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Some measures to ward off or mitigate socially harmful consequences of the new waves of technological change are discussed. Der Schumpetersche Unternehmer in der Geschichte des ökonomischen Analyse. The connection between the History of Economic Analysis and the Schumpeterian entrepreneur is analysed, and according to this the hypothesis to what extent does Schumpeter with his idea of the entrepreneur —which surely reveals some parallels to his own personality — appear in his style of writing economic analysis is developed.

Abstract: We investigate sources of educational differences in smoking. Using a large German data set containing retrospective information on the age at smoking onset, we compare age-specific hazard rates of starting smoking between future low and high educated individuals. This Education gap persists into adulthood. Further, we examine the role of health-related knowledge proxied by working in health-related occupations and it hardly explains smoking decisions.

Our findings suggest that unobserved factors determining both the selection into smoking and education are almost exclusively responsible for educational differences in smoking. Only small parts of the education gap seem to be caused by general or health-specific education. The effectiveness of education policy to combat smoking is thus likely limited. Are Generalists Beneficial to Corporate Shareholders?

Evidence from Sudden Deaths. Examining sudden executive deaths over thirty years, we find that a one-standard-deviation increase in the general ability index corresponds to at least a 1. Generalists are found to be significantly more valuable for firms with fewer growth prospects where difficult tasks e. Our results provide a market-based explanation for the documented generalist hiring premium and the increasing share of generalists.

Index Membership vs. Loss of Voting Power: The Unification of Dual-Class Shares. Abstract: A change in the index selection rules of Deutsche Börse provides a unique opportunity to investigate the drivers behind the decision to a bolish dual-class shares. As of June , selection is based on the market capitalization of the free-float of the more liquid share class rather than the overall market capitalization.

Hence, firms have had to reassess the benefits from their dual-class shares by weighing them against the cost from foregone index weight associated with having two share classes. Zusammenfassung: Seit dem Ausbruch der Finanzkrise im Jahre gewinnen in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften theoretische Ansätze an Bedeutung, die finanz- und realwirtschaftliche Analysen miteinander verbinden.

Für diese Richtung hat sich der Begriff Makrofinanz etabliert. Wir zeigen, dass sich wichtige Bestandteile moderner makrofinanzieller Betrachtungen bereits im Werk Joseph A. Schumpeters finden. Schumpeter hat nicht nur früher als viele andere Ökonomen die Bedeutung dynamischer Prozesse in Volkswirtschaften erkannt, die in einer Krise von der Finanzwirtschaft ausgehende Selbstverstärkungseffekte generieren können.

In seinem Modell des Konjunkturzyklus ist eine enge Interaktion von Geld- und Realwirtschaft zu beobachten: Banken und Unternehmen sorgen gemeinsam für eine dynamische wirtschaftliche Entwicklung. Aus heutiger Sicht hochinteressant ist auch Schumpeters Analyse der Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Geldpolitik, in der er sich mit der Rolle der Geldpolitik als Systemstabilisierer und Konjunkturstimulator befasst.

Die Rolle der Geldpolitik als Retter in Krisen wird kritisch hinterfragt. The idea of marrying macroeconomics and financial economics has a long tradition, however, which should not remain buried in almost forgotten books. A couple of seemingly new ideas can be traced back to the work of the eminent economist Joseph A. His dynamic model of the business cycle is built upon a close interaction between entrepreneurs and banks.

Firesales of assets, liquidity spirals and feedback loops can turn a mild recession into a devastating depression. Economics meets Psychology: Experimental and self-reported Measures of Individual Competitiveness. Abstract: Economists and psychologists follow different approaches to measure individual competitiveness. While psychologists typically use self-reported psychometric scales, economists tend to use incentivized behavioral experiments, where subjects confronted with a specific task self-select into a competitive versus a piece-rate payment scheme.

So far, both measurement approaches have remained largely isolated from one another. We discuss how these approaches are linked and based on a classroom experiment with students we empirically examine the relationship between a behavioral competitiveness measure and a self-reported competitiveness scale.

We find a stable positive relationship between these measures suggesting that both measures are indicators of the same underlying latent variable, which might be interpreted as a general preference to enter competitive situations. Moreover, our results suggest that the self-reported scale partly rests on motives related to personal development, whereas the behavioral measure does not reflect competitiveness motivated by personal development.

Our study demonstrates how comparative studies such as ours can open up new avenues for the further development of both behavioral experiments andpsychometric scales that aim at measuring individual competitiveness. Abstract: Expansionary macroeconomic policy is ineffective because, according to the policy ineffectiveness hypothesis PIH , which is based on the rational expectations hypothesis REH , it does not affect the real economy.

This conclusion is false for several reasons. In their critique on Keynes ' theory, Lucas and Sargent argue that economic agents erroneously react with positive output and labor supply responses to expansionary macroeconomic policy. The PIH is derived from models based on neoclassical micro-foundations where economic agents optimize in a stationary environment in 'logical time.

In this paper, we take historical time serious ly; that is, we investigate what economic agents actually experience regarding the effectiveness of expansionary macroeconomic policy in 'historical time. Instead expansionary macroeconomic policy will be perceived as a virtue. We thank Robert Solow, Ekkehardt Schlicht, J ü rgen Kromphardt, Dean Baker, Eileen Appelbaum, Anna Simonazzi and seminar participants at University of Rome, 'La Sapienza', Italy , and participants of the Schumpeter School Brown Bag seminars for invaluable comments on an earlier draft of this paper.

However, any mistakes are ours. Regional Convergence in the RussianFederation - Spatial and Temporal Dynamics.

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Abstract: Set in the context of the neoclassical growth model this study revis-its the discussion of economic convergence in the context of the Rus-sian Federation. Compared to previous similar studies, here a largermore comprehensive data set is implemented allowing inparticular to check for di erences in convergence during di erent timeperiods.

