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Université de Fribourg

Independent and competing agencies : An effective way to control government

Schelker, Mark ; Eichenberger, Reiner

In: Public Choice, 2007, vol. 130, p. 79-98

Controlling government is a primary focus of the politico-economic literature. Recently, various political institutions have been analyzed from this perspective, most importantly balanced budget rules, fiscal federalism, and direct democracy. However, one type of institution has been neglected so far: elected competitors to the government. Such institutional competition between the government...

Université de Fribourg

Medical and long-term care with endogenous health and longevity

Schünemann, Johannes ; Strulik, Holger ; Trimborn, Timo

(Working Papers SES ; 505 (revised))

For the population over 65, long-term care (LTC) expenditure constitutes a considerable share in total health expenditures. In this paper, we distinguish between medical care, intended to improve one›s state of health, and personal care required for daily routine. Personal care can be either carried out autonomously or by a third party. In the course of aging, autonomous personal care is...

Université de Fribourg

Medical and nursery care with endogenous health and longevity

Schünemann, Johannes ; Strulik, Holger ; Trimborn, Timo

(Working Papers SES ; 505)

For the population over 65, nursery care expenditures constitute on average the largest share in total health expenditures. In this paper, we distinguish between medical care, intended to improve ones state of health, and personal care required for daily routine. Personal care can be either carried out autonomously or by a third party. In the course of aging, autonomous personal care is...

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An Application of Extreme Value Theory for Measuring Financial Risk

Gilli, Manfred ; këllezi, Evis

In: Computational Economics, 2006, vol. 27, no. 2-3, p. 207-228

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CM-fields and skew-symmetric matrices

Bayer-Fluckiger, Eva ; Berhuy, Grégory ; Chuard-Koulmann, Pascale

In: manuscripta mathematica, 2004, vol. 114, no. 3, p. 351-359

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Heavy-tailed distribution of cyber-risks

Maillart, T. ; Sornette, D.

In: The European Physical Journal B, 2010, vol. 75, no. 3, p. 357-364