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The cultural context of biodiversity conservation
(2008-04-29)Due to the recognition that many areas of the world that contain high levels of biodiversity are cultural landscapes inhabited by indigenous and local communities, the significant role such communities play in preserving ... -
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 ... -
The effects of regulatory and financial policy instruments on innovative behavior
(2016-03-24)Fostering innovative activities is broadly acknowledged to be a core requirement of successful economic policy in order to achieve political aims like economic growth, high levels of employment or long-standing international ... -
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 ... -
The Fiscal and Economic Impact of Qualifying Industrial Zones
(2007-01-02)SUMMARYThis thesis investigates the fiscal and economic impact of Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) on the Jordanian economy. In contrast to other studies, this study assesses costs and ... -
The Impact and Implementation of International Development Finance
(2023-12-04)This dissertation examines the pivotal role of international development finance amid the halfway point of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Against the backdrop of formidable challenges, including the ... -
The Impact of Voluntary Front-of-Pack Nutrition-Label Introduction on Purchase Behavior
(2015-02-04)Nutrition labeling is the provision of information about nutrition content of individual food products at the point of purchase. Decades of marketing and nutrition research have been devoted to analyze how consumers perceive, ... -
The influence of moral costs and heuristics on individual decision making: Five essays in behavioral economics
(2018-10-24)In this thesis I present three essays in which the influence of heuristics on individual decision making is analyzed and two essays dealing with behavioral aspects of moral costs. In chapter two, we investigate the effect ... -
The influence of vocational education and training on innovation
(2023-08-22)My dissertation aims at analyzing the relevance of vocational education and training (VET) on firm innovation in Germany. It makes a twofold contribution to the innovation literature: Firstly, it complements studies on ... -
The Information Value of Unstructured Analyst Opinions
(2017-07-11)Due to the rising importance of information and communication technology in the financial industry the amount of unstructured textual and decision-relevant data that is being analyzed by market participants also continues ... -
The Link Between Large Scale Land Acquisition and Fertility
(2024-02-05)This paper provides the first large-scale quantitative analysis that sheds light on the previously unexplored relationship between fertility and large-scale land investment on the African continent. Therefore, a ... -
The Making-Of: Innovation. Understanding and Designing the Environment for Non-R&D Innovation
(2022-02-28)This thesis aims to highlight non-R&D innovation and contribute to a broader and more profound appreciation of learning and knowledge creation processes crucial for employee and individual-driven innovation attainment. ... -
The Nexus between Agricultural Productivity, Poverty, and Social Services Provision in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Empirical Analysis
(2014-12-19)This dissertation contains three essays at the interface of agricultural and development economics. The motivation for this lies in the fact that various studies have shown the agricultural sector to be the main income ... -
The Nexus of Neoclassical Realism and Soft Power the Case of the West – Russia Geopolitical Rivalries in the “Common Neighbourhood”
(2018-12-05)This thesis analyses soft power in the light of neoclassical realist premises as part of the foreign policy toolkit of great powers to expand their sphere of influence. It argues that if nuclear armed great powers compete ... -
The Political Economy of Electoral Reforms
(2016-07-27)This dissertation contributes to the emerging literature on endogenous political institutions and the causal relationship between institutions and the political and economic environment. For the purpose, all chapters rely ... -
The Regulation of Transborder Data Flows from the EU to China Within the Framework of China-EU E-Commerce under the GDPR
(2023-12-06)With the promulgation of the General Data Protection Regulation, the protection of personal data in the EU has reached a historically high level. However, the EU cannot keep the personal data of its residents inside of the ... -
The Role of Aspirations in Collective Action and Labor Markets
(2021-03-11)A growing literature in economics seeks to explain why people remain poor. Classical theories explained the persistence of poverty with constraints that are external to an individual such as market imperfections and ... -
The Role of Enforcement in the Decision Making of Preparers and Auditors of Financial Statements
(2019-03-15)This thesis investigates the role of financial reporting enforcement in the decision mak-ing of financial statement preparers and auditors. Enforcement bodies are governmen-tal or private agencies that have the authority ... -
The Role of Labor in Sustainable Development
(2017-12-14)In 2015, the international community adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to pave the way for a global transformation towards sustainable development – a development path which combines the goals of economic ... -
The role of university-related intermediation in supporting sustainability transitions in regional innovation initiatives in Germany
(2024-04-05)This dissertation analyzes the roles of university-related intermediation in supporting sustainability transitions in regional innovation initiatives in Germany. Sustainability transitions are required to address grand ...