Using a panel approach more reliable results are achievedwhich point to absolute convergence occurring across the regions ofthe Russian Federation. The stability of these results is strength-ened by estimating Kernel density to test for the presence of potentialgroups of regions with di erent steady states, on the one hand, andMarkov transition matrices to test for the temporal stability of theregions on the other.

Finally, a quantile regression approach is usedto assure overall stability of the convergence speed. All results remain stable even when including spatial e ectsor when testing for temporal stability. Quantile regression analysisalso reports a more or less stable speed of convergence across the wholetime horizon which is signi cantly higher than comparable results forthe US or the regions of the European Union.

An Alternative Approach towards the Knowledge Production Function on a Regional Level - Applications for the USA and Russia. Abstract: The present study picks up on the aspect of knowledge generation - a key part of every national innovation system - in the context of the USA and the Russian Federation. Following Fritsch and Slavtchev a knowledge production function can be used to account for the efficiency of an innovation systems.

In detail this study provides a quantile regression estimation of the knowledge production function to account for a possible non-linear relationship between knowledge inputs and knowledge output. The results show that in both countries there exist groups of regions with smaller sized research systems that report significantly different dynamics and thus knowledge production functions than regions with larger sized research systems.

Abstract: Noise pollution is detrimental to health and to cognitive development of children. This is not only true for extreme levels of noise in the neighborhood of an airport but also to traffic noise in urban areas. Using a census of preschool children, we show that children who are exposed to intensive traffic noise significantly fall behind in terms of school readiness.

Being exposed to additional 10 dB A compares to about 3 months in kindergarten. We contribute to the lit-erature and the policy debate by working with administrative data and focusing on everyday exposure to noise. The proposed method is easily applied to other regions. We assess the public costs of different abatement instruments and compare the costs to the benefits.

It turns out that the commonly used abatement measures like quiet pavement or noise protection walls in densely populated areas of about 3, to 5, inhabitants per km2 can be cost efficient, even with a conservative assessment of the benefits. Zur landesspezifischen Erfassung des Migrationshintergrunds in der Schulstatistik — k ein gemeinsamer Nenner in Sicht?

Abstract: The paper provides information on the status of the collection of migrational data in official school statistics of the federal states in Germany. Based on this, the proportion of students without a German citizenship as well as students with migration background will be presented and differentiated by the specific definition of migration background in the federal states.

Furthermore, the validity and comparability of the definitions will be discussed as well as the merging of the federal school statistics into a national school statistic. Based on the available migration attributes the educational participation of students with migration background will be analyzed — with a special focus on the attendance of secondary schools. Wage Inequality, Skill Inequality, and Employment: Evidence from PIAAC.

Abstract: This paper investigates how much of the difference in wage distributions is related to differences in skill distributions and whether a compressed wage distribution is associated with high unemployment across core OECD countries. Some countries that have more compressed dispersed wage structures simultaneously have more compressed dispersed skill structures as well, and according to many economists, variations in skill inequality can explain variations in wage inequality across different countries.

Firstly, this paper examines the relationship between skill compression and wage compression; secondly, wage compression is linked to labor market outcomes in terms of employment. Compressed wage structure usually caused by labor market institutions is often seen as a cause for high unemployment in the low-skill sector. Does the wage compression hypothesis hold? Based on the PIAAC survey of adult skills for seventeen OECD countries, this paper seeks to shed light on these two important topics.

Creating Reproducible Publication Quality Graphics with R: A Tutorial. Abstract: The publication of results of an empirical analysis often includes graphical representations. One of the particular strengths of the statistical computing language and environment R are the graphical capabilities. Beside the relatively simple base graphic system a number of more sophisticated alternative graphic systems are available within R.

Compared to these the base graphic system is easy to use but nevertheless highly customizable and therefore advantageous for many research projects. However, even in the base graphic system the number of graphical functions and parameters is large. Due to this it can be hard to find the functions and parameters which must be used to customize a graphic for publication purposes.

The paper summarizes experiences from a R tutorial hold at the University of Wuppertal for a number of times. The code snippets in the text and the code to reproduce the given examples in the appendix is copy-and-paste-ready and can easily be adopted for own tasks. Abstract: A widespread finding among studies from the US and the UK is that maternal employment is correlated with an increased risk of child overweight, even in a causal manner, whereas studies from European countries obtain less conclusive results.

As evidence for Germany is still scarce, the purpose of this study is to identify the effect of maternal employment on childhood overweight in Germany using two sets of representative micro data. Moreover, we explore potential underlying mechanisms that might explain this relationship. In order to address the selection into maternal full-time employment, we use an instrumental variable strategy exploiting the number of younger siblings in the household as an instrument.

While the OLS model suggests that maternal full-time employment is related to a 5 percentage point higher probability of the child to be overweight, IV estimates indicate a 25 percentage points higher overweight probability due to maternal full-time employment. Exploring various possible pathways, we find that maternal employment is associated with unhealthy dietary and activity habits which might explain the positive effect of maternal employment on child overweight to some extent.

Several sensitivity analyses confirm the robustness of our findings. Energy and Material Efficiency Improvements, Compliance Strategies, and Investments in Resource Efficiency: A Cross-Country Study. Moreover, I examine the relationship between such intentions and the extent to which entrepreneurs are satisfied with past investments in resource efficiency improvements.

Using data covering small and medium-sized enterprises from 36 countries from , this study also explores the institutional framework regarding the stringency and enforcement of national environmental regulations. The results based on the total sample indicate that entrepreneurs who are more satisfied with past resource efficiency investments and who follow a strategy which goes beyond compliance are more likely to intend material and energy efficiency improvements in the future.

The results further suggest that entrepreneurs translate their pro-environmental attitudes into intentions to reduce their demand for energy but not their demand for materials. Furthermore, the results based on subgroup analyses also point to decreasing marginal productivities of resource efficiency investments. Between facts and perceptions: The area close to school as a context factor in school leadership.

