Hans Gersbach

ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research

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Zurich, 8092

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IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

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CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Munich, DE-81679

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1.

The Workout of Banking Crises: A Macroeconomic Perspective

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Jun 2003
Hans Gersbach and Jan Wenzelburger
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Bielefeld University - Department of Business Administration and Economics
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Financial intermediation, macroeconomic risks,

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Default Probabilities and Default Correlations

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Feb 2001
Ulrich Erlenmaier and Hans Gersbach
University of Heidelberg - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Credit portfolio management, default correlations,

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Financial Intermediation and the Creation of Macroeconomic Risks

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 May 2002
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Financial Intermediation, Macroeconomic Risks, State Contingent Contracts, Banking Regulation

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The Correlation Effect

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 18 Nov 2000
Hans Gersbach and Alexander Lipponer
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Deutsche Bundesbank
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Credit portfolio management, default correlations, macroeconomic shocks, correlation effect, Monte-Carlo Simulation

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The Optimal Capital Structure of an Economy

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The Optimal Capital Structure of an Economy

U. of Heidelberg Economics Working Paper No. 359
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Aug 2001
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Financial intermediation, double incentive problems, bank capital, banking regulation, capital structure of the economy

The Optimal Capital Structure of an Economy

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Oct 2003
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Financial intermediation, double incentive problems, bank capital, banking regulation, capital structure of the economy

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Lean IRB Approaches and Transition Design: The Basel Ii Proposal

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Nov 2001
Hans Gersbach and Uwe Wehrspohn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Wehrspohn GmbH & Co. KG
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Basel II, lean IRB-approaches, credit portfolio risk, transition design, banking

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The Long-Run Economic Costs of Aids: Theory and an Application to South Africa

Number of pages: 116 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Clive Bell, Shantayanan Devarajan and Hans Gersbach
University of Heidelberg - South Asia Institute (SAI), World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Does and How Does Globalization Matter?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Apr 1999
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Child Labor and the Education of a Society

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Aug 2001
Clive Bell and Hans Gersbach
University of Heidelberg - South Asia Institute (SAI) and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Child Labor, Growth and Inequality, Education, Human Capital, Redistributive Policies, Poverty Traps

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The Risk Weights of the IRB Approaches

RiskNEWS, pp. 3-32, November 2001
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Jan 2005
Hans Gersbach and Uwe Wehrspohn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Wehrspohn GmbH & Co. KG
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Banking supervision, Basel 2, IRB

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Signaling and Commitment: Monetary Versus Inflation Targeting

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Dec 1999
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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Central Banks, Inflation Targeting, Monetary Targeting, Signaling, Commitment

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Money Creation and Destruction

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Money Creation and Destruction

CFS Working Paper, No. 555
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 10 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2018
Salomon Faure and Hans Gersbach
ETH Zürich and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Money Creation, Bank Deposits, Capital Regulation, Zero Lower Bound, Monetary Policy, Price Rigidities

Money Creation and Destruction

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6565
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 08 Aug 2017
Salomon Faure and Hans Gersbach
ETH Zürich and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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money creation, bank deposits, capital regulation, zero lower bound, monetary policy, price rigidities

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On the Negative Social Value of Central Banks' Knowledge Transparency

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Mar 1999
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Central banks, transparency, credibility, disclosure rules.

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The Effects of Globalization on Worker Training

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The Effects of Globalization on Worker Training

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2403
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Nov 2006
Hans Gersbach and Armin Schmutzler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
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general worker training, human capital, oligopoly, turnover, globalization

The Effects of Globalization on Worker Training

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Mar 2008
Hans Gersbach and Armin Schmutzler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
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general worker training, human capital, oligopoly, turnover, globalization

The Effects of Globalization on Worker Training

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 May 2005
Hans Gersbach and Armin Schmutzler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
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General worker training, human capital, oligopoly, turnover, globalization

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Aggregate Investment Externalities and Macroprudential Regulation

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Aggregate Investment Externalities and Macroprudential Regulation

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 12-03
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Feb 2012
Hans Gersbach and Jean-Charles Rochet
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Swiss Finance Institute
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Bank Credit Fluctuations, Macroprudential Regulation, Investment Externalities

Aggregate Investment Externalities and Macroprudential Regulation

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8764
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Jan 2012
Hans Gersbach and Jean-Charles Rochet
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Swiss Finance Institute
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Bank Credit Fluctuations, Investment Externalities, Macroprudential Regulation

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Endogenous Spillovers and Incentives to Innovate

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Jun 1999
Hans Gersbach and Armin Schmutzler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
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Product Market Reforms and Unemployment in Europe

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 Apr 2001
Hans Gersbach and Achim Schniewind
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Heidelberg - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
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Product market competition, unemployment, mobility of labor force, political support for reforms

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Should the Individual Voting Records of Central Bankers Be Published?

