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Accounting and Equity-Based Compensation
(2014-04-03)Executive compensation is still at the forefront of not only academic research, but also policy initiatives, news stories, and nationwide discussions. Much of the intensity of the discussion has been caused by the steep ... -
Measuring European Economic Integration
(2014-03-13)The three essays of this dissertation contribute to the measurement of European economic integration and investigate the welfare effects of the European countries. The first study presents a newly developed index – the EU ... -
Risks and Risk Premiums in Commodity Markets
(2014-02-21)This PhD thesis investigates risks and risk premiums in commodities markets. Two chapters discuss the risks premium in interconnected electricity markets. One chapter develops a model for price spikes, and the risks of ... -
Asset Allokationsentscheidungen auf Basis höherer Momente und impliziter Informationen
(2014-02-20)Modern portfolio theory, which goes back to the seminal work by Markowitz (1952), focuses on the question of how an investor should allocate her wealth among different assets . Theory suggests that an investor should build ... -
Identitäten in Bewegung. Ausländische Adoptierte, Rassismus und hybride kulturelle Identität. Eine biographieanalytische Studie
(2014-02-19)At the center of this qualitatively-oriented study is an insight into the world and the autobiographical development of adult adoptees. We consider the feature of double parenthood, the way experience of racism are dealt ... -
Considerations of Efficiency and Distributive Justice in Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
(2014-02-18)From the nineteen-eighties onwards, Amartya Sen developed a new welfare theory: the capability approach (Sen, 1979; 1985; 1992; 1999; 2009). Capabilities and functionings, i.e. what persons are actually able to do and be, ... -
Beiträge zur empirischen Untersuchung von Aufkommens- und Verhaltenswirkungen der Unternehmensbesteuerung
(2014-02-17)Taxes influence the outcome of business activity in various ways and are thus expected to impact the decisions and behavior of taxpayers. Understanding these behavioral effects of taxation is therefore an important ... -
Institutional Designs of Public Goods in the Context of Cultural Property
(2014-02-14)The dissertation is divided in two parts. The first part examines the case of how traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) can be protected by formal institutions of collective property rights against unauthorized use by ... -
Three Essays on Job Loss Fears and Offshoring
(2014-02-11)The three essays of this dissertation look at the effect of offshoring on individual perceived fear of job loss and the role of job loss fears during wage negotiations. The first essay compares different estimation strategies ... -
Aufkommens-, Verteilungs- und Investitionswirkungen von Steuerreformen in Deutschland und der Europäischen Union
(2014-02-07)Sowohl das deutsche Steuerrecht als auch das Steuerrecht anderer europäischer Staaten ist vielfach Gegenstand von Reformen. Steuersysteme sollten einerseits aus ökonomischer Sicht effizient ausgestaltet sein, das heißt mit ... -
AKTIKA - Die Aktivitätskapazität von Patienten mit Rückenschmerzen
(2014-02-06)Patients with back pain suffer basically from pain and physical activity limitations. Their performance capacity in physical activities and participation in life is reduced. Also, national and international guidelines for ... -
Peacebuilding der Vereinten Nationen. Der Wandel in der Friedenssicherungspraxis der internationalen Gemeinschaft und die Veränderung staatlicher Souveränität
(2014-01-21)When general secretary Boutros-Ghali presented the Agenda for Peace in 1992, he introduced the concept of post-conflict peace-building, thereby extending the United Nation’s existing instruments for maintaining international ... -
Trust and Reciprocity in the Market-Based Provision of Public Goods. Experimental Evidence and Applications to Conservation Tenders
(2013-12-18)Payments for ecosystem services (PES) and their allocation via competitive tendering processes is an important and innovative instrument in the battle against on-going biodiversity loss. Based on a contractual arrangement ... -
Vergleichende Untersuchung zur Trainingswirksamkeit eines an der Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit orientierten Trainings der Beinmuskulatur
(2013-12-04)Among other things, the question about the extent to which the parameters “isometric and dynamic maximal strength” of the leg muscles show manifold changes after twentytraining units on the Desmotronic leg press and on the ... -
Three Contributions to Experimental Economics
(2013-11-22)This dissertation provides basic economic research in behavioral economics. The leitmotif of all three essays is to study the decision making of individuals applying the method of experimental economics. Each of the presented ... -
