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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 ... -
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 ... -
On the credibility of macroeconomic reform and stabilization policies
(1999)The formation of macroeconomic policy is conceptualized as on-going process of interaction between private individuals and a centralized policymaker. This interaction is inherently strategic in nature and lends itself to ... -
On the Determinants of Premiums in Financial Markets
(2023-08-24)This dissertation analyzes the pricing, exposures as well as information content of options. It aims to fill research gaps in the existing options-literature in the research fields of volatility-related pricing, option-exposures ... -
On the role of financial derivatives for the genesis and analysis of volatility in commodity markets
(2016-04-27)Food price volatility has re-emerged as an important topic of political discussion since the food price crisis of 2007/08. Not only the observation of increasing price levels but also their apparent increased volatility ... -
Opening the Black Box
(2020-06-05)This doctoral dissertation teases out how scientific knowledge in interdisciplinary collaborative teams is learned, shared and integrated in scientists' minds and in their daily interpersonal communications. This work is ... -
Operational Risk Management - Implementing a Bayesian Network for Foreign Exchange and Money Market Settlement
(2005-09-09)Operational risk losses in the financial industry usually occur at the business unit (micro) level and are due to weak management oversight, weak internal controls or the lack of it, or to ... -
Organization and Incentivization of Risk Management
(2022-03-22)Risk management is accepted as relevant for success of organizations and stability of the whole economy. Therefore, an organization of an appropriate risk management system is mandatory in many countries, especially for ... -
Der Ostseerat - ein Beitrag zur Zivilisierung des internationalen Systems?
(2007-10-18)The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) was founded as a consequence of the global political change during the years 1989/90. Although it is a high-ranking organization, consisting of ... -
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 ... -
Öffentliche Videoüberwachung in den USA, Großbritannien und Deutschland
(2006-10-30)In spite of the worldwide increasing use of video technology for providing public safty and order, the use of public camera surveillance varies among Great Britain, Germany and United States. ... -
Die ökonomische Kompensation im Scheidungsfolgenrecht von Chile und die ehelichen Lebensverhältnisse beim nachehelichen Unterhalt im deutschen Recht
(2007-05-10)This article provides a comparison of the institution of Chilean marriage laws, called economic compensation (article 61 et seq. of the Civil Marriage Law)--a usually unique payment that ... -
Palästinensische Familien in den Flüchtlingslagern im Westjordanland: Eine empirische Studie zum kollektiven Gedächtnis und den transgenerationellen Folgen von Flucht und Vertreibung
(2020-12-10)The label "Palestinian refugees" with reference to the right of return is generally reserved for those Palestinians who have fled or were displaced from their homes in the context of the wars of 1948 and 1967, but also for ... -
Parentalité et travail familial en France et en Allemagne - le parentalisme, nouveau mode de régulation ? -
(2003-05-14)The contemporary evolutions of the family and their dynamics are the starting point of our research. Our object is to show how these changes have placed the relations between the child and ... -
Partial Least Squares and Principal Component Analysis with Non-metric Variables for Composite Indices
(2015-08-28)A composite index is an aggregated variable comprising individual indicators and weights that commonly represent the relative importance of each indicator. Composite indices are often used to measure latent phenomena or ... -
Path-dependent Risk Measures - Theory and Applications
(2021-01-22)This dissertation addresses various key aspects in risk measurement with path-dependent risk measures. In contrast to most classical risk measures like value-at-risk, (semi-)variance, expected shortfall, or lower partial ... -
Patienten- und Bürgerbeteiligung im Gesundheitswesen Deutschlands, Finnlands und Polens
(2006-11-08)The thesis explores forms and political objectives of patient and citizen involvement in different European health care systems. In particular, it focuses on how the program of user ... -
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 ... -
Perspektiven des Hochschulsports als Marke der Universität
(2014-08-06)Academic Sport Services are an essential part of university culture, student life and academic education at many institutions of higher education, while at some places such as the University of Göttingen they have been ... -
Perspektiven von Arbeit in der Chemischen Industrie.
