"This paper quantifies the scale and scope of the commercial real estate mortgage bond market in the period surrounding the 1920s in an attempt to better understand the role of retail mortgage debt in early urban development. In particular, this paper quantifies the size of the market,...

Hauptanliegen des Gutachtens ist eine Überprüfung der ökonomischen Wirkungen der Städtebauförderung in Ostdeutschland am Beispiel des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Im wesentlichen werden dazu die Wirkungszusammenhänge zwischen Mitteleinsatz und ökonomisch relevanten Zielgrößen...

Introduction: building stories -- Routes of accumulation -- Speculating on Indian futures -- The India story -- Betting on the future -- Constructing consumer India -- Conflict and commensuration -- Transparency and control -- Developers' quest for credibility and capital -- Quality projects I:...

Natural disasters (droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, floods, wind storms) damage wellbeing, both in their immediate and long-term aftermath, and because the insecurity of exposure to disasters is in itself harmful to risk-averse people. As such, mitigating and coping with the risk of natural...