Das Schengener Informationssystem
(2013-11-01)This doctoral dissertation deals mainly with the first generation of the Schengen information system, SIS. It decribes the way to an European electronic search system, its functionality and its regulatory framework. Items ... -
Dynamic Language Bindings for C Libraries with emphasis on their application to R
(2013-10-31)Scripting languages are becoming increasingly prevalent as a tool for rapid application development. However, numerous efficient “best-practice” software solutions are initially available as C libraries. Scripting ... -
Poverty and Vulnerability in Vietnam
(2013-10-23)Since doi moi, Vietnam has made remarkable achievements in many frontiers. However, much effort needs to be done to further improve social and economic sectors, particularly in the context of increasing the number of ... -
Constraints to informal entrepreneurs in developing countries
(2013-10-23)This thesis aims to narrow the research gap on informal enterprises, contributing to both the academic and policy debates. It provides empirical evidence related to two key questions: how much potential do informal firms ... -
Sustainability in Retailing – Environmental Effects of Transport Processes, Shopping Trips and Related Consumer Behaviour
(2013-10-01)This thesis is concerned with sustainability in retailing. It begins with a literature review that provides deeper insights into relevant developments in retail research and practice with a focus on sustainability developments. ... -
Musicking in Groningen.
(2013-09-30)This study focuses on the uses and functions of music in the life of individuals in the province of Groningen at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The study is an ethnomusicological study representing the ... -
Micro-Level Impacts of Conflict and the Duration of Armed Groups
(2013-09-30)Political instability and political violence have been a major hindrance for development in developing and transition countries. Development and progress for countries is hard to achieve under the presence of armed conflict, ... -
Auf der Suche nach der Hawaiischen Nation
(2013-09-27)The dissertation’s focus is on the analysis of the "Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement", a political movement of indigenous Hawaiians. Playing an important role during the 1990s (with the centennial of the overthrow celebrated ... -
‚Alte’ Kompetenzen für neue Geschäftsmodelle?
(2013-09-25)This study focusses on successful corporate adaptation strategies in the transformation process of the East German industry. Despite the broad research on the East German transformation this phenomenon is quite unexplored. ... -
Essays on International Migration and Informal Markets in Developing Countries
(2013-09-17)This thesis looks at two topics that have been prominent on the development agenda for more than five decades: migration and informal markets. To mitigate the problems of both migration and the informal sector, and harness ... -
Privatsphärenschutz vs. Pressefreiheit: Eine rechtvergleichende Untersuchung zum deutschen und russischen Recht im Lichte der EMRK
(2013-09-16)The paper is dealing with the leading principles relevant for the balancing between the right to respect for private life (in particular the right to protect one's personal image) and the freedom of expression. The paper ... -
Growth, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Climate and Wellbeing
(2013-08-29)The five essays of this dissertation combine topics from development and environmental economics. All essays treat the overall topic on how to influence and regulate the production of CO2 emissions. The green house gas CO2 ... -
Evaluation von Bildungsprojekten auf der Grundlage von Inventaren
(2013-08-26)This dissertation resulted from a project sponsored by the European Commission (eL3- e Learning Project Cluster for Third System Organizations in Europe). The author of this study was one of the scientists working in this ... -
Studies on the performance structure and relevant parameters determining individual performance in the Paralympic port Alpine Skiing - Case Study
(2013-08-09)This study directed at athletes from the German Paralympic Alpine Ski Team (DPS), encompasses an overall evaluation focused on two main assessments, together with some complementary tests. Most of the athletes involved are ... -
Globaler Institutionenwandel und nachhaltige globale öffentliche Gütersicherung:Ausgewählte globale institutionelle Arrangements im Vergleich und globale Förderinstrumentempfehlung für grünen Energietechnologiewandel beispielsweise in Nigeria
(2013-06-25)Considering the nonexcludable and nonrival nature of the benefits of global public goods stretching intergenerationally across population groups und transnational borders it becomes logically inevitable to safeguard them ... -
Erwerbstätig oder Hausfrau?