(2004-09-21)In this paper, the author analyses the process of realizing a reorganisation project in a large-scale company of the chemical industry, in which an innovative form of group work was decided ... -
Petro-Democracy
(2018-09-13)In 2008, Niger signed an oil contract with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) over the Agadem oil block located in the far eastern region of Diffa; and in 2011, they inaugurated the country’s first and only oil ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Political Economy in a globalized world
(2015-06-12)This cumulative dissertation contains three papers. I. Geopolitics, Aid and Growth. We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Specifically, we test whether the ... -
Die Politisierung der ethnischen Differenz
(2004-06-16)The thesis examines processes of ethnic mobility under the conditions of the transition of former Soviet Republics, which are characterised by the existence of a large Russian minority ... -
Portfolio Strategies with Classical and Alternative Benchmarks
(2018-07-19)This dissertation addresses different key elements in portfolio management. It intends to improve and analyze influences on portfolio strategies and their performance. Likewise, it aims at the systematization and extension ... -
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 ... -
Poverty, Inequality and the Decarbonization of Economic Development
(2017-01-13)Low and middle income countries are responsible for more than two thirds of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Although climate stabilization is now impossible without effective climate mitigation policies in developing ... -
Poverty, social mobility, and the middle class: The case of South Africa
(2018-10-24)The wave of upbeat stories on the developing world's emerging middle class has reinvigorated a debate on how social class in general and the middle class in particular ought to be defined and empirically measured. With the ... -
Power factor typology through organizational and network analysis. Using environmental policy networks as an illustration
(2004-06-14)This work is based on a doctoral research. Our main question is: who can be powerful and when. We assume that power is a function of network and organizational (actor-related) characteristics ... -
Power Mediators and Pure Mediators: Exploring their Impact on Implementing Internal Peace Agreements
(2021-06-15)Recent studies on international mediation have mainly focused on the impact of mediation on armed intra-state conflicts, emphasizing successfully completed ceasefires and peace agreements. Scholars have largely neglected ... -
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 ... -
Probleme aus Sicht von Lehrkräften im Fach Gesellschaftslehre – eine quantitative Untersuchung
(2020-05-29)It was the purpose of this master’s thesis to gain insight into the problems of the interdisciplinary subject Social Studies at Integrated Comprehensive Schools from the teachers’ point of view. For this purpose, an ... -
Die Probleme des Trainings von Gewichthebern im Kindes- und Jugendalter
(2003-11-14)Selected anthropometric, biological and medical features were examined at eleven Weightlifters in Childhood and Adolescence.The main aim of this study was to examine the physical changes ... -
Probleme in Online-Auktionen
(2006-11-13)Online Auction is a new type of e-commerce. It combines the conventional auction model with modern information technology and more and more economic interactions are involved. This paper ... -
Products consisting of materials based on renewable resources: Drivers of purchase intention, consumers' information needs and target groups
(2015-05-20)This thesis is about consumer acceptance of products consisting of materials which are based on renewable resources. The focus is on wood-based materials, including solid wood but also by-products and wood waste, as only ... -
Promises and Perils of Globalization
(2019-02-11)Chapter 1 investigates the role of globalized flows of finance (development aid) and goods (trade). Both factors are of international character and relate to the global perspective. Thus, we choose macro lenses and combine ... -
Prozeßverbesserung der Projektorganisation
(2001-09-06)In this scientific paper we describe from our point of view, a basis for an efficient and flexible concept that we call "Planungsinselkonzept" (PIK). This concept is based on project ... -
Publizistische Kontroversen über den Holocaust im Film.
(2001-05-09)After the transmission of the US-American series Holocaust in 1979 there was talk of a "caesura in the Germans dealing with their National Socialism". But the series Holocaust (Marvin Chomsky, USA 1978) does not represent ... -
Qualitätsmanagement in der Jugend- und Sozialhilfe
(2005-08-15)The study deals with the context, multidisciplinary connections, organization, acceptance and benefit assessment of quality management in social services and especially examines the tool ... -
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 ... -
Quantification of Potential Ecological Impacts of Road Transport
(2014-07-28)Throughout the world land use and fragmentation are among the major causes of the de-struction of habitats and the resulting loss of biological diversity. Road use in general and road haulage in particular significantly ... -
Question Format, Response Effort, and Response Quality
(2018-08-31)In empirical social research, using questions with an agreement/disagreement scale, also known as agree/disagree (A/D) questions, is a very popular technique for measuring attitudes. Major national and international surveys, ... -
Rationalität und Qualität von Wirtschaftsprognosen
(2015-05-19)Economic forecasts are utilized to decrease uncertainty relating to planning processes of companies and governments. Empirical research shows evidence that the level of forecast quality is generally rather poor. In order ... -
Re-Making Social Europe After the Great Recession
(2023-04-20)At the beginning of the year 2012, Social Europe was in ruins. Austerity in peripheral member states, especially in Southern Europe, and the adoption of new and strict fiscal consolidation policies in the euro area had led ... -
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 ... -
Rechtstransfer durch Praktikerliteratur am Beispiel des polnischen Juristen Bartholomäus Groicki (um 1534 ― 1605)
(2024-03-21)The dissertation presents the life and work of a Polish jurist fron Cracow, Bartholomus Groicki. Groicki was a learned jurist, who dedicated his professional life to the jurisdiction of Cracow, and an author of several ... -
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 ... -
References and Preferences: New insights in food decision making
(2015-03-18)Consumers’ food preferences have led to a worldwide overweight rate of 35% in 2008. It is a matter of fact that overweight is closely linked to unhealthy eating habits. Most existing nutrition labels contain reference ... -
Reflections on Text Mining Approaches in Corporate Failure Prediction based on German Financial Statements
(2023-05-05)The field of corporate risk assessment is in a state of flux due to society's increased expectations of statistical methods, which are classified as part of the field of machine learning. While in earlier times multivariate ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Regulation of Disclosure and Corporate Governance: An Empirical Investigation of Economic Consequences
(2016-11-10)The level of regulation of disclosure and corporate governance on the national and supranational level has increased substantially in the last decade. With that in mind, and in the light of the demand for evidence-based ... -
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 ... -
Reporting by Non-Listed Companies on Corporate Social Responsibility
(2024-01-30)In the first study, I empirically investigate the association between ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (CSR) preferences of external and internal non-shareholder stakeholders and mandatory CSR reporting in a setting of ... -
Resource Flows and Technology Adoption in Tamale, Ghana: Implications for Urban and Peri-Urban Vegetable Growers
(2018-12-19)Vegetable farming in Ghana`s urban areas is mostly a sustainable livelihood strategy. Alt-hough it is considered a means of survival for the poor, vegetable farming is practiced by urban dwellers across the income spectrum. ... -
Responsible Consumer Behavior in the Digital Age
(2022-09-22)In recent years, consumers have become more sensitive to the social, economic, and environmental consequences of their market choices. More and more consumers vocally oppose socially irresponsible production patterns and ...