The independent Expert Commission was appointed by Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Sigmar Gabriel in August 2014 to draw up recommendations for action to increase private and public investment in Germany. The 21 members of the Expert Commission represent broad sections of German industry, society and academia. The Commission has the task of examining German society and industry from ...
Die globale Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat verdeutlicht, dass enge Verflechtungen zwischen Real- und der Finanzwirtschaft bestehen. Darüber hinaus hat die Krise gezeigt, dass einzelwirtschaftliche Strukturen eine wichtige Rolle für die Stabilität der Gesamtwirtschaft spielen. In dieser Dissertation werden die Verflechtungen zwischen einzel- und gesamtwirtschaftlicher Ebene, sowie zwischen dem Finanzsektor ...
When analyzing economic aspects at regional levels, the spatial dimension of the data plays a crucial role. This is the case as spatial data and models are often characterized by two spatial effects, namely spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity. The field of spatial econometrics is a separate field in econometrics that explicitly incorporates these spatial effects into econometric models. Following ...
This dissertation presents theoretical and empirical analyses in order to provide some new answers to three questions of migration research: What determines migration? Who migrates? How does migration impact on the sending countries? A common feature of the presented analyses is that they consider specific heterogeneities of migrants and non-migrants. The dissertation contains seven analytical chapters ...
