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A behavioral model of the German compound feed industry
(2002-03-11)What is frustrating for the applied researcher can constitute an interesting result from a theoretical perspective: the fai1ure of all trials to establish a consistent behavioral model of ... -
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 ... -
A Contribution to the Empirics of Development and Globalization
(2015-05-13)There are arguably few topics in current global economic policy as intensely debated as the impact of different facets of globalization on human development. Given that the concept of globalization reflects a multitude of ... -
A Contribution to the Empirics of Labour and Development Economics
(2014-12-19)This dissertation contains four essays of which the first two essays analyse the regional and individual persistence of unemployment, while the third essay explores the appropriate design for the amount of grant for cash ... -
A Statistical Approach to Feature Detection and Scale Selection in Images
(2000-12-13)In computer vision "feature detection" refers to some procedure that determines candidate positions at which a particular feature, e.g. an edge or a line, could be located. "Scale selection" aims to find the scale or size ... -
A Strong Conservative Mandate? - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen konservativer Politik am Beispiel der Reformdebatte um Social Security während des 109th United States Congress
(2014-09-02)The successes and setbacks of the Tea Party movement in American national politics over the last few years raise the question under which conditions it is possible to enact conservative policies on the national level in ... -
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 ... -
Access to Care for Cardiometabolic Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
(2023-01-26)The objective of this dissertation is to contribute to evidence on access to care for cardiovascular disease (CVD) – the most common cause of death globally – by a) describing the state of hypercholesterolemia care in a ... -
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 ... -
Activity in Social Media related to Business Events: The Case of Merger Announcements
(2017-01-13)Investors use social media in order to access and exchange information regarding recent events in the business and financial domain. Social media support investors to reduce uncertainty about the implications and the ... -
Addressing barriers to human capital accumulation: Essays in development and health economics
(2023-11-17)While health and education, jointly referred to as human capital, are important ends in themselves, they are also important drivers of poverty alleviation and economic growth. Understanding and overcoming the barriers that ... -
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, ... -
Advances and Applications of Experimental Measures to Test Behavioral Saving Theories and a Method to Increase Efficiency in Binary and Multiple Treatment Assignment
(2017-12-22)This dissertation presents four independent papers that advance experimental methods and test theories on saving using experimentally elicited characteristics. The first two papers test two behavioral theories on ... -
Agricultural Transformation and Land-Use Change
(2017-04-28)Human induced land-use change has direct economic and ecological consequences, which are felt the most in the poorest world regions. Therefore, the key question in land-use change research is how to protect and enhance the ... -
Aid, Politics, Culture, and Growth
(2016-01-07)Political misalignment and greater ideological distance between donor and recipient governments may render foreign aid less effective by adding to transaction costs and eroding trust. In addition, development aid from the ... -
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 ... -
Die akzessorische Anknüpfung. Grundfragen und Grundprobleme
(2004-09-16)The object of this work was to explain the phenomenon of accessoriness as a connecting factor in Private International Law, to determine it s prerequisites, it s legal and dogmatic base. ... -
Algorithm Aversion and Other Causes of Bias in Decision Behavior
(2022-11-28)The present thesis contributes to the debate on whether the neoclassical economic theory is suitable to describe economic reality. It covers the three topics of algorithm aversion, analysis of capital market forecasts, and ... -
Algorithmic Decision-Making, Economic Behavior and Predictability in Financial Markets
(2023-05-05)Digital transformation is producing a growing number of technological innovations that have an impact on our daily lives. In a variety of areas, economic agents increasingly have the opportunity to interact with algorithms, ... -
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 ...