(2013-06-20)Over the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s the female employment in Europe increased while simultaneously there was a decline of male employment. However in spite of the policy change towards an “adult worker model” women are more ... -
Lehr- und Verhaltensstile von Sportlehrkräften: Evasives Bewältigungsverhalten im Sportunterricht
(2013-05-13)The everyday work of physical education (PE) teachers is characterized by great potential for stress. Among the factors named in surveys as being particularly stress-inducing are high noise levels, the multiple different ... -
Estimating impact in empirical microeconomics: Two applications for the case of Tajikistan and a simulation study
(2013-02-07)The three chapters of this dissertation all deal with some aspect ofquantitative impact evaluation in a microeconomic context. The first chapter investigates the effects of labor migration from Tajikistan on household ... -
Okonometrische Verfahren zur Messung von Segregation und Lohndiskriminierung - eine theoretische und empirische Studie
(2013-01-31)In most economies males earn higher wages than females. The question is whether this wage gap is due to discrimination or not. The dominant approach is the human capital theory by Becker and Mincer. It means that workers ... -
Verwirkungsklauseln und Pflichtteilsrecht bei der Vererbung von Personengesellschaftsanteilen - Ein deutsch-schweizerischer Rechtsvergleich
(2013-01-09)The work deals with the admissibility of the use of penalty clause in wills against legitimate of compulsory portion by a person shareholder. The Swiss and German law are first presented separately and then considered ... -
Die soziale Konstruktion des impliziten Arbeitsvertrages: Entwicklung und sozioökonomische Bedingungen
(2012-12-13)The conditions framing employment relationships have enormously changed in the last decades. In answer to the internationalization of markets firms implement new management concepts and foster work flexibilization. ... -
Three Essays on Application of Semiparametric Regression: Partially Linear Mixed Effects Model and Index Model
(2012-12-07)The dissertation consists of three essays. The main focus is set on semiparametric regression modeling, which embodies the strength of parametric and nonparametric regression models in terms of flexibility, dimensionality ... -
Aufbau von Handlungswissen und Kompetenzlernen bei Sportspielen, ein didaktisches Modell der Spielhandlungskompetenzen
(2012-12-06)The present dissertation aims to design a didactic model for the teaching and training of sports games taking into account the basic principles of learning theories such as Interactionist Constructivism, Situated Learning ... -
Lehrerüberzeugungen zum Lehren und Lernen
(2012-12-03)Teachers' beliefs have a significant role in classroom activities of teachers and students' achievement. For example, constructivist beliefs have a positive effect on students' achievement in mathematics (Dubberke et al., ... -
Messung der Vulnerabilität der Armut - Eine statistische Analyse mit deutschen Paneldaten
(2012-11-06)In order to reduce poverty it is clearly of interest to identify, not only those households that are poor, but also those that are at risk of becoming poor, i.e. vulnerable to poverty. In this research, the accuracy of ... -
Der Regenwald ist unser Haus. Die Orang Rimba auf Sumatra zwischen Autonomie und Fremdbestimmung
(2012-10-30)The Orang Rimba are a group of semi-nomadic forest dwellers living in Jambi (Sumatra, Indonesia). For the Orang Rimba the rainforest is a world of gods, spirits and resources, in which life follows its own laws. The rain ... -
Risk, Conflict and Challenges in the Context of Emerging Economies
(2012-10-02)Motivated by the growing relevance of the so-called Emerging Economies, this doctoral thesis conducts an empirical analysis grounded in three sub-disciplines of empirical economic research. In three essays, this work ... -
Political Determinants of Foreign Aid and International Trade
(2012-09-27)This rise of emerging economies is visible in international development cooperation and international trade. Aid contributions from donor countries operating outside of the established group of the OECD’s Development ... -
Outside the Wire: Foucault's Ethics and the Canadian Military
(2012-09-24)Foucault believed an ethical person developed through “self forming activity” and the exercise of free will. Foucault’s theories on ethics and power-knowledge, however, can be viewed as a contradiction. The problem, say ... -
Entwicklung eines Beratungsprogramms zur Förderung der emotionalen Intelligenz im Kindergarten
