Am 6. Dezember 1999 vollendet Prof. Dr. Ingolf Metze sein 65. Lebensjahr. Er hat sich einen Ruf als streitbarer und engagierter Wirtschaftswissenschaftler mit zum Teil verblüffend unkonventionellen Ideen weit über die überwiegende Stätte seiner wissenschaftlichen Tätigkeit - der...

The seemingly never ending scandals in the world of finance with their damaging effects on value and human welfare argue strongly for an addition to the current paradigm of financial economics. We summarize here our new theory of integrity that reveals integrity as a purely positive phenomenon...

While the African situation displays disparities both within and between countries in terms of economic and human development, on average, many African countries have relatively low school enrolment ratios, highly informal labour markets, high poverty rates, as well as low financial inclusion...

The Handbook of Public Finance provides a definitive source, reference, and text for the field of public finance. In 18 chapters it surveys the state of the art - the tradition and breadth of the field but also its current status and recent developments. The Handbook's intellectual foundation...