Vielfältig sind die Krisenzeichen unserer Zeit. Der gesellschaftliche Zusammenhalt schwindet, die politischen Strukturen erodieren und die wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse überzeugen nicht mehr. Von einer Tendenzwende wird angesichts der Neuerungen, Enttäuschungen, Unbestimmtheiten,...

This book presents a curated collection of research on ethnic entrepreneurship, focusing on the informal sector. The common theme of the expert contributions is that entrepreneurial motivation to start informal business is paramount to ethnic groups. In particular, the book explores the factors...

This contributed volume focuses on diasporans, their characteristics, networks, resources and activities in relation to international business and entrepreneurship. It presents an overview of diaspora concepts from an economic perspective, and analyzes the global-economic and societal effects...

Würdigung der politischen Verdienste von Friedrich List zu Afrika, Asien, Ozeanien und Südamerika -- Die Meinung von Friedrich List zur Migration und Kolonialpolitik -- Zwei unbekannte Patentanmeldungen von Friedrich List -- Neue Erkenntnisse von Friedrich List durch Karl Marx und Friedrich...

Part I Introduction -- 1 General Equilibrium Modelling: The Integration of Policy and Project Analysis -- Part II Methodology and Estimation Issues -- 2 Demand-Driven Structural Change in Applied General Equilibrium Models -- 3 Micro-Macro Simulation of