(2012-08-29)This study was concerned with the emotional intelligence, its promotion in kindergarten, and the relationship between this promotion and the qualification of teachers in kindergarten. The study was divided into two sections, ... -
“Es sind Deutsche, in unseren Augen sowjetische Satelliten...”: Christdemokratische Grundwerte der Adenauer-CDU im Spiegel der deutsch-deutschen Teilung und in Ableitung auf den realsozialistischen Osten (1945 bis 1966)
(2012-08-29)The dissertation of Karolina Lang-Vöge is entitled “‘They are Germans, from our point of view, Soviet satellites... ’ : Christian democratic values in the Adenauer-CDU reflected by the division of Germany and in regard ... -
Europäisierung deutscher Migrationspolitik
(2012-07-31)Facing global migration movements, there seems to be no doubt anymore that Germany today has become an immigration country. During the last years increasingly the development of a common migration area can be observed. In ... -
Entwicklung interkultureller Kompetenz in Deutsch als Fremdsprachenunterricht
(2012-07-04)Debated across disciplines - "Intercultural Competence" - is perceived nowadays not only as a highly topical construct but also as a controversial one. The approach to the intercultural competence development, which could be ... -
Estimation and Inference in Special Nonparametric Models with Applications to Topics in Development Economics
(2012-07-04)Semiparametric additive regression models relax the common assumption of covariate effects to have a known functional form specified by some polynomial. These models only assume that relationships are smooth and are ... -
Econometric studies on flexible modeling of developing countries in growth analysis
(2012-05-25)Over the last four decades, several methods for selecting the smoothing parameter, generally called the bandwidth, have been introduced in kernel regression. They differ quite a bit, and although there already exist ... -
Zur sozialen und kulturellen Bedeutung stimmungsverändernder Medikamente. Erfahrungen von deutschen Hausarztpatienten, spanischen Migranten in Deutschland und im Herkunftsland lebenden Spaniern
(2012-05-02)Aims: To uncover the social meanings of mood-modifying drugs and to describe the underlying connotations from the users' perspective of three different samples. They consist of German primary care patients, Spanish migrants ... -
Die abstrakte Gestaltung von Sicherheiten als elementarer Ausdruck der Privatautonomie
(2012-04-16)Property, as a fundamental institution was, and is the most dynamic source of social, intellectual and cultural development, forming the co-ordination of actions of individuals or collectives as a fundamental problem ... -
Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen mit Besonderheiten? – Beiträge zur Mittelstandsforschung an den Beispielen von Innovation und Konjunktur
(2012-04-11)This doctoral thesis is concerned with research into small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It consists of four essays on the specific roles of smaller firms in the fields of innovation and the business cycle. The first three ... -
Contributions to statistical modelling of high-frequency financial data with applications to Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(2012-03-22)This dissertation is concerned with the forecasting performance of time series models for the price movements of high-frequency transaction data on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The availability of high quality data of ... -
Bandwidth Selection in Nonparametric Kernel Estimation
(2012-03-14)Kernel estimation is a common nonparametric method for data based estimation of densities or regression functions. Although one may consider nonparametric estimation as a procedure that ... -
Umgang mit Kinderarmut am Beispiel von Göttingen - Betrachtung der Strategien des Masterplans
(2012-03-06)By the example of the Masterplan gegen Kinderarmut [masterplan against child poverty] this bachelor thesis reveals that the municipal dealing with child poverty can be seen as an example ... -
Essays on Industrial and Services Sectors' Agglomeration in the European Union
(2012-02-28)Throughout this dissertation agglomeration and specialization tendencies of both industrial and services sectors in the European Union, the driving forces behind and dynamic developments ... -
Biographische Bildungs-und Individualisierungsprozesse in Suedkorea
(2012-01-17)The biographical procedures of individualization as well as Adult education in South Korea, which have been dealt with in this dissertation, embrace both biographical educational concepts ... -
Nationale und regionale Identität von Fernsehprogrammen. Eine Analyse der Programminhalte von ZDF, ORF 2, BR und MDR.