Abstract: Concepts of new school governance did considerably change the role and responsibilities of school principals. Due to the shift in their role from administrator to manager, recent research tends to focus on management activity, but little is still known about the interrelation between changing contexts and management activities.

In the present paper we propose to expand the school context to embrace the school-related environment, and we examine this broader context with respect to its impact on leadership activities. We illustrate our approach by combining German survey and administrative data to analyze the social composition of schools and their environment. Our results suggest that using administrative data to identify objective challenges to leadership improves the measurement of contextual conditions at school.

Vasiliki Gargalianou Katrin Muehlfeld Diemo Urbig Arjen Van Witteloostuijn. The Effects of Gender and Personality on Foreign Language Anxiety among Adult Multilinguals. Abstract: We investigate the relationship between gender and foreign language anxiety FLA in the second language L2: English of adult bilinguals L1: Dutch outside the foreign language learning context.

Results show that females experience higher levels of FLA. The association between gender and FLA, however, is a reflection of gender differences in personality; personality mediates most of this relationship. Individuals who are highly emotional or conscientious—dimensions for which males and females demonstrate substantial differences—experience higher levels of FLA.

Furthermore, this relationship is stronger for women; that is, gender also acts as moderator to the personality-FLA relationship. Schumpeter School International Comparative Institutions Database. Abstract: For our international comparative research on the impact of institutions on economic trends, we put together the Schumpeter School International Comparative Institutions Database.

The database comprises the panel data set on various indicators of employment, inequality and labor market institutions in twenty-one OECD countries during the time period Countries included in the dataset are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The Schumpeter School International Comparative Institutions Database is available as an Excel or Stata file upon request. LinRegInteractive: An R Package for the Interactive Interpretation of Linear Regression Models. Abstract: The package provides the generic function fxInteractive to facilitate the interpretation of various kinds of regression models.

It allows to observe the effects of variations of metric covariates in an interactive manner by means of termplots for different model classes. Currently linear regression models, generalized linear models, generalized additive models and linear mixed-effects models are supported. Due to the interactive approach the function provides an intuitive understanding of the mechanics of a particular model and is therefore especially useful for educational purposes.

Technically the package is based on the package rpanel and the only mandatory argument for the main function is an appropriate fitted-model object. Given this, the linear predictors, the marginal effects and, for generalized linear models, the responses are calculated automatically. For the marginal effects a numerical approach is used to handle non-constant marginal effects automatically.

If there are two or more categorical covariates the corresponding effects are presented in a novel way. For publication purposes the user can customize the appearance of the termplots to a large extent. Tables of the effects and marginal effects can be printed to the R Console, optionally as copy-and-paste-ready LaTeX-code.

Simulationsstudie zur Anpassung der Produktionsplanung eines mittelständischen Industrieunternehmens. Abstract: Production simulations can provide a valuable contribution in assessing the complex implications of changes in production planning for downstream company sectors. By means of a case study of a medium-sized manufacturing company it is demonstrated how such a simulation study can be conducted in the area of lot sizing, what the consequences in the field of labor efficiency, production quality and bearing loads are and which policy proposals can be derived from the analysis of simulation results.

Extracurricular educational programs and school readiness: evidence from a quasi-experiment with preschool children. Abstract: This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University JU.

Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we estimate the causal short-term effect of JU enrollment on cognitive outcomes and show that attending extra science courses with preschool classes leads to significantly higher school readiness. Although the size of the effect is relatively small, the results are plausible and pass various robustness checks.

Moreover, in comparison with other programs this intervention is cost-effective. Price Competition in the enlarged EU 27 Export Market and the Role of Foreign Direct Investment. Abstract: From a microeconomic perspective competition between firms has been duely discussed. Extending microeconomic concepts to a macroeconomic level and considering competition between countries becomes more complex.

The complexity issues is tackled in this study by extending a methodology developed in Borbely to account for specialization in specific sectors as well as price groups that under certain assumptions can be seen as a quality indicator. This study observes 27 EU countries - excluding Croatia - and Turkey. This allows for a view on the competition structure in the context of the EU common market.

In a second step of the analysis it is analyzed whether FDI inflows impact the price - quality - level of a sector or the probability to switch to a higher or a lower price level in said sector. Open Market Share Repurchases in Germany: A Conditional Event Study Approach. Abstract: We analyze the decision to announce an open market share repurchase and the share price reaction to the announcement.

We use a conditional estimation approach which takes into account that the repurchase decision is made rationally and that, consequently, there is a potential selection bias. This approach requires a "non-event sample" of firms that could reasonably be expected to announce a repurchase but did not.

The specific institutional rules for share repurchases in Germany allow us to construct such a sample. We find that a conditional approach yields results that are qualitatively comparable but differ in detail from those obtained using a non-conditional approach. We confirm earlier findings of negative share price performance prior to the repurchase announcement and positive and significant announcement day abnormal returns.

The results of our probit models are consistent with the free cash flow hypothesis and provide at least partial support for the rent extraction, signalling and capital structure hypothesis. The results of the crosssectional regressions provide strong support for the signalling hypothesis once we control for selection bias. Förderung von mathematischen Potentialen durch den Einsatz handlungsorientierter und aktiver Methoden: Ein Lehrveranstaltungskonzept.

Abstract: Activity-oriented, activating methods and media that allow an output-oriented learning provide additional options to exploit learning and teaching potentials. This pragmatic course concept addresses to mathematic lectures and aims to promote capabilities of speech and expression, intuition and a mutual teacher-student discourse.

The focus lies on the knowledge transfer of mathematical propositions such as theorems or lemmata. Gender differences in competitive preferences: new cross-country empirical evidence. Abstract: This paper provides new empirical evidence on gender differences in competitive preferences using a representative data set of more than individuals from 36 countries.