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Should the Individual Voting Records of Central Bankers Be Published?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Sep 2000
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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central banks, transparency, voting

Should the Individual Voting Records of Central Bankers Be Published?

Bundesbank Series 1 Discussion Paper No. 2001,02
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Jun 2016
Volker Hahn and Hans Gersbach
University of Konstanz and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Awareness of General Equilibrium Effects and Unemployment

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Awareness of General Equilibrium Effects and Unemployment

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Nov 2001
Hans Gersbach and Achim Schniewind
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Heidelberg - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
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Sectoral Wage-Bargaining, Awareness of General Equilibrium Effects, Unemployment

Awareness of General Equilibrium Effects and Unemployment

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5012
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Aug 2005
Hans Gersbach and Achim Schniewind
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Heidelberg - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
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Sectoral wage bargaining, awareness of general equilibirum effects, unemployment

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A Product Market Theory of Worker in Training

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 30 Jul 2001
Hans Gersbach and Armin Schmutzler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
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General Training, Human Capital, Oligopoly, Turnover

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The Global Refunding System and Climate Change

CER-ETH Working Paper No. 07/62
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 06 Jan 2007
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Global Refunding, climate change, international approach, carbon emissions reduction

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Why One Person One Vote?

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 25 Apr 2000
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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How to Get Firms to Invest: A Simple Solution to the Hold-Up Problem in Regulation

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 Nov 1999
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Voting Transparency in a Monetary Union

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Voting Transparency in a Monetary Union

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Jul 2005
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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Central banks, transparency, voting, monetary union

Voting Transparency in a Monetary Union

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5155
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Aug 2005
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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Central banks, transparency voting

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Competition of Politicians for Incentive Contracts and Elections

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Mar 2001
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Incentive Contracts, Politicians, Long-term Policies, Elections and Contracts, Golden Parachute Clause

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On the Design of Basic-Research Policy

CER-ETH Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper No. 08/79
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Feb 2008
Hans Gersbach, Maik T. Schneider and Olivier Schneller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, University of Bath and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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basic research, openness, distance to frontier, economic growth

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Fiscal Constitutions

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 223
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Feb 2000
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Incomplete social contracts, constitutions, treatment rules, majority rules

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Loanable Funds vs Money Creation in Banking: A Benchmark Result

CFS Working Paper, No. 587, 2017
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Dec 2017
Salomon Faure and Hans Gersbach
ETH Zürich and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Money Creation, Bank Deposits, Capital Regulation, Monetary Policy, Loanable Funds

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Forward Guidance for Monetary Policy: Is It Desirable?

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper No. 08/84
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Apr 2008
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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central banks, transparency, commitment, Federal Reserve, policy inclinations, signaling

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High Compensation Creates a Ratchet Effect

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 May 2004
Hans Gersbach and Amihai Glazer
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics
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principal-agent, compensation, moral hazard, wealth effects, Ratchet effects, high-powered incentives

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Productivity Improvements in Public Organizations

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Productivity Improvements in Public Organizations

U of Heidelberg, Economics Working Paper No. 307
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Oct 2001
Hans Gersbach and Marten Keil
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
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public organizations, incentive schemes, tournament and rotation schemes, collusion

Productivity Improvements in Public Organizations

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Aug 2004
Hans Gersbach and Marten Keil
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
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Public organizations, incentive schemes, tournament and rotation schemes, collusion

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Competitive Markets, Collective Decisions and Group Formation

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Jun 2003
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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Household Behavior, Household Formation, Collective Decision Making, General Equilibrium

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Financial Intermediation, Capital Accumulation and Crisis Recovery

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Financial Intermediation, Capital Accumulation and Crisis Recovery

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 19-62
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 12 Dec 2019
Hans Gersbach, Jean-Charles Rochet and Martin Scheffel
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Swiss Finance Institute and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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financial intermediation, capital accumulation, banking crises, macroeconomic shocks, business cycles, bust-boom cycles, managing recoveries

Financial Intermediation, Capital Accumulation and Crisis Recovery

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 17-38
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 09 Jan 2018
Hans Gersbach, Jean-Charles Rochet and Martin Scheffel
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Swiss Finance Institute and University of Cologne - Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR)
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Financial Intermediation, Capital Accumulation, Banking Crisis, Macroeconomic Shocks, Business Cycles, Bust-Boom Cycles, Managing Recoveries

