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Bringing together perspectives from the new economic sociology and new cultural sociology, this paper proposes that because economic phenomena are imbued with meaning they can be studied as cultural objects. In particular, the goal is to analyze the public discussions surrounding the sales of...
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Piracy in international waters is on the rise again, in particular off the coast of Somalia. While the dynamic game between pirates, ship-owners, insurance firms and the military seems to have reached some kind of equilibrium, piracy risks generating significant negative externalities to third...
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European monetary integration was one element in the process of financial market integration but by far not the only one. The paper traces the development of financial markets and systems in Europe from the beginnings of the euromarkets in the 1950s over early exchange rate arrangements and the...
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The paper presents a detailed description of IMF and World Bank conditionality and tries to explain changes in this conditionality over time as well as differences between the two institutions. Using panel data it is shown that the number of Fund conditions seem to be influenced by...
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Mir geht es in dem vorliegenden Beitrag darum, den "wunderlichen" Prozess des politischen Sieges einer bestimmten Form des Wirtschaftsliberalismus in der deutschen Nachkriegszeit zu untersuchen. Diesbezüglich sind Erhards Reden zur Wirtschaftspolitik und dabei seine publizistische Aufarbeitung...
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Angesichts dieser Besonderheiten in der Entwicklung der Genossenschaften im Baltikum im Allgemeinen und der Produktivgenossenschaften im Besonderen wurde der Verfasser seitens des österreichischen Genossenschaftsverbandes gebeten, die Zukunftsperspektiven von Produktivgenossenschaften in...
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Microfinance is not a recent development, and neither is the development of regulation and supervision of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Every now developed country has its own history of microfinance. It is important to recognize this because it presents a view different from that of many in...
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In Deutschland beanspruchen gleich zwei Ressorts, das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) sowie das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) die Zuständigkeit für die deutsche Innovationspolitik. Dieses für den Bund offensichtlich bedeutsame Politikfeld...
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Im Januar 1957 beschloss der Bundestag eine grundlegende Reform der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung. Durch sie wurde nicht nur das Leistungsniveau deutlich erhöht, sondern vor allem trat an die Stelle einer statischen nun eine dynamische, an die Lohnentwicklung anknüpfende Rentenformel. Renten...
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In our days, German machine tool makers accuse their Chinese competitors of violating patent rights and illegally imitating German technology. A century ago, however, German machine tool makers used exactly the same methods to imitate American technology. To understand the dynamics of this...
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