(2012-01-16)Already Benedict Anderson pointed out in his very influential work Imagined Communities what a powerful role mass communication can play in the development of modern nations.In Germany ... -
Studies on the Returns to Education in Germany
(2012-01-11)This doctoral dissertation provides three contributions to the economics and econometrics of education. More specifically, based on data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP), the papers are concerned with the ... -
Modernisierung und Erweiterung des staatlichen Bildungswesens in Taiwan im Zeitraum von 1885 bis 1987
(2012-01-09)This paper contributes to the historical research into modernization and expansion of public education in Taiwan between 1885 and 1987 from the establishment of the province of Taiwan ... -
Three studies on semi-mixed effects models
(2012-01-05)The applications of non- and semiparametric models are found in nearly all fields of empirical research. Since nonparametric methods do not have restrictive assumptions about the distribution of the observations ... -
Zielorientierungen und schulisches Lernen am Grundschulübergang
(2011-11-17)The transition from elementary to secondary school is a very important event in the life of every student that is associated with a decline in motivation (e.g., Anderman & Maehr, 1994). ... -
Development and Gender Inequality
(2011-11-17)The four essays collected in this volume aim is to shed some light on specific aspect in which women are discriminated against (employment, education and access to health care) in developing ... -
Familiäre und schulische Beiträge zur Leseförderung: Eine vergleichende Interventionsstudie
(2011-11-16)This thesis dealt with reading promotion at Grade 4. The development and evaluation of three reading programs with respect to their effectiveness was a primary concern in order to generate ... -
Rehabilittives Krafttraining zur Behandlung tumorassoziierter Fatigue unter Einbeziehung zirkadianrhythmischer Aspekte während und nach stationärer Rehabilitation
(2011-09-26)The part of concerned patients in cancer-related fatigue is still constantly high. Because of the limiting character, cancer-related fatigue is one of the unpleasent adverse reactions of ... -
Viele Wege führen nach Indien - Reorganisation von Arbeit im Zuge der Internationalisierung der IT-Industrie
(2011-09-09)Recent developments have caused important changes in the IT industry: while being considered comparatively resistant to international relocation of jobs for a long time, the IT industry's ... -
Adoption and Benefits of Standardized IT Management Processes: IT Executives Perceptions of ITIL and CobiT
(2011-08-31)The aim of this research is to understand how IT executives of different countries implement and perceive IT operational process improvement frameworks. We examine if IT operational frameworks, ... -
Land Security, Efficiency and Productivity, and Rural Income in China
(2011-08-23)This thesis consists of three essays which measure land security, estimate agricultural efficiency and farm productivity, and analyze their impacts on farm income in rural China. The work ... -
Naturerfaheungen bei elektronisch unterstützer Lernumgebung, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von arabischen Kinder in Deutschland
(2011-08-16)This dissertation is concerned with the support of experiences of children at the age of 4 to 8 years when sowing, supplying and harvesting bush beans by a teaching program and an instructional ... -
Migrationsstress, Alter und Lernen - Betrachtungen der Zusammenhänge sowie Implikationen für die Didaktik (am Beispiel in Deutschland lebender, gealterter türkischstämmiger Menschen)
(2011-08-10)This work deals with the concept of knowledge transfer with relation to elderly immigrants with language barriers. Using the grounded theory as both a scientific theoretical basis for empirical hypotheses and as developmental ... -
The Economics of Human Rights - Gender, Human Trafficking, and Policy
(2011-07-25)This dissertation includes four papers prepared during my PhD study period (2008-2011), investigating a variety of topics on human rights through economic analyses. All the papers discuss ... -
Arzthaftungsrecht in China--Grundzüge, Entwicklung und Vergleich mit dem deutschen Recht
(2011-07-20)This doctoral thesis mainly described the Chinese law about medical malpractice. Besides a summarizing overview of German medical malpractice law, the author reported on the development, ... -
Subjective theories and behaviours in physical education of Italian primary school teachers. Applying a superstructure model to study specialist-generalist teachers differences and the effects of a physical education professional development programme