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Public Debt and the Balance Sheet of the Private Sector

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2023
Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden, Hans Gersbach and Jean-Charles Rochet
Universitaet Mannheim, ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Swiss Finance Institute
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Incomplete Financial Markets, Debt, Interest, Growth, Ponzi Games, Heterogeneous Agents, Political Economy

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Hierarchical Growth: Basic and Applied Research

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Hierarchical Growth: Basic and Applied Research

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working paper No. 09/118
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Sep 2009
Hans Gersbach, Gerhard Sorger and Christian Amon
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, University of Vienna - Faculty of Business, Economics, and Statistics and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Basic research, applied research, knowledge base, commercialization, hierarchical economic growth

Hierarchical Growth: Basic and Applied Research

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7950
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Aug 2010
Christian Amon, Hans Gersbach and Gerhard Sorger
ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Vienna - Faculty of Business, Economics, and Statistics
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Applied research, Basic research, Commercialization, Hierarchical economic growth, Knowledge base

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Optimal Term-Length and the Structure of Democracy

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Optimal Term-Length and the Structure of Democracy

Number of pages: 111 Posted: 30 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2021
Hans Gersbach, Matthew O. Jackson and Oriol Tejada
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Universitat de Barcelona
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elections; term-length; costs of change; polarization

The Optimal Length of Political Terms

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14857
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 16 Jun 2020
Hans Gersbach, Matthew O. Jackson and Oriol Tejada
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Universitat de Barcelona
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costs of change, Elections, Polarization, term-length

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Flexible Majority Rules

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Feb 2000
Hans Gersbach and Ulrich Erlenmaier
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Heidelberg - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
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Flexible Majority Rules, Incomplete Social Contract, Constitutional Treatment Rules, Provision of Public Projects

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Emission Taxes and the Design of Refunding Schemes

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Apr 2001
Hans Gersbach and Till Requate
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Kiel - Department of Economics
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Minority Voting and Long-Term Decisions

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2198, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich Working Paper No. 07/70
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Jul 2007
Theresa Fahrenberger and Hans Gersbach
Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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voting, minority, durable decision, risk aversion, tyranny of majority rules

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Economic Growth, Education, and Aids in Kenya: A Long-Run Analysis

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4025
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Clive Bell, Ramona Bruhns and Hans Gersbach
University of Heidelberg - South Asia Institute (SAI), Yale University - Economic Growth Center and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Population Policies, Primary Education, Education For All, Adolescent Health, Economic Theory & Research

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The Dynamics of Deposit Insurance and the Consumption Trap

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Aug 2001
Hans Gersbach and Jan Wenzelburger
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Bielefeld University - Department of Business Administration and Economics
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Financial Intermediation, Macroeconomic Risks, Banking Crises, Deposit Insurance, Banking Regulation

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Growth and Enduring Epidemic Diseases

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1729, ETH Zurich Economics Working Paper No. 06/57
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Jun 2006
Clive Bell and Hans Gersbach
University of Heidelberg - South Asia Institute (SAI) and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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epidemic diseases, HIV/AIDS, growth, collapse, pooling

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Incentive Contracts for Politicians and the Down-Up Problem

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 28 Feb 2000
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Incentive Contracts and Elections for Politicians with Multi-Task Problems

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Incentive Contracts and Elections for Politicians with Multi-Task Problems

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Nov 2000
Verena Liessem and Hans Gersbach
Heidelberg University - Faculty of Economics and Social Studies and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Incentive Contracts and Elections for Politicians with Multi-Task Problems

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Nov 2003
Hans Gersbach and Verena Liessem
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Heidelberg University - Faculty of Economics and Social Studies
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Elections, incentive contracts, multi-task problems

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Flexible Majority Rules for Central Banks

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Flexible Majority Rules for Central Banks

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Jun 2003 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2007
Hans Gersbach and Bernhard Pachl
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Central bank, voting, majority rule, flexible majority rules

Flexible Majority Rules for Central Banks

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Jun 2004
Hans Gersbach and Bernhard Pachl
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Central bank, voting, majority rule, flexible majority rules

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The Funds Concentration Effect and Discriminatory Bailout

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Nov 2001
Ulrich Erlenmaier and Hans Gersbach
University of Heidelberg - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Financial Intermediation, Macroeconomic Risk, Banking Regulation, Discriminatory Bailout, Funds Concentration, Aggregate Liquidity, Consistent Expectations

