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Essays on Social Preferences in Children and Adolescents: Experimental Evidence from Colombia and India
(2020-05-11)This dissertation presents three independent essays that elicit social preferences in school children by using a combination of experimental measures and survey data. Chapter 2 consider the development of motivations for ... -
Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Energy Economic Policy Instruments from the Residential and SMEs Sector
(2020-04-16)This dissertation analyzes the effectiveness of different energy economic policy instruments for carbon dioxide emission reductions. To this end, evidence on the effectiveness of energy economic policy instruments on ... -
When Friends Give Bad Advice
(2020-04-07)Recommendations are common in everyday interactions of consumers and strongly impact consumption decisions. Thus, understanding the driving forces that make consumers follow recommendations is equally relevant for managers ... -
Equality of Pays and Wage Behaviours: Micro and Macro Perspectives of Indonesia Labour Market
(2020-03-09)This dissertation analyses labour market imperfections from both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives, and incorporates empirical examinations of equality of pays and wage behaviours drawing on the Indonesian labour ... -
Von Laeken bis Lissabon: Der Reformprozess der Europäischen Union in deutschen Politikschulbüchern
(2020-02-12)In this dissertation, the chapters on the European Union (EU) from German textbooks for political education are analyzed in their context. It is assumed that textbooks are pedagogical, cultural and political media whose ... -
Employment and Micro and Small Enterprises
(2020-01-16)This cumulative dissertation analyses the performance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in developing countries and their role in the creation of productive employment and decent work. It consists of four independent ... -
Essays on Digital Buisiness Strategy Execution in the Financial Services Industry
(2020-01-13)During the last decade, digital technologies became an integral part of our everyday life. This development highlights the phenomenon of digitalization; the sociotechnical impact of digital technologies to transforms entire ... -
Alkoholkonsum Studierender
(2019-11-06)Among all population groups, students consume the most alcohol and other narcotics. The present study examines these findings from the perspective of youth, culture and socialisation theory and provides a critical ... -
Attribution of Copyright to Artificial Intelligence Generated Works
(2019-08-29)The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the rapid development of its creative abilities, pose the necessary question about of to whom the copyright of these creations is guaranteed should be granted. AI's stand-alone ... -
Self-writing around 1900
(2019-07-29)This dissertation analyzes the multiplicity and ambiguity of modern, urban identities in New York City around 1900. For this purpose, I take into account works of four writers who lived in New York City. Close reading their ... -
Verwaltete Vermarktlichung
(2019-07-24)Due to far-reaching consequences of the US subprime crisis and rising housing prices in many countries, social sciences have rediscovered housing policy as a research topic. Numerous studies show trends in marketisation ... -
Causality, Prediction, and Replicability in Applied Statistics: Advanced Models and Practices
(2019-07-11)Statistical tools to analyze research data are widely applied in many scientific disciplines and the need for adequate statistical models and sound statistical analyses is apparent. This thesis addresses limitations in ... -
Valuation with Personal Taxes under Different Financing and Dividend Policies
(2019-06-26)The valuation of firms is one of the topics that valuation theorists and practitioners have addressed since the early stages of economic sciences. Firm valuations are regularly conducted using discounted cash flow (DCF) ... -
Lernen und das Andere
(2019-06-25)Following Meyer-Drawe (2008), who stresses the relevance of experience as well as moments of irritation in her approach to learning, this research project is situated. Its aim: To introduce the concept of alterity as ... -
Essays on Women and Historically Disadvantaged Social Groups, and Indian Development Policy
(2019-06-12)The thesis attempts to evaluate three Indian development policies aimed at promoting women and historically disadvantaged social groups. These policies are: job reservation for women in public workfare programs; women's ... -
A Commitment is a Commitment is a Commitment?
(2019-05-29)The study deals with states’ power political behavior towards the International Crim- inal Court (ICC). It argues that states constrain and customize their commitment dependent on their possibilities to solve cooperation ... -
Floods in Southeast Asia: A Household Welfare Priority
(2019-05-29)The dissertation focuses on floods in Vietnam and Thailand using a long-time measurement of household welfare, combined with an external flood indicator, which is a measure of local inundation by using satellite floodwater ... -
Das Dilemma der BrückenbauerInnen: LokalpolitikerInnen mit Migrationshintergrund
(2019-05-27)The political representation of people with a migration background is increasingly becoming the focus of public and academic attention. Even though people with a migration background are still underrepresented in German ... -
Retail Innovation – The User Acceptance of Mobile Service Technologies and the Effect on Retailer
(2019-05-27)The usage of smartphones is on the brink of revolutionizing the way people shop and emphasizes the strategic importance of mobile services for retailers. This holds especial importance for the customer interface design ... -
From Bonded Laborers to Educated Citizens? Immigration, Labor Markets, and Human Capital in São Paulo, Brazil (1820-2010)
(2019-05-23)The thesis studies the consequences of the Age of Mass Migration (1820-1920) for the socioeconomic development of the province/state of São Paulo, Brazil, in the short and long run. The determinants of immigration and the ...