(2011-06-29)Relevance of the research. Important international organizations and educational authorities recognize the power of sport in contributing to healthy child development. Healthy lifestyles ... -
Die Rezeption des Wunders von Bern durch Printmedien in England, Frankreich, Österreich und der Schweiz - ein Beitrag zu einem der Gründungsmythen der Bundesrepublik auf Quellenbasis ausgewählter Tages- und Wochenzeitungen
(2011-06-03)The miracle of Berne ( Wunder von Bern ), which means the highly surprising victory of the Western German football team at the world cup 1954 in Switzerland, has become a fixed term in ... -
Simple Solutions to hard Problems in the Estimation and Prediction of Welfare Distributions
(2011-06-01)The aim of my PhD projects is to investigate various problems in applied parametric and nonparametric estimation, and eventually in prediction. The main focus is on welfare analysis. For instance, in both nonparametric density ... -
Semiparametric Structure Guided by Prior Knowledge with Applications in Economics
(2011-05-27)Among many developments in statistical modelling in recent years, non- and semiparametric methods have proved to be a particularly powerful data-analytic tool. Nevertheless, there still ... -
On some special-purpose hidden Markov models
(2011-05-11)Hidden Markov models (HMMs) provide flexible devices for modelling time series of observations that depend on underlying serially correlated states. They constitute a specific class of ... -
An economic analysis of community-based tourism in Thailand
(2011-04-27)This study constructs a panel data 2003 and 2007, a social accounting matrix (SAM) and a computable general equilibrium model (CGE) in 2007 to investigate the effect of tourism on ... -
Anmeldung und Feststellung von Forderungen im Insolvenzverfahren
(2011-04-19)The dissertation analyzes the insolvency proceedings according to §§ 174 ff. InsO. The proceedings of filing and determination of claims are examined. The preconditions for the creation and ... -
Evaluation über die Effektivität eines strukturierten Trainingsprogramms zur Behandlung des chronischen Fatigue-Syndroms bei Brustkrebspatientinnen
(2011-03-08)In the current study the effectivness of a structured training program on chronic fatigue in breast cancer patients was investigated. It was shown that the training program had positiv ... -
Rechtstransfer im Fokus. Die Übertragung europäischen Rechts im Bereich der Gleichbehandlung von Frauen und Männern im Rahmen des Erweiterungsprozesses nach Bulgarien und Rumänien
(2011-02-24)The European enlargement towards East European countries started right after the fundamental changes, which took place in the beginning 1990s. Since then, Bulgaria and Romania as well as ... -
Multikriterielle Bewertung von Technologien zur Bereitstellung von Strom und Wärme
(2010-09-29)The present thesis deals with how decisions concerning the future energy supply can be effectively, transparently and comprehensibly supported, against the backdrop of sometimes conflicting ... -
Das niederländische Zwangsvollstreckungsrecht
(2010-09-20)The dissertation examines enforcement under Dutch law. The first part of the dissertation gives an overview over this specific law with its conditions and procedure. The second part is ... -
Entwicklungsverläufe akademischer Selbstkonzepte und schulischer Leistungen nach dem Übergang in differentielle Lernumwelten der Sekundarstufe I
(2010-08-27)In Germany students change to a tracked system of Secondary school after Primary school. For students attending the Gymnasium the higher class-average achievement leads to lower academic ... -
Dynamiken in der Gruppenbildung der Kurden durch nationalstaatliche Prozesse
(2010-08-26)This academic approach examines, explains and drafts processes that created and helped organizing kurdish formation of groups in the region of Iraqi Kurdistan aiming to an explanation for ... -
Regional integration processes: Four studies about convergence, growth and monitoring tools
(2010-07-15)Since the end of the Cold War the number of free trade and preferential partnership agreements has been increasing worldwide. A large part of these treaties are made between developing- and ... -
Der Einfluss wirksamer Compliance-Überprüfung mit Hilfe sicherer Hinweisgebersysteme auf die Unternehmenskultur
(2010-07-09)More and more companies use whistle-blowing systems as part of their corporate compliance to increase transparency, and for the purpose of preventing business crime. This thesis states how whistle-blowing systems are ... -
The effects of study abroad experience on students vocational identity