The empirical results show that the gender differences in competitive preferences are statistically significant in almost all countries with women having, on average, a lower preference for competitive situations than men. Although relatively substantial in most countries, the magnitude of gender differences varies considerably between countries. Results of a regression analysis suggest that the gender differences persist even when controlling for a number of potentially relevant variables.

Furthermore, gender differences among adult men and women are hardly affected by the stage of life cycle. Abstract: Previous literature stressed on the gender differences in job satisfaction and the factors influencing the job satisfaction of men and women. Two rationales are usually provided for the finding that women tend to be relatively more satisfied with their jobs than men although disadvantaged in labour markets: first, women may have relatively lower expectations of career and income, and second, they may attach relatively less importance to extrinsic rewards than men.

In order to analyse whether substantial gender differences exist already at the beginning of the career, we employ information of over graduates collected through a large-scale survey of German university graduates who recently entered the labour market. We find that the job satisfaction of female graduates is on average slightly lower than the job satisfaction of male graduates, but our results do not point to substantial gender differences.

In our sample of highly qualified individuals, men and women are very similar in what they want from their jobs and also in their perceptions of what they get. While our results point to substantial similarity of men and women in the early career stage, gender differences may emerge at later stages of the career life cycle. Abstract: For many decades culture has been considered to have a significant impact on the productivity of people.

This study observes for the Russian Federation, on the basis of the ARENA study by Sreda, the impact of the share of the most prominent religious groups on economic output as well as on regional innovativeness measured by patent grants from Rospatent. While some issues of causality remain, the analysis shows that standard deductions concerning the religions effect on growth from religious doctrines hold true for the regions of the Russian Federation as well.

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Reiner Berchtold Polizeihauptkommissar a. Gerlinde Berchtold Medizinische Fachangestellte. Franziska Berchtold Rentnerin. Holger Berg Historiker. Stefanie Berg Employer Branding Managerin. Erhard Berger Rentner. Klaus Berger Dipl. Christian Berger Psychotherapeut. Karsten Berger Zugbegleiter. Winfried Berger Rentner. Dietmar Berger Stadtrat.

Erfahrungen mit Strandklinik St. Peter-Ording, Reha-Klinik, Schleswig-Holstein,

Martina Berger Rentnerin. Olivier Bergeron European Trade Adviser for sustainable SMEs. Robert Berges Zahnarzt. Petra Berghaus Referentin. Winfried Berghof-Osburg Arzt. Elisabeth Berghoff Rentnerin. Hubertus Berghoff Dipl. Barbara Bergmann Lehrerin. Ulrike Bergmann Pfarrerin. Martin Bergmann Programmleiter. Götz Bergmann Lehrer. Peter Bergmann Zerspanungsmechaniker. Udo Bergmann Chemiker.

Maria Bergner Fachkraft für Veranstaltungstechnik. Anna Maria Bergold Schauspielerin. Ansgar Berkmann Rentner. Dorothea Berkmann Dipl. Jacques Bernardeau Petit-fils et Neveu. Reinhard Bernbeck Archäologe. Jörg Bernhardt Lehrer. Sabine Berninger Dipl. Dirk Bernkopf Redakteur. Brigitte Bert Bankkauffrau.

Achmed Berthold Rentner. Micki Bertling Schauspieler. Melanie Bertram Personalreferentin. Wolfgang D. Berude Gesamtbetriebsrat i. Wolf Besche Project Officer. Ulrike Bestgen Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Bauhaus-Museum. Pastor i. Volker Bethge M. Peter Bethke Rentner. Michael Betz Förderschullehrer. Frank-Uwe Betz Arbeitskreis Freundliches Schwetzingen — Verein für regionale Zeitgeschichte e.

Heinrich Betz Betriebsrat. Ulf C. Betzel Soldat a.

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Anke Betzel Lehrerin i. Bärbel Beuermann Ex Fraktionsvorsitzende der LINKEN im Landtag von NRW. Arno Beulke Angestellter. Thomas Beutel Schwimmbad Consult. Wolfgang Beutin Doz. Heidi Beutin Wissenschaftspublizistin. Ramona Beutler Reiseberaterin. Frank Beutler Polizeibeamter. Betty Beutler Rentnerin. Barbara Beuys Schriftstellerin. Verwaltungswirtin Isabel Bever Stadtkämmerin.

Philipp Beyer Marketingverantwortliche r. Andreas Beyer Dozent. Karin Beyer Krankenschwester in Rente. Kerstin Beyer Lehrerin. Hannes Bezzel Professor für Altes Testament, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Anne Bezzel Autorin. Hedi Bialkowski Rentnerin. Hans J. Bichler Rentner. Birgit Bichoel Rentnerin. Ingo Bichoel Rentner. Helmut A. Bieber Studiendirektor a. Josef Biebl Richter.

Dorit Bieneck Buchhändlerin. Friedrich-Wilhelm Bieneck Pfarrer. Johannes Bieneck Rentner. Claudia Bieneck evangelische Diakonin. Verwaltungsoberinspektor a. Peter Biener Pensionär. Gabriele Biener-Fiege Altenpflegerin. Christian Bienert Polier. Michael Bierbach Stadtplaner. Duvin Bierbaum Schüler. Stefan Bierenstiel Pflegepädagoge.

Peter Bieringer Synchronsprecher. Hildegard Biermann Pensionärin. Corinna Biesterfeldt Oberstudienrätin, Hildegardisschule Bingen. Maximilian Bihl Student. Sascha Bilay Landtagsabgeordneter DIE LINKE. Anke Bille Geschäftsführerin. Gudrun Biller-Kreuzer Apothekerin. Lothar Bily Direktor des Klosters Benediktbeuern. Thomas Bilz Hausarzt. Jens Binckebanck Lehrer.

