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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 ... -
Three Essays on Indonesian Political Economy: Elite Capture, Corruption, and Female Policy Makers
(2014-12-19)The three essays of this thesis contribute to the understanding of the Indonesian political economy in the era of decentralization. Essay 1 empirically investigates the role of elite capture in the context of an Indonesian ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Topics in Macroeconomics
(2018-11-26)This dissertation consists of three independent articles. The first chapter “Giants and Midgets: the Effect of Public Goods’ Provision on Urban Population Concentration” analyses population distribution within a system of ... -
Towards an online OR toolkit for humanitarian logistics
(2015-10-07)There are several disasters every year that affect millions of people and trigger the need for relief items such as food, blankets, or tents. Humanitarian logistics networks organize the flow of relief items from various ... -
Trade and Uncertainty
(2014-06-03)The five chapters of this dissertation deal with the topic of trade under different kinds of uncertainty. In the first chapter, the impact of exchange rate uncertainty on exports of European countries is investigated with ... -
Trading Strategies and Return Patterns in Commodity Futures Markets
(2022-06-16)This thesis analyzes commodity futures pricing, trading activities in commodity futures contracts and their use for investment strategies. The aim of this thesis is to fill important gaps in the research field of commodity ... -
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 ... -
Two Sides of the Same Coin? Insights on Motivational Information Systems and Goal Achievement From a User and Firm Perspective
(2021-03-09)More and more people are integrating motivational information systems (e.g., nutrition apps, fitness trackers or self-improvement websites) in their everyday lives. Such systems utilize design principles from hedonic ... -
Überprüfung stochastischer Modelle mit Pseudo-Residuen
(2003-02-27)In this thesis we investigate the application of pseudo-residuals for assessing the fit of probability models. Pseudo-residuals enjoy three important advantages over traditional residuals: They are applicable to a wide ... -
Valuation with Personal Taxes under Different Financing and Dividend Policies
(2019-06-26)The valuation of firms is one of the topics that valuation theorists and practitioners have addressed since the early stages of economic sciences. Firm valuations are regularly conducted using discounted cash flow (DCF) ... -
Verhaltensreaktionen und Aufkommenswirkungen bei Einführung einer G(K)KB
(2016-03-23)In the course of a harmonization of corporate income taxation across the European Union an introduction of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) has been taken into consideration for a longer period of time. ... -
Verrechnung von Marken im Konzern
(2016-11-04)According to the dealing at arm’s length principle, the price of goods transferred or services within MNE groups should be determined by the market forces. The requirement for this, is that the market prices for such goods ... -
Die Wahrnehmung des Bildungsangebots durch arme Haushalte in Entwicklungsländern
(2004-04-23)This thesis investigates the factors that determine the demand for education in developing countries as well as the difference in the demand of poor and rich households. Next to a discussion ... -
Well-Being and Shocks: Challenges in Poverty Measurement and Analysis
(2023-11-17)Goal 1 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls for a world free of poverty in 2030. Over the last decades, the world has made much progress in reducing poverty. However, COVID-19 has shown that these gains can be reversed ... -
Wettbewerb im öffentlichen Schulwesen: Strategische Interaktion und Politikinnovation in US-amerikanischen Schuldistrikten
(2006-10-25)Several empirical studies on the innovation activity of local jurisdictions are presented. Focussing on the innovation activity of local school districts in the US, structural evidence on ... -
When Friends Give Bad Advice
(2020-04-07)Recommendations are common in everyday interactions of consumers and strongly impact consumption decisions. Thus, understanding the driving forces that make consumers follow recommendations is equally relevant for managers ... -
Wirkung föderaler Strukturen in der staatlichen Innovationsförderung
(2015-07-10)Public innovation support claims to reach out to firms facing barriers to innovate, especially smaller firms. Earlier studies showed that governmental programmes do not fulfil those aims. But the distinctions between ...