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Reelection Threshold Contracts in Politics

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Jan 2002
Hans Gersbach and Verena Liessem
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Heidelberg University - Faculty of Economics and Social Studies
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Elections, Incentive Contracts, Democracy

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Learning of General Equilibrium Effects and the Unemployment Trap

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Apr 2001
Hans Gersbach and Achim Schniewind
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Heidelberg - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
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Labor markets, wage bargaining, learning of general equilibrium effects, unemployment

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Imperfect Competition, General Equilibrium and Unemployment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 224
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Jun 2001
Hans Gersbach and Achim Schniewind
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Heidelberg - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
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Product markets, Cournot competition, learning of general equilibrium effects, unemployment

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Democratic Mechanisms: Double Majority Rules and Flexible Agenda Costs

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Democratic Mechanisms: Double Majority Rules and Flexible Agenda Costs

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Oct 2002
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Democratic Constitutions, Unobservable Utilities, Double Majority Rules, Flexible Agenda Cost Rules

Democratic Mechanisms: Double Majority Rules and Flexible Agenda Costs

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5013
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Aug 2005
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Democratic constitutions, unobservable utilities, double majority rules, flexible agenda cost rules

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Financing Democracy

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Jan 2003
Hans Gersbach and Verena Liessem
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Heidelberg University - Faculty of Economics and Social Studies
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Campaigns, Funding of Parties, Democracies, Transparency Requirements, Private Contributions

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Do Risk Premia Protect from Banking Crises?

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Do Risk Premia Protect from Banking Crises?

University of Bielefeld Working Paper No. 519
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 May 2004
Hans Gersbach and Jan Wenzelburger
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Bielefeld University - Department of Business Administration and Economics
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Financial intermediation, macroeconomic risks, banking crises, risk premia, banking regulation

Do Risk Premia Protect from Banking Crises?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Jul 2005
Hans Gersbach and Jan Wenzelburger
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Bielefeld University - Department of Business Administration and Economics
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Financial intermediation, macroeconomic risks, banking crises, risk premia, banking regulation

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International Emission Permit Markets with Refunding

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International Emission Permit Markets with Refunding

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper No. 08/97
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Oct 2008
Hans Gersbach and Ralph Winkler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bern - Department of Economics
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climate change mitigation, global refunding scheme, international permit markets, international agreements, tradeable permits

International Emission Permit Markets with Refunding

European Economic Review, Vol. 55, pp. 759-773, 2011
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2011
Hans Gersbach and Ralph Winkler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bern - Department of Economics
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climate change mitigation, global refunding scheme, international permit markets, international agreements, tradeable permits

International Emission Permit Markets with Refunding

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7035
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Hans Gersbach and Ralph Winkler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bern - Department of Economics
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climate change mitigation, global refunding scheme, international agreements, international permit markets, tradeable permits

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Statesmen, Populists and the Paradox of Competence

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Mar 2000
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Can Democracy Educate a Society?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1693
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Aug 2005
Hans Gersbach and Lars H.R. Siemers
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Siegen
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constitutional design, institutions, redistribution, poverty traps, tax allowances, voting rules

56.

Climate Policy and Development

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2807
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Oct 2009
Hans Gersbach and Noemi Hummel
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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climate change mitigation, refunding scheme, international agreements, developing countries

57.

Information Acquisition and Transparency in Committees

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Information Acquisition and Transparency in Committees

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2010
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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committees, career concerns, experts, transparency, information acquisition

Information Acquisition and Transparency in Committees

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6677
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Jun 2008
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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career concerns, committees, experts, information acquisition, transparency

58.

Uneven Technical Progress and Unemployment

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 May 2002
Hans Gersbach and Achim Schniewind
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Heidelberg - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics
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Uneven Technical Progress, Elasticities of Substitution, Unemployment

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Structural Reforms and the Macroeconomy: The Role of General Equilibrium Effects

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Structural Reforms and the Macroeconomy: The Role of General Equilibrium Effects

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Aug 2003
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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industry wage bargaining, structural reforms, general equilibrium effects

Structural Reforms and the Macroeconomy: The Role of General Equilibrium Effects

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Oct 2003
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Awareness of general equilibrium effects, unemployment, uneven technological progress, product market reforms, sectoral wage bargaining

60.