(2010-07-07)This research study discusses the implications of a semester study abroad program within students' vocational career development, and in particular, on student's self-perceptions, vocational ... -
Classification and Analysis of Management and Marketing Data
(2010-06-18)This work investigates and provides examples of effective methods of statistical analysis for strategic decision making, specifically in managerial and marketing applications. The particular motivation is to bridge the ... -
Emotionen und Erlebnisse beim Public Viewing
(2010-06-02)The dissertation presents a fundamental contribution of sports sciences to a current and socially significant discourse. Television broadcastings of socially relevant events have long been ... -
Money demand in dollarized countries: an empirical investigation
(2010-05-28)This thesis deals about money demand functions for a broad monetary aggregates in dollarized countries. The countries under consideration are Paraguay, Peru and Argentina. Empirical models ... -
Sportlich-handlungsorientiertes Lernen von berufstätigen Erwachsenen im Kontext eines systemisch-konstruktivistischen Ansatzes.
(2010-03-24)The objective of this research is to show a correlation between the application of the methodical-didactical concept of outdoor action learning and the results in learning (Transfer ... -
Die internationale Pionierphase der Windenergienutzung
(2010-03-19)This PhD thesis analyzes the political, socio-cultural and economical context, leading to wind power as proven technology during 1970/80ties. The most attention ist given to the period of ... -
Der Einfluss jugendlicher Sozialisationserfahrungen auf ausgewählte Aspekte der politischen Identität im Erwachsenenalter
(2009-12-15)One of the central subjects of political and social research is the impact of socialization during childhood and adolescence on political identity of the adult. Main issue of the current ... -
Die Bedeutung des sozialen Einflusses für selbstbezogene Markenfunktionen
(2009-11-05)The starting point of this work is the deficit in brand research in social perspective implied by buying brand acquisitions. Models of consumer choice should be extended to include the ... -
Indigene Bewegung und "Identitätspolitik" in Ecuador
(2009-10-29)The upswing of ethnic, or movements often characterized as ethno-nationalistic, is a phenomenon taking place all over the world. With the end of the cold war most armed conflicts were now interpreted overhastly as ethnically ... -
Institutions, Incentives and Local Policies
(2009-10-27)At the core of this book are theoretical and empirical analyses of how local policies are shaped by the incentives that various institutions in education and media markets create for economic ... -
Issues in the sustainability of microfinance
(2009-09-30)With increasing commercialization, the issues in the sustainability of microfinance have drawn much attention in recent times. However, very little is known about the critical role played ... -
Planung und Begrenzung der gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik nach der Osterweiterung der Europäischen Union
(2009-09-15)The importance of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union (EU) has increased permanently since its establishment. Through the adoption of the European Security ... -
Angst vor dem Floating", "Angst vor festen Wechselkursen" und makroökonomische Performance
(2009-09-04)This study examines the reasons for the discrepancy between the exchange rate regime that a country states (de jure exchange rate regime) and the exchange rate regime this country follows in reality (de facto exchange ... -
Divergenz und Konvergenz ausgewählter Marktforschungsmethoden unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Marken
(2009-08-20)Strong brands create clear impressions across social groups and are distinguished by means of unique selling propositions. But what is a brand? Intelligence, for example, is measured by an ... -
Rettungsszenarien im Widerstreit-
(2009-04-27)Since several years discussions on the Islam shape the political and medial discourses on multiculturalism and integration in Western European immigration societies. The recourse to the ... -
Customer satisfaction in the food sector
(2009-03-18)Customer satisfaction research has evolved into an established marketing instrument in scientific literature for considerable time, and is also applied in business practice. Particularly ... -
Die Rechtsnachfolge im Polizeirecht
(2009-03-18)This work examines examples of the decontamination duty of legal succession in police law. It deals with the decontamination responsibilities of the legal successors for the hazardous soil ... -
Zwischen Sorgerecht und Unterhaltspflicht.
