The paper describes the exchange program in between the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee and the University of Potsdam in the field of economics. It discusses in detail the development of the program, including the problems and challenges. Additionally a brief description of the curriculum is...

Akademikerkinder gehen häufiger während des Studiums ins Ausland. Ihr Vorsprung hat zwischen 1997 und 2006 sogar zugenommen. Die Weichen werden in der Schulzeit gestellt: Schüler mit Auslandserfahrung studieren später öfter international.

This dissertation contains economic microanalyses of voting, regulation and higher education. It is about individual decisions, institutions, and the incentives the latter create. Three chapters of this dissertation are based on empirical results, whereas one chapter is a purely theoretical...