Banking with Contingent Contracts, Macroeconomic Risks, and Banking Crises

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper No. 08/93
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Sep 2008
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Financial intermediation, macroeconomic risks, state contingent contracts, banking regulation

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On the Design of Global Refunding and Climate Change

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On the Design of Global Refunding and Climate Change

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper No. 07/69
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Jun 2007
Hans Gersbach and Ralph Winkler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bern - Department of Economics
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climate change mitigation, global refunding scheme, international agreements, self-enforcing mechanisms

On the Design of Global Refunding and Climate Change

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6379
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 May 2008
Hans Gersbach and Ralph Winkler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bern - Department of Economics
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Climate change mitigation, global refunding scheme, international agreements, self-enforcing mechanisms

62.

Sustainable Climate Treaties

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Sustainable Climate Treaties

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 Jun 2011
Hans Gersbach, Noemi Hummel and Ralph Winkler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and University of Bern - Department of Economics
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climate change mitigation, refunding scheme, international agreements, sustainable treaty

Sustainable Climate Treaties

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6385
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Apr 2017
Hans Gersbach, Noemi Hummel and Ralph Winkler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and University of Bern - Department of Economics
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climate change mitigation, refunding scheme, international agreements, sustainable treaty

63.

Voice and Bargaining Power

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1668
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Mar 2006
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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power of voice, competitive equilibria, group formation, bargaining, articulation of outside options

64.

Dividing Resources by Flexible Majority Rules

University of Heidelberg Discussion Paper No. 373
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Mar 2002
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Flexible majority rules, division of resources, unanimity rule, simple majority rule, fair division

65.

Rash, Delay and the Money Burning Refinement in Signaling Games

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Mar 1999
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Banking-on-the-Average Rules

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Banking-on-the-Average Rules

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper No. 09/107
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Apr 2009
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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banking on the average, equity-capital requirements, banking system, banking crisis

Banking-on-the-Average Rules

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7819
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 May 2010
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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banking crisis, banking on the average, banking system, equity-capital requirements

67.

Elections and Campaign Contributions

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Jun 2000
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Beware of Workaholics: Household Preferences and Individual Equilibrium Utility

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 26 Feb 2005
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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household behavior, general equilibrium, externalities, labor supply

69.

The Affectionate Society: Does Competition for Partners Promote Friendliness?

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The Affectionate Society: Does Competition for Partners Promote Friendliness?

U of Heidelberg, Economics Discussion Paper No. 375
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 Aug 2002
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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The Affectionate Society: Does Competition for Partners Promote Friendliness?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5030
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Sep 2005
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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Friendliness, coupling condition, collective decisions, competition for partners, socio-economic composition

70.

Bargaining Power and Equilibrium Consumption

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Apr 2005
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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household behavior, bargaining power, local and global changes, price effects, general equilibrium

71.

Self-Financing Environmental Mechanisms

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1528
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Sep 2005
Joerg Breitscheidel and Hans Gersbach
Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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hold-up problems, environmental regulation, taxes and subsidies, self-financing mechanisms, emission control

72.

Cake Division by Majority Decision

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1872
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 12 Jan 2007
Hans Gersbach and Bernhard Pachl
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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division of a cake, majority decisions, tie-breaking rules

73.

Competition of Politicians for Wages and Office

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Competition of Politicians for Wages and Office

University of Heidelberg Economics Discusssion Paper No. 399
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 31 Jan 2004
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Competitive wage offers, remunerations of politicians, elections, free riding and underprovision, incentive contracts

Competition of Politicians for Wages and Office

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Feb 2004
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Incentive contracts, politicians, compensation, elections and wages, free riding, underprovision

74.

Legislative Process With Open Rules

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Legislative Process With Open Rules

CER-ETH Working Paper No. 07/64
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Apr 2007
Theresa Fahrenberger and Hans Gersbach
Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Baron/Ferejohn model, bargaining in legislatures, open rules, three-group

Legislative Process with Open Rules

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6240
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 May 2008
Theresa Fahrenberger and Hans Gersbach
Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Bargaining in legislatures, Baron/Ferejohn model, open rules, three-group and four-group equilibria

75.