Antje Binder-Stohrer Selbständig. Jakob Binswanger Student. Helge Birke Vorsitzender kom. VdK-Ortsverband Eichstetten a. Anne Birke Gesundheitswesen. Guenter Birkemeier Pensionär. Renate Birkenhauer Rentnerin. Joachim Birkner Rentner. Norbert Birkwald VVN-Bund der Antifaschisten - Frankfurt am Main. Christiane Birschel Bildereinrahmerin. Gabriele Birth Logopädin. Ulrike Bischof Übersetzerin.

Martin Bischoff Software-Entwickler. Gabriele Bischoff Redaktion Wir Frauen e. Mitglied des Landtages NRW Rainer Bischoff Abgeordeter. Oliver Bischoff Verkehrsfachwirt. Heidi Bischoff-Pflanz Rentnerin. Martina Bittner Selbstständig. Ms LIlian Black Holocaust Survivors' Friendship Association. Hedwig Blank Physikerin. Joerg Blank Bauingenieur. Jens-Uwe Blasczyk Anleiter im Sozialkaufhaus BRAUCHBAR in Stendal des Aufbruch e.

Sybille Blase Arztsekretärin. Beate Blasius Rentnerin. Oliwa Blaudszun Bäcker und Erzieher. Gerd Blecher ehemaliger Schulleiter. Roswitha Blechschmidt Rentnerin. Stephan Bleek Historiker und Filmautor. Thomas Bleicher Landschaftsarchitekt. Heinrich Bleicher Publizist. Rudolf Bleul Dipl. Friederike Bleul-Neubert Dipl. Christoph Bley Lehrer. Ralf Bleymüller Museumsmitarbeiter.

Laurent Blier Business man. Lothar Blischke Rentner. Max Bloch Historiker. Thomas Blöcker Rentner. Kati Bloecks Ergotherapeutin. Peter Blomen Lehrer. Matthias Blöser Projektreferent Demokratie stärken der EKHN. Karin Blum Bilanzbuchhalterin. Maren Blum Fahrradhändlerin in Hamburg. Martin Blum Sonderschullehrer.

Ortrud Blum-Lettau Geschäftsführerin Inklusionsunternehmen. Torsten Blümel Bürgermeister Stadt Artern. Fernando Blumenthal Schauspieler und Regisseur. FH Urs Bob Rentner. Alexander Böber Germanist. Jeanine Bochat Generalsekretärin. Gisela und Johannes Bock Rentnerin und Rentner. Günter Bock Rentner. Karin Bockelmann Wissenschaftlerin.

Klaus Bode Rechtsanwalt. Ullrich Bodsch Entwicklungsingenieur. Sebastian Boeck Bankkaufmann. Thomas Boeckler Orchesterinspektor. Ludwig Boehme Künstlerischer Leiter des Leipziger Synagogalchores. Gunnar Boehme Fotograf. Christian Boenisch Geschäftsführer. Bente Benedilte Boersum actor. Markus Boertz Rechtsanwalt.

Ulrich Boesenecker Arzt. Sabine Boettger Kinderradiologin. Doreen Bogram Gewerkschaftssekretärin. Bernd Boguslawski Lehrer. Horst Böhler Orchestermusiker. Dominik Bohlmann Student. Herr Rudolf Böhm Rentner. Rainer Böhm Leitender Arzt. Ursula Böhm Psychotherapeutin. Jens Böhm Architekt. Rainer Böhme Buchautor, Musiker.

Pfarrerin Antje Böhme Evangelischer Kirchenkreis Merseburg. Elisabeth Böhmer Beamtin. Rainer Bohnet Geschäftsführer. Herr Jürgen. Bohse Zahnarzt. Tim S. Bölcke Ref. Peter Bolkart Dipl. Bernd Boll Historiker. Franz-Josef Boll Geschäftsführer. Nives Bollendorf Sozialfachwirtin. Rainer Bolte Bauingenieur.

Jörg Bolz Musiker i R. Piet Bomberg exam. Hartmut G. Bomhoff Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Abraham Geiger Kolleg an der Universität Potsdam. Alfons Bomholt Lehrer. Matthias Bomrich IT System Administrator. Uta Bonadt Fundraiserin. Frank Bonath Beamter. Stephanie Bongers Beamtin. Andrea Böning Frauenärztin.

Wolfgang Bönisch Rentner. Maike Bonsack Lehrerin. Cordula Borbe Hochschullehrerin an der HS Nordhausen. Maren Borchers Presse und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Helga Borchert Rentnerin. Heidrun Borchert Rentner. Rainer Börensen Steuerberater. Amrei Borger Bäcker. Rainer Borger Rentner. Kerstin Borger Krankenschwester. Christa Borger Rentnerin.

Hedwig Borgmann Angestellte. Annette Borgolte Fundraising. Christine Borgwald Journalistin. Manfred Borgwaldt Bauingenieur. Helga Bories-Sawala Hochschullehrerin i. Waltraud Bork Islamwissenschaftlerin. Eva Bormann Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar. Reinhard Bormann Rentner. Bertram Börner Industriemeister. Ulrich Bornmüller Verw.

Frederic Borowsky Medizinstudent. Dr Martin Borowsky Richter. Boris Borrmann Arzt. Andreas Borrmann Lehrer. Björn Borrmann Pfarrer, St. Nikolai in Berlin-Spandau. Angelika Borrmann Lehrerin im Ruhestand. Barbara Bosch Familientherapeutin. Hartmut Bosinski Arzt. Karin Bosinski Ruheständlerin. Jutta M.

Bott Professorin, Psychotherapeutin. Anja Botta Pastorin. Christine Böttcher Stadt- und Kreisarchivarin Uelzen. Susanne Böttcher Architektin. Edgar Böttcher Betreuungsassistent. Uwe Böttcher Beamter. Brigitte Bötticher Arzt i. Kirsten Böttner Angestellte. Dirk Böttner-Langolf Abteilungsleiter Marketing und Kommunikation. Yamina Bouazzaoui Studentin.