(2009-01-29)Nowadays, some fathers find themselves in an inconsistent situation. On the one hand, demographic changes have caused a re-definition of men s role within families who are no longer exclusively ... -
Gesundheitsverhalten und Einstellungen zur Oralprophylaxe im Generationenvergleich
(2008-10-07)Additional to the clinical researches on which the dentists are referring their points of researches this qualitative study tried to give a contribution to habitudes of dental care. As ... -
Ernährungsverhalten und Essstörungsgefahr bei den chinesischen Jugendlichen
(2008-09-30)Background:There are raising reports in China about psychological and psychosomatic disorders among youth with China's economic development, for example eating disorders. Studies in ... -
DDR-Justiz vor Gericht
(2008-08-27)A stock-taking for the processing of the perversion of justice offenses committed in GDR. -
Schwerkranke und Sterbende auf der Palliataivstation und im Hospiz. Eine vergleichende, verlaufsorientierte Studie von zwei exemplarischen Betreuungsmodellen
(2008-08-07)The primary xobjective of this paper is a comparison of the everday working practice within these two institutional models, the hospice and the palliative floor, with special emphasis on ... -
Das Diskriminierungsverbot im Zivilrecht
(2008-07-08)The present work examines the impotance of discrimination bans in the german civil law. His first part looks into the question of the existence of such bans at international and national ... -
Effects of decoupling direct payments on agricultural production and land use in individual member states of the European Union
(2008-06-26)Decoupling of direct payments to farmers has probably been one of the most discussed issues in the agricultural environment within the last years. Regarding the European Union s (EU) new ... -
Schenkungen aus dem Vermögen Betreuter unter rechtsvergleichender Betrachtung der Erwachsenenschutzrechte und deren Entwicklung in Österreich und der Schweiz
(2008-06-13)Donations from the assets of an assisted appear at first glance always exclusively with disadvantages for those affected tainted, but his property without appropriate compensation reduced. ... -
Quality Assurance Systems in the Agri-Food Chain
(2008-05-30)Food quality and security management systems represent one of the major challenges for the European agri-food chain. The BSE crisis and the agricultural chain ( Agrarwende ) as well as ... -
Das Klageerzwingungsverfahren
(2008-05-28)The dissertation represents the significance of the klageerzwingungsverfahren and contains an analysis of the practical meaning today. -
Cultural and attitudinal influences on destination choice
(2008-05-27)This study contributes to the knowledge base for a more sustainable development of Chinese domestic tourism from a demand side perspective. Economic valuation is based on choice experiment (CE) data from a survey of ... -
Three Essays on the Gender Differentials in Mortality and Undernutrition in Pakistan
(2008-05-21)Child Mortality and Undernutrition are the two major public health problems in the developing world. An associated phenomenon is gender discrimination against the female child. South Asia, in particular, suffers from ... -
Applications of Advanced Time Series Models to Analyze the Time-varying Relationship between Macroeconomics, Fundamentals and Pan-European Industry Portfolios
(2008-05-09)This thesis is concerned with the modeling of time-varying sensitivities in financial markets. Although interest in applying advanced time series techniques, such as the Kalman filter and Markov regime switching models, ... -
Methoden und Mittel zur Verbesserung des statischen und dynamischen Muskelverhaltens bei haltungsbedingten Beschwerden:ein Trainings- und bewegungswissenschaftlicher Vergleich zwischen haltungsverbessernden, sensomotorischen Einlegesohlen und einem gesundheitsorientiertem, rehabilitativen Muskelaufbautraining
(2008-04-30)The aim of this study was to detect whether the sensomotoric system or rather the muscle state can be influenced by the external effects of posture-improving Sensomotoric Insoles and/or a rehabilitatives muscle ...