Campaigns, Political Mobility, and Communication

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Campaigns, Political Mobility, and Communication

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2834
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Nov 2009
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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elections, campaign contributions, interest groups

Campaigns, Political Mobility, and Communication

ETH Zurich Center for Economic Research Working Paper No. 11/143
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Apr 2011
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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elections, campaign contributions, interest groups

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The Macroeconomics of Targeting: The Case of an Enduring Epidemic

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The Macroeconomics of Targeting: The Case of an Enduring Epidemic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2393
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Nov 2006
Clive Bell and Hans Gersbach
University of Heidelberg - South Asia Institute (SAI) and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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epidemic diseases, HIV/AIDS, poverty traps, macroeconomics of targeting, education support, health policies, single and double targeting

The Macroeconomics of Targeting: The Case of an Enduring Epidemic

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5714
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Aug 2006
Hans Gersbach and Clive Bell
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Heidelberg - South Asia Institute (SAI)
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Epidemic diseases, HIV/AIDS, poverty traps, macroeconomics of targeting, education support, health policies, single and double targeting

77.

Taxation, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

CER-ETH – Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich Working Paper 14/206
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 06 Dec 2014
Hans Gersbach, Maik T. Schneider and Ulrich Schetter
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, University of Bath and Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID)
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D72, H20, H40, O31, O38.

78.

When Inefficiency Begets Efficiency

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Jun 2004
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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Default Risk in Stochastic Volatility Models

CER-ETH (Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich) Working Paper No. 10/131
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Aug 2010
Hans Gersbach and Nicolae Surulescu
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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stochastic volatility, Merton model, default probabilities, rate of mean reversion

80.

Information Content of Wages and Monetary Policy

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Dec 2004
Volker Hahn and Hans Gersbach
University of Konstanz and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Central Banks, Wage Bargaining, Information Asymmetries, Indicators for Monetary Policy, Controlling Inflation

81.

Democratic Provision of Divisible Public Goods

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2939
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Feb 2010
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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democratic constitutions, tax-sensitive majority rules, constitutional rules, provision of public goods

82.

Why Bank Money Creation?

Center for Financial Studies Working Paper No. 678
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 03 May 2022
Hans Gersbach and Sebastian Zelzner
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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monetary system, banking, money creation, loanable funds, capital requirements, leverage constraint, asymmetric information, moral hazard, CBDC

83.

Exit and Power in General Equilibrium

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2369
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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group formation, competitive markets, power, exit

84.

Electoral Competition with Costly Policy Changes: A Dynamic Perspective

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Electoral Competition with Costly Policy Changes: A Dynamic Perspective

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Hans Gersbach, Matthew O. Jackson, Philippe Muller and Oriol Tejada
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Stanford University - Department of Economics, ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and Universitat de Barcelona
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democracy; dynamic elections; political polarization; costs of change; Markov perfect equilibrium

Electoral Competition with Costly Policy Changes: A Dynamic Perspective

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14858
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 16 Jun 2020
Hans Gersbach, Matthew O. Jackson, Philippe Muller and Oriol Tejada
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Stanford University - Department of Economics, ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and Universitat de Barcelona
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costs of change, democracy, dynamic elections, Markov perfect equilibrium, Political Polarization

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On the Global Supply of Basic Research

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On the Global Supply of Basic Research

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich Working Paper No. 13/175
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Mar 2013
Hans Gersbach and Maik T. Schneider
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bath
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basic research, public goods, economic growth, coordination of governments

On the Global Supply of Basic Research

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10357
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Hans Gersbach and Maik T. Schneider
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bath
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basic research, coordination of governments, economic growth, public goods

86.

Bank Influence at a Discount

CERETH Economics Working Paper Series 19/308
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 27 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2021
Hans Gersbach and Stylianos Papageorgiou
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Cyprus
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campaign contributions, abnormal returns, capital requirements, general equilibrium

87.

Vote-Buying and Growth

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper No. 08/94
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Sep 2008
Hans Gersbach and Felix Muehe
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and ETH Zürich - Center for Economic Research
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vote-buying, political economy, poverty traps, economic development, voting rules, repeated voting

88.

Hierarchical Trade and Endogenous Price Distortions

CER-ETH Working Paper No. 07/72
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Sep 2007
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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Global Refunding and Climate Change

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 36, No. 11, pp. 1775–1795, 2012
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2012
Hans Gersbach and Ralph Winkler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bern - Department of Economics
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climate change mitigation, global refunding scheme, international agreements, incentive-compatible mechanisms

90.