Elke Boumans-Ray Diplom-Sozialarbeit. David Bouvet Lehrer. Barbara Bouyer Rentnerin. Michael Böwer Kath. Hochschule NRW, Abteilung Paderborn. Pia Bowinkelmann Lehrerin. Julia Braband Krankenschwester und Theologiestudentin. Nicola Brachmann Vertrieb. Marcel Brader Angestellter. Marina Brameshuber Hausfrau. Magdalena Brand Rentnerin.

Alois W. Brand Rentner. Christine Brand Rentnerin. Silke Brand Diplompädagogin. Annette Brändel Staatl. Moreover, our results do not suggest that firms following the 'cooperation strategy' are more likely to introduce EMEIs and to reach a higher EMEI performance than firms following the 'in-house strategy'.

Hence, our results do not confirm the results of previous research pointing to a positive relationship between environmental innovations and cooperation with external partners. Abstract: Regulations in the pre-Sarbanes—Oxley era allowed corporate insiders considerable flexibility in strategically timing their trades and SEC filings, e.

We document that even these lax reporting requirements were frequently violated and that strategic timing of trades and reports was common. Event study abnormal returns are larger after reports of strategic trades than after reports of otherwise similar nonstrategic trades. Our results imply that delayed reporting impedes the adjustment of prices to the information revealed by insider trades.

They lend strong support to the more stringent reporting requirements established by the Sarbanes—Oxley Act. Financial Investments, Information Flows, and Caste Affiliation: Empirical Evidence from India. Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the relevance of social interaction and caste affiliation for individual awareness of financial instruments and investment behavior in India.

The results of our empirical analysis, which is based on a large scale survey on saving patterns of Indians, suggest a positive relationship between financial knowledge and social interaction. However, especially backward caste people living in regions with a large fraction of backward castes have a lower probability of being aware of various financial instruments. In contrast, we find only weak empirical evidence for a direct effect of caste affiliation and social interaction on investment behavior.

Dividend Announcements Reconsidered: Dividend Changes versus Dividend Surprises. Abstract: This paper reconsiders the issue of share price reactions to dividend announcements. Previous papers rely almost exclusively on a naive dividend model in which the dividend change is used as a proxy for the dividend surprise. Using data from Germany, we find significant share price reactions after dividend announcements.

Our results thus suggest that the naive model should be abandoned. We use panel methods to analyze the determinants of the share price reactions. We find weak support in favor of the dividend signaling hypothesis and no support for either the free cash flow hypothesis or the rent extraction hypothesis.. Gender Differences in Competitiveness, Risk Tolerance, and other Personality Traits: Do they contribute to the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship?

Abstract: In this study we empirically investigate the contribution of personality traits to the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Our empirical analyses, which are based on data obtained from a large scale survey of individuals in 36 countries, suggest that a group of personality traits which we call Individual Entrepreneurial Aptitude IEA has a positive effect on latent and nascent entrepreneurship among women and men.

Furthermore, these results are confirmed by the results of a country-level analysis which show that the within-country variation of entrepreneurial activities of women and men is significantly related to within-country variation of IEA. How Policy Changes Affect Shareholder Wealth: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster. Abstract: This paper analyzes how policy changes affect shareholder wealth in the context of environmental regulation.

Using the event study methodology, our findings indicate a wealth transfer from nuclear energy companies to renewable energies companies in Germany. We moreover find that the joint market capitalization of these firms has decreased, but the amount of this combined decrease is small. Substantial heterogeneity in the shareholder wealth effects across European countries can be linked to different nuclear energy policies.

The shareholder wealth of nuclear and conventional energy companies in the United States has been unaffected. Disentangling the Link Between Stock and Accounting Performance in Acquisitions. Abstract: While empirical studies that use event-study methodology find on average that the gains from mergers and acquisitions are positive, those focusing on accounting figures tend to find a significant drop in performance.

We argue that each of the four possible combinations between positive or negative abnormal stock returns and accounting performance is due to a distinct acquisition motive. We find strong empirical evidence in support of this claim. Welchen Einfluss hat die Wohnumgebung auf die Grundschulwahl von Eltern? Abstract: In , school districts were abolished in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The paper focuses on the question whether neighborhood characteristics have an influence on the school choice behavior of parents with different socioeconomic and cultural resources. The results indicate that the relationship between choice behavior and cultural and socioeconomic resources of parents is stronger in socially deprived neighborhoods than in privileged neighborhoods.

However, there is only weak evidence for the hypothesis that the neighborhood influences the underlying subjective motives of parental school choice. Von persönlicher Energie zur Führerschaft, von der Führerschaft zum schöpferischen Reagieren — Schumpeters Arbeit am Unternehmerbegriff. The effect of free primary school choice on ethnic groups — Evidence from a policy reform. Abstract: In , school districts were abolished in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federal state.

Critics have argued that free school choice will lead to increased segregation and educational disparities. The data used is from Wuppertal, a major city in NRW. Since the Turkish population is the largest minority in Germany, but also one of the least integrated, the focus of this paper is on the effect of the new school law on the school choice of Turkish Muslim versus non-Turkish non-Muslim families.

Free school choice has led, in fact, to increased choice on the part of both advantaged and to a lesser extent disadvantaged families. Motives behind choice include proximity, the composition of the school, and the academic quality of the school. The effect of this increased choice on segregation is inconclusive. Temporary Agency Work and Firm Competitiveness: Evidence from a panel data set of German manufacturing enterprises.

Abstract: This paper addresses the relationship between the utilization of temporary agency workers by firms and their competitiveness measured by unit labor costs, using a rich, newly built, data set of German manufacturing enterprises. The analysis is conducted by applying different panel data models while taking the inherent selection problem into account.

Making use of dynamic panel data models allows us to control for firm specific fixed effects as well as for potential endogeneity of explanatory variables. The results indicate a U-shaped relationship between the extent that temporary agency workers are used and the competitiveness of firms. Ein Urphänomen und seine Wirkung oder Die Macht des Lichts und ihre ökonomischen Folgen.

