Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
Recent Submissions
-
Linksextremismus, Linksradikalismus, Linke Militanz …? – eine qualitative Studie zu Vorstellungen, Einstellungen und Unterrichtspraxis von Politiklehrkräften (LiPU-Studie)
(2025-04-17)This dissertation takes left-wing militant social manifestations as an opportunity to ask political science teachers what they understand by them, how they evaluate them and what relevance they play in the classroom. One ... -
Essays on Economic Decision-Making in the Era of Machine Intelligence
(2025-04-09)This dissertation studies how human decision-makers react to and adopt novel technology, with a particular focus on algorithmic prediction systems and artificial intelligence. To that end, it combines theory-guided economic ... -
Finding Path Towards AI-based Services in the Finance Industry
(2025-02-10)The ongoing revolution toward AI-based services in corporate financial services presents immense opportunities for automation, efficiency gains, and improved accuracy in areas such as credit scoring, financial statement ... -
Cattle Economies and Social Reconfigurations in the Urban Space
(2025-01-23)Pastoralism in the Sahel region, anthropologically well-researched, is commonly associated with Fulani economies in rural areas. Although studies on urban Fulani often recognize cities as site for alternative income sources ... -
Essays on inequality and discrimination in developing countries
(2025-01-20)This thesis explores different dimensions of inequality and discrimination in developing countries. In Chapter 2, we combine different aspects of attitudes toward immigration in a conceptual framework and test them empirically ... -
Knowledge intermediaries in regional innovation systems
(2025-01-07)The constituent papers of this cumulative dissertation contribute to the scholarly debate and thus the understanding of knowledge intermediaries in regional innovation systems. The recursive transfer of knowledge between ... -
Does Context Always Matter?
(2025-01-07)The risk of information security breaches in companies is escalating due to the increasing digitalization of business processes and employee activities within their daily work environment. While technical measures can ... -
Meta-research in times of data science: Using automation, machine learning, and modern econometrics to analyze open science in economics and related fields
(2024-12-18)This cumulative doctoral thesis applies different data science techniques to the field of meta-research. On the one hand, the output of this thesis are large and robust research data sets. On the other hand, the thesis ... -
How Students´ Disciplinary Attitudes and Beliefs Affect Learning In Introductory Statistics Courses
(2024-12-18)Attitudes and beliefs are frequently studied concepts in statistics education research. A main reason for this is that both are associated with learning success. However, very little is known about the mechanisms that ... -
Nudging Plant-Based Food Choice
(2024-11-29)As global food systems face growing challenges of sustainability, plant-based meat alternatives (PBMAs) have emerged as a promising solution to reduce reliance on animal-based foods. Their success, however, depends on ... -
The Economics of Globalization: Migration, Trade, and Investment
(2024-11-29)The three economic drivers of globalization are the free flow of labor, goods, and capital. Together they have shaped three waves of globalization over the last 200 years. This dissertation encompasses all three waves of ... -
Socio-economic and political consequences of labor market shocks: Evidence from Brazil
(2024-11-22)This dissertation contributes to the literature by presenting novel empirical evidence on the unexpected socio-economic and political consequences of labor market shocks in Brazil. Chapter two highlights the importance of ... -
Investigation of selected Controlling Instruments
(2024-11-14)In the dissertation, three controlling instruments were examined: methods for determining individual risk attitudes, remuneration systems and behaviour-oriented controls, which play important roles in a corporate context. ... -
Essays on the role of CSR information in capital markets: Evidence from stakeholders and information intermediaries
(2024-11-12)This thesis analyizes the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) information in capital markets and its use by stakeholders and information intermediaries. On the basis of three studies, the thesis contributes to ... -
Better Banking Through Crises
(2024-10-29)Already in the 2000s, the monetary and financial system and its mechanisms of action increasingly became the focus of economic and social sciences. The financial crisis of 2007 and the subsequent euro crisis acted as ... -
Current Issues in Rural Development: Land Tenure, Land Use Change and Climate Change
(2024-10-10)This doctoral dissertation is composed of three scientific articles investigating the role of land tenure on agricultural productivity, the responses of smallholders to climate change, and the consequences of Large-Scale ... -
Tapferkeit als unbestimmter Rechtsbegriff
(2024-10-08)Bravery as a undefined legal term Jurisprudence has been accompanied by undefined legal terms throughout its history. Bravery is one such term, and the Legal Status of Military Personnel Act is not the only law in Germany ... -
Bildungsberatung Jugendlicher mit geringen formalen Bildungsqualifikationen
(2024-08-28)The dissertation takes as its starting point educational policy objectives pursued at EU and federal level, which call for the expansion of educational counselling. Given the background of changing social requirements, ... -
Greening Consumption: Decoding the Influence of Vegan Label and 'Rescued' Claim
(2024-07-18)The global food system significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, with animal-derived products and food waste representing two major factors. Reducing the consumption of animal-derived products and minimizing ... -
Leistungsfähigkeit beruflicher Ausbildung: Empirische Beiträge zur Beurteilung der systemisch-ökonomischen und individuellen Perspektive
(2024-06-27)The objective of this thesis is to adopt a more nuanced approach to examining the current performance-related challenges within the vocational education and training (VET) system. The focus is on two key issues that have ...