Elections, Contracts and Markets

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Elections, Contracts and Markets

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper No. 06/56
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Nov 2006
Hans Gersbach and Markus Müller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and ETH Zürich - Center for Economic Research
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elections, threshold contracts, democracy, information markets, triple mechanism

Elections, Contracts and Markets

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5717
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Aug 2006
Hans Gersbach and Markus Muller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and ETH Zürich - Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC)
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Elections, threshold contracts, democracy, information markets, triple mechanism

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The Effect of Handicaps on Turnout for Large Electorates: An Application to Assessment Voting

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The Effect of Handicaps on Turnout for Large Electorates: An Application to Assessment Voting

CER-ETH Working Paper No. 17/284, December 2017
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 20 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2019
Hans Gersbach, Akaki Mamageishvili and Oriol Tejada
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Offchain Labs and Universitat de Barcelona
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voting; referenda; rational behavior

The Effect of Handicaps on Turnout for Large Electorates: An Application to Assessment Voting

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13921
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 20 Aug 2019
Hans Gersbach, Akaki Mamageishvili and Oriol Tejada
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Offchain Labs and Universitat de Barcelona
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Turnout - Referenda - Elections - Pivotal voting - Private value

92.

Costs of Change, Political Polarization, and Re-Election Hurdles

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 10 Sep 2015
Hans Gersbach, Philippe Muller and Oriol Tejada
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and Universitat de Barcelona
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elections, democracy, political polarization, costs of change, re-election hurdles, political contracts

93.

Club Theory and Household Formation

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper No. 09/110
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Jul 2009
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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Household Behavior, Household Formation, General Equilibrium, Clubs

94.

Tax Contracts and Elections

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Tax Contracts and Elections

CER-ETH Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper No. 09/123
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Dec 2009
Hans Gersbach and Maik T. Schneider
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bath
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political contracts, elections, government formation, tax promise

Tax Contracts and Elections

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9054
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Sep 2012
Hans Gersbach and Maik T. Schneider
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bath
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elections, government formation, political contracts, tax promise

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Raising Juveniles

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5036
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Jul 2010
Clive Bell, Hans Gersbach and Maik T. Schneider
University of Heidelberg - South Asia Institute (SAI), ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Bath
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family decision-making, youth, human capital, bargaining

96.

Forward Guidance Contracts

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5375
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Jun 2015
Hans Gersbach, Volker Hahn and Yulin Liu
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, University of Konstanz and Bochsler Finance & Associés
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forward guidance, zero lower bound, central banks, incentive contracts, transparency

97.

Basic Research, Openness, and Convergence

CER-ETH Working Paper No. 10/139
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Oct 2010
Hans Gersbach, Maik T. Schneider and Olivier Schneller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, University of Bath and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Basic Research, Openness, Economic Growth

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Product Markets and Industry-Specific Training

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 Mar 2008
Hans Gersbach and Armin Schmutzler
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
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industry-specific training, human capital, oligopoly, turnover

99.

Modeling Two Macro Policy Instruments - Interest Rates and Aggregate Capital Requirements

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3598
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Oct 2011
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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central banks, banking regulation, capital requirements, optimal monetary policy

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Appointed Learning for the Common Good: Optimal Committee Size and Efficient Rewards

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 05 Nov 2020
Hans Gersbach, Akaki Mamageishvili and Oriol Tejada
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Offchain Labs and Universitat de Barcelona
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voting, committees, cost sharing, information acquisition, reward scheme, monetary transfers

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Balanced Voting

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Balanced Voting

CER-ETH – Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich Working Paper 15/209
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Hans Gersbach and Kamali Wickramage
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Balanced Voting, fundamental decision, tyranny of majority, minority protection

Balanced Voting

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12672
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 05 Feb 2018
Hans Gersbach and Kamali Wickramage
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Balanced Voting, fundamental decision, minority protection, tyranny of majority

102.

Inflation Forecast Contracts

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Inflation Forecast Contracts

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Jul 2011
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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central banks, incentive contracts, transparency, inflation targeting, inflation forecast targeting, intermediate targets

Inflation Forecast Contracts

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8933
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 May 2012
Hans Gersbach and Volker Hahn
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Konstanz
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central banks, incentive contracts, inflation forecast targeting, inflation targeting, intermediate targets, transparency

103.

From Local to Global: A Unified Theory of Public Basic Research

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From Local to Global: A Unified Theory of Public Basic Research

University of St. Gallen, SEPS Discussion Paper 2018-16
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 03 Jan 2019
Hans Gersbach, Ulrich Schetter and Samuel Schmassmann
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID) and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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applied research, basic research, economic growth, international trade, knowledge spillover, optimal policy

From Local to Global: A Unified Theory of Public Basic Research

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13833
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 30 Jul 2019
Hans Gersbach, Ulrich Schetter and Samuel Schmassmann
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID) and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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basic research, economic growth, international trade, knowledge spillover, optimal policy

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Sophisticated Attacks on Decoy Ballots: A Devil's Menu