Abstract: In June Professor Dr. Norbert Koubek gave his valedictory lecture. He retired after four decades in the Department of Business and Economics at the University of Wuppertal. Norbert Koubek refers to the innovation theory of Joseph A. Schumpeter and to the model of the so called Kondratieff waves and discusses the economic aspects of light.

Measurement, Monitoring, and Forecasting of Consumer Credit Default Risk - An Indicator Approach Based on Individual Payment Histories. Abstract: The statistical techniques which cover the process of modeling and evaluating consumer credit risk have become widely accepted instruments in risk management. In contrast, we find only few and vague statements on how to define the default event, i.

Based on a unique data set of individual payment histories this paper proposes a definition of default which is based on the time due amounts are outstanding and the resulting profitability of the receivables portfolio. Furthermore, to assess the individual payment performance during the credit period, indicators for monitoring and forecasting default events are derived. The empirical results show that these indicators generate valuable information which can be used by the creditor to improve his credit and collection policy and hence, to improve cash flows and reduce bad debt loss.

Segregation in primary schools — Do school districts really matter? Evidence from policy reforms. The effect of the new policy is not easily identified, because several additional changes to the school law and nationality law have also affected segregation. We propose using a measure of systematic segregation and a Wald test in order to test for differences in systematic segregation and to estimate a random effects model to explain differences in systematic segregation across municipalities.

The ethnic groups analyzed are Turkish and non-Turkish students, non-German and German students, and Muslim and non-Muslim students. It is shown that abolishing school districts has not increased systematic segregation in primary schools. However, segregation has been affected by policy changes other than the abolition of school districts.

A Proposal for an Alternative Spatial Weight Matrix under Consideration of the Distribution of Economic Activity. Abstract: In economic geography all indicators and studies are based in one way or another on a measure of distances between two points of interest. The present study discusses the problems that arise in the course of calculating distances between regions. It is shown that measures presently in use are usually biased.

A new measuring concept is therefore presented that takes into account the regional economic or demographic structures and constructs distances between regions accordingly. On the importance of growth spillovers and regional clustering in the Russian Federation. Abstract: Regions differ from each other not only in their economic structure but concerning the impact they have on their neighbors.

In the present study interregional spillover activities are analyzed for the regions of the Russian Federation. Instead of knowledge spillovers, more general growth spillovers are accounted for. The time period observed in this study is to , therefore a large part of the Russian transition period. Using the local Moran's I statistic as a measure of regional spillover activity reveals that only limited spillover activity is present.

Additionally, to account for the range of these spillovers, an approach introduced by Bottazzi and Peri is implemented. It is shown that the spillovers' reach is very limited if present at all. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most entrepreneurial of them all? Abstract: Recent empirical studies have shown that many employees would prefer to be self-employed, just as many nascent entrepreneurs are also in fulltime, paid employment.

This paper investigates the factors determining individual preference for being self-employed, entrepreneurial intention and individual decision in taking steps to start a new venture. We argue that a cluster of psychological characteristics related to the tasks of an entrepreneur in an early stage of the entrepreneurial process, which we call individual entrepreneurial aptitude IEA , is an important determinant of potential entrepreneurship and early stage start-up activities.

To test our hypotheses we make use of a large scale general population survey conducted in 36 countries in the year We find a considerable variation of IEA between occupational groups, as well as within occupational groups. Our results suggest a strong positive relationship between IEA and self-employment preference. IEA is also a strong and robust predictor of entrepreneurial intention and nascent entrepreneurship, where the relationship appears to be non-linear.

The probability of having entrepreneurial intention and being a nascent entrepreneur increases drastically if the level of IEA is very high. Moreover, our results indicate that IEA is positively related to the exploitation of perceived entrepreneurial opportunities. Die Gewerbesteuer seit der Unternehmensteuerreform Steigt die Steuerbelastung und die Gefahr der Substanzbesteuerung?

Eine empirische Analyse. Abstract: The German corporate tax reform of has brought significant changes for determining the tax base of the trade tax. The paper simulates the new rules and shows how the tax burden is affected. Simulation is based on representative cost data of the manufacturing sector in The results show that the goals of the corporate tax reform are missed.

Taxation in case of losses has become more prevalent, regardless of the legal form. In particular in the scenario of an economic crisis, the new regulations are problematic for the firms and trade tax revenue neither increases, nor is it a less volatile source of tax revenue for the communities. Entrepreneurship in India: The Question of Occupational Transition.

Abstract: Occupational transition from salaried to self-employment is an important issue in developed economies, but is even more critical in emerging economies, as individuals' occupational choices can drive economic development. Using data on individuals from India, we examine the effect of regional factors on actual and intended transition.

We find that self-employment and unemployment rates decrease actual and intended transition, and the effects are at least four times greater than that of individual-level factors. In addition, we find that urban versus rural location moderates the effects of income ratios and state GDP, with the effects being greater in rural locations. Phonetisch-akustische Detektion von Selbstsicherheit - Entwicklung eines automatisierten Messverfahrens zur Personalentwicklung.

Abstract: This paper describes a measurement approach for detecting sympathy and self-confidence based on speech characteristics as investigative personal assessment. The advantages of this automatic real time approach are that obtaining speech data is objective and non obtrusive, and it allows multiple measurement over long periods of time.

Different types of acoustic features were computed. In order to identify speech correlates of self-confidence and sympathy, 10 actors were recorded, resulting in segments of speech. Validation strategies reaching recognition rates for 2-class problems of Innovation, Credit Constraints, and Trade Credit: Evidence from a Cross-Country Study. Abstract: This paper studies the relationship between trade credit and innovation.

While trade credit is well researched in the finance literature, its link to innovation has been neglected in prior research. We argue that innovative small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs are more likely to use trade credit than non-innovative SMEs because of credit constraints and that business partners may have incentives to offer trade credit especially to innovative SMEs.

