultimatum game. Compared to a standard treatment, we find that the rejection rate of unfavorable offers is significantly...

This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic status, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and income rank as an indicator of status. The results show that children appear to compare their actual economic status with that of their parents, deriving large satisfaction gains from an income rank that is...

We explore the impact of mortgage securitization on the international diversification of macroeconomic risk. By making mortgage-related risks internationally tradeable, securitization contributes considerably to better international consumption risk sharing: we find that countries with the most highly developed markets for securitized mortgage debt have consumption responses to a...

Awards play a large role in the economics profession, which is documented by the large varietynand number of awards. However, little scientific attention has been devoted to them. This paperndocuments the prevalence of awards in the economics profession and analyzes the number and type of awards received by the 1,200 leading economists included in Who’s Who in Economics. First steps...

Unternehmen müssen fit sein für die Zukunft. Deshalb drängt sich eine Beurteilung der Nachhaltigkeitsleistung auf. Dafür werden sowohl Kriterien zur heutigen Leistung wie auch zur Zukunftsorientierung der Unternehmensführung herangezogen.

Der Aktienkurs der UBS ist auf historisch tiefem Niveau und Fragen werden laut, ob die Bank denn überleben kann. Ist ein Konkurs überhaupt möglich und was würde dieser für die Schweiz bedeuten? Professor Martin Janssen nimmt Stellung zu möglichen Szenarien.