CER-ETH Working Paper No. 17/283, December 2017
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2019
Hans Gersbach, Akaki Mamageishvili and Oriol Tejada
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Offchain Labs and Universitat de Barcelona
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voting, decoy votes, adversary, electronic voting, attacks, lemons market

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Constitutional Design: Separation of Financing and Project Decision

CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich Working Paper No. 09/109
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 May 2009
Hans Gersbach, Volker Hahn and Stephan Imhof
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, University of Konstanz and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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constitutional design, provision of public projects, voting, taxes and subsidies

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A Reform Dilemma in Polarized Democracies

Working Paper 16/255
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 05 Aug 2016
Hans Gersbach and Oriol Tejada
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Universitat de Barcelona
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Elections, Democracy, Costs of Reform, Political Polarization

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A Human Relations Paradox

CER-ETH Working Paper No. 11/145
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Apr 2011
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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Group formation, competitive markets, human relation, exit

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Rules vs. Targets: Climate Treaties Under Uncertainty

Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich (CER-ETH) Working Paper No. 12/159
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Apr 2012
Hans Gersbach and Quirin Oberpriller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Rules Treaties, Target Treaties, Climate Change, Uncertainty, Global Refunding Scheme, International Permit Markets

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Information Markets, Elections and Contracts

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3327
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Feb 2011
Hans Gersbach and Markus Muller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and ETH Zürich - Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC)
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democracy, elections, information markets, threshold contracts and triple mechanism

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Technology Treaties and Climate Change

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Technology Treaties and Climate Change

CER-ETH – Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, Working Paper 17/268, March 2017
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 11 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2017
Hans Gersbach and Marie-Catherine Riekhof
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel - Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences & Center for Ocean and Society
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Climate change mitigation, Technology promotion, International permit markets, International treaty, Externalities

Technology Treaties and Climate Change

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14033
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 07 Oct 2019
Hans Gersbach and Marie-Catherine Riekhof
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel - Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences & Center for Ocean and Society
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Climate Change Mitigation - Technology Promotion - R&D - International Emissions Permit Markets - International Treaty - Externalities

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Contingent Contracts in Banking: Insurance or Risk Magnification?

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Contingent Contracts in Banking: Insurance or Risk Magnification?

Center for Financial Studies Working Paper No. 612
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Dec 2018
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Financial intermediation, macroeconomic risks, state-contingent contracts, banking regulation

Contingent Contracts in Banking: Insurance or Risk Magnification?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15884
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Mar 2021
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Economic Rationales for Investments in Science

CER-ETH Working Paper 18/298
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 17 Nov 2018
Hans Gersbach, Ulrich Schetter and Maik T. Schneider
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID) and University of Bath
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Basic Research, Economic Growth, Growth Policy

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Matching on Bipartite Graphs

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5575
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Nov 2015
Hans Gersbach and Hans H. Haller
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and Virginia Tech - Department of Economics
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matching theory, networks, graphs

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Refined Risk Assessment and Banking Stability

ETH Risk Center – Working Paper Series ETH-RC-13-005
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Jan 2014
Hans Gersbach and Jan Wenzelburger
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research and University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS)
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financial intermediation, macroeconomic risks, risk assessment, risk premiums, banking regulation, rating

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Co-Voting Democracy

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Aug 2016
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Co-Voting, Representative Democracy, Citizen Participation, Legitimacy of Democracy, Assessment Voting

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Macroprudential Policy in the New Keynesian World

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 12 Sep 2018
Hans Gersbach, Volker Hahn and Yulin Liu
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research, University of Konstanz and Bochsler Finance & Associés
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central banks, banking regulation, capital requirements, optimal monetary policy

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Formal and Real Power in General Equilibrium

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Mar 2015
Hans H. Haller and Hans Gersbach
Virginia Tech - Department of Economics and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Group formation, competitive markets, power, exit

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Assessment Voting (Assessment Voting)

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Jun 2015
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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Assessment Voting

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Information Aggregation in Democratic Mechanisms

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5815
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Apr 2016
Volker Britz and Hans Gersbach
ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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democratic mechanisms, polling, sampling, public goods, voting, information aggregation

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Minority Voting and Public Project Provision

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Minority Voting and Public Project Provision

Economics Discussion Paper No. 2007-20
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Nov 2010
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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democratic constitutions, minority voting, public projects

Minority Voting and Public Project Provision

Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Vol. 3, 2009-35
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 Dec 2010
Hans Gersbach
ETH Zurich - CER-ETH -Center of Economic Research
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