The relationship between innovation and trade credit is empirically examined by using a sample of SMEs from 14 European coun- tries. The results of an econometric analysis confirm a positive relationship between innovation and trade credit. In particular, SMEs with product in- novations have a higher probability of using trade credit than other SMEs.

Moreover, the results suggest that the effect of product innovation is only statistically significant if SMEs report that access to financing or cost of financing are obstacles for the operation and growth of their businesses. Hence, the results point to the relevance of trade credit as a source of short-term financing for innovative SMEs which are credit constrained.

Abstract: This working paper addresses the question which dimensions of Ajzens Theory of Planned Behavior, named attitude towards start-up, perceived behavioral control and subjective norms can be used to explain the entrepreneurial intentions of business students. Furthermore we hypotheses an influence of attendance in entre-preneurship lectures, having entrepreneurs within ones family and the cultural background as possible enhancers of entrepreneurial intentions via the dimensions of the TPB.

We found not only a highly significant connection between all dimensions of Ajzens model and the entrepreneurial intention, but although evidences for an influ-ence of the individuals social and cultural background on the EI. Abstract: The current crisis is like an earthquake for the theoretical foundations of economic policies, which have guided governments and central banks for the last few decades.

Public policy, public institutions, and regulations were generally regarded as distortions of the otherwise well functioning markets. Therefore, the recipe was a reshaping of institutional arrangements intended to allow markets to operate more freely, i. The paper argues that monetary policy gained importance in the s and enforced deflationary policies — which, in turn reduced growth, especially in upswings — and allowed employment to recover to its initial pre-recession levels.

Deflationary bias was also guiding the design of major EU institutions, reducing potential and actual growth. Innovation im Steuerrecht: Wie kann die Thesaurierungsbegünstigung eine annähernd belastungsneutrale Besteuerung von Personen- und Kapitalgesellschaften gewährleisten? Abstract: The paper addresses the question whether the preferential treatment of retained earnings according to section 34a EStG is suitable to achieve a comparable tax burden of partnerships and corporations.

It can be shown that it is impossible to determine a reference value for all domestic companies. Steuerkomplexität als Markteintrittsbarriere? Entscheidungsanreize steuerlicher Bürokratiekosten. Abstract: The complexity of a tax system can be measured by the costs of private taxpayers and businesses in complying with the tax law. For that reason, these costs should not only be regarded as a burden on private taxpayers and businesses but also as an incentive for economic decision-making.

The following contribution analyses these incentive effects. It differentiates between the compliance costs in the proper sense as well as the costs of tax planning. It also quantifies the cost burden of private businesses being relevant for planning purposes. As data source the paper utilizes a survey that has been raised by order of the German Ministry of Economics and Labor.

According to this contribution tax compliance costs are especially relevant for the decision-making of small businesses. Furthermore, they may act as a market entry barrier for entrepreneurial activities as well as the recruitment of employees. School Choice in German Primary Schools: How binding are school districts? Abstract: In this paper we look at school choice in primary schools in Germany.

The data used is from Wuppertal, a major city in North-Rhine Westphalia NRW , where school districts were abolished in to allow for free school choice. Here we look at the situation before to learn more about choice in the presence of school districts. Our analysis shows that it is not uncommon to visit a primary school that is not the assigned public school. Moreover, parents choose schools taking into account the distance to school, the quality and the socioeconomic composition of the school.

Families from disadvantaged neighborhoods tend to send their children to the assigned school. Advantaged families make segregating choices, whereas the results for disadvantaged are not clear cut. The negative external effect of choice on the composition of the not chosen school is significant and the level of segregation in the primary schools is high and exceeds the level of residential segregation.

Bedeutung der VC-Finanzierung für die Legitimierung junger Unternehmen - Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie. Abstract: This paper reviews the impact of legitimacy on new ventures and explores the overlap between two similar constructs, legitimacy and reputation. A positive organizational reputation can be crucial to successful venture development. Building on the idea that reputation is socially con-structed, this paper depicts reputation as the outcome of the process of legitimation.

Results of the empirical study reveal a correlation between venture capital finance and the organizational reputation and legitimation of start-ups. Abstract: The deductibility of commuting costs in Germany is discussed permanently. The paper ad-dresses the question, whether the taxpayers do react to the commuting allowances Entfer-nungspauschale. It is shown that individual mobility depends on the responsibilities for com-panion, children and relatives.

The commuting allowances are unsuitable to realize aims of urban, traffic and regional planning. Hence a return back to the system of full deductibility of work-related expenses is necessary if they choose public transportation. Furthermore a tax-deductible flat-rate per kilometer is required if they go by car. Structural Change, Economic Growth and Bazaar Effects in the Single EU Market.

Abstract: This paper analyzes the link between structural change, growth and bazaar effects in the context of open economies. At first we consider the theoretical basis of structural change and discuss the interdependencies between trade, foreign direct investment and innovation dynamics. The empirical analysis puts the focus on traits of innovation and structural change in selected countries.

As regards the hypothesis of a bazaar effect we distinguish between gross effects and net effects. The statistics and the analysis of input-output-tables does not provide evidence that bazaar effects would be a critical problem for Germany or other EU countries. Organizational Crises and Reactions from a Legitimacy Perspective — Results from Two Multiple-case Studies. Abstract: Organizational crises can be conceptualized as interactions between organizations and stakeholders around the breach and reestablishment of common norms and social codes, i.

This paper contributes to the understanding of organizational crises by exploring the roles of dimensions of legitimacy in organizational crises as well as the role of different reactions in the resolution of crises. Results of two qualitative multiple-case studies based on analyses of media reports are presented.

They suggest that crises are indeed characterized by a loss in legitimacy, the specific dimensions depending on the type of crisis. Moreover, results support the notion that the type as well as the timing of organizational reactions to crises is relevant to the effective handling of threatening events.