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Decision-making, uncertainty and the predictability of financial markets: Essays on interest rates, crude oil prices and exchange rates
(2018-05-24)Decision-makers are confronted with decisions under uncertainty. Financial uncertainty may adversely affect growth. Theoretically, forecasts may potentially reduce uncertainty and create economic value. Focusing on survey ... -
Dependence in macroeconomic variables: Assessing instantaneous and persistent relations between and within time series
(2017-10-10)The present thesis comprises two rather independent chapters. In general, the diagnosis and quantification of dependence is a major aim of econometric studies. Along these lines, the concept of dependence serves as an ... -
Design Principles of Mobile Information Systems in the Digital Transformation of the Workplace - Utilization of Smartwatch-based Information Systems in the Corporate Context
(2021-01-26)During the last decades, smartwatches emerged as an innovative and promising technology and hit the consumer market due to the accessibility of affordable devices and predominant acceptance caused by the considerable ... -
Design, Implementierung und Anwendung eines dynamischen Mikro-Simulationsmodells zur Abschätzung von Steuerreformen in Deutschland und der Europäischen Union
(2016-12-14)Potential tax reforms are regularly on the agenda of the political debate in Germany and Europe. The expected revenue and distribution effects of tax reforms are quantified by simulation models, which are thus used for ... -
Designing fiscal policy
(2023-04-24)This dissertation, comprising three academic papers, deals with the trade-off between fiscal sustainability and macroeconomic stabilization. The first paper examines the specification of fiscal reaction functions: We argue ... -
Desirable and Undesirable Effects of Product Presentation Tools on Online and Offline Behavior
(2019-02-27)Online retailing is lacking the opportunity to touch and try tangible products before purchase. Thus, a complete judgement of the main product characteristics is not possible and customers’ uncertainty increases. In case ... -
Determinants of Child Development in India
(2021-03-29)To overcome poverty, strengthening human development is crucial. However, today 250 million children younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries are likely not to attain their full development potential. ... -
Determinants of Human Cooperation
(2017-12-13)The present book adds to the broad field of investigations concerning what affects and determines human cooperation. It provides new insights into internal and external factors that influence such decisions. Rather than ... -
Determinations of Other-Regarding Behavior and the Private Provision of Public Goods
(2021-10-08)This thesis contributes to research that challenges the narrow self-interest assumption used in the standard economic model. The first part of the thesis includes three experimental studies on social preferences. The second ... -
Developing Controlling and Performance Evaluation of Multinational Companies Operating in Egypt
(2006-09-26)This research aims to develop controlling and performance evaluation of multinational companies operating in Egypt through considering the effect of the environmental factors and problems affecting the performance of these ... -
Development and Gender Inequality
(2011-11-17)The four essays collected in this volume aim is to shed some light on specific aspect in which women are discriminated against (employment, education and access to health care) in developing ... -
Development of Material Flow Cost Accounting and Value Added Statements as Planning Instruments for Sustainability Management
(2023-06-01)In companies, the environmental and social objectives of employees, society, and customers have become in relation to the primary economic goals of the equity holders more important. The partially contrary relationships ... -
Digitalisierung im Personenverkehr
(2020-06-05)The effects of demographic change and lack of acceptance pose some of the main problems for public transport infrastructure in rural areas in developed countries. In developing countries, however, there is a need to ... -
Digitization of High-Stakes Exams
(2023-08-31)The opportunities for digitization in education have been addressed in research and practice for a long time. These extend across all components of the Curriculum-Instruction-Assessment (CIA) triad according to PELLEGRINO ... -
Divergenz und Konvergenz ausgewählter Marktforschungsmethoden unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Marken
(2009-08-20)Strong brands create clear impressions across social groups and are distinguished by means of unique selling propositions. But what is a brand? Intelligence, for example, is measured by an ... -
Do migrant remittances matter? Nature, determinants and impacts of remittances to Pakistan
(2015-07-08)This thesis is a collection of studies, which analyze the macro- and micro-economic aspects of the nature of migrant remittances to Pakistan and their economic impacts on the recipient households’ consumption and asset ... -
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 ... -
Doing Well by Doing Good? New Insights into the Firm Value Implications of Corporate Social Responsibility
(2016-11-09)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a substantial firm investment. However, the firm value implications of CSR, i.e., whether doing good aligns with doing well, are still a topic of hot debate in practice and ... -
Doing-Using-Interacting-Mode. Wirtschaftspolitische Folgerungen zum Lern- und Innovationsverhalten von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen
(2018-12-19)The promotion of innovations activities is a central element of a successful economic policy. Innovation researchers and policy makers have so far mainly dealt with the learning and innovation behavior of research- and ... -
Dynamic Language Bindings for C Libraries with emphasis on their application to R
(2013-10-31)Scripting languages are becoming increasingly prevalent as a tool for rapid application development. However, numerous efficient “best-practice” software solutions are initially available as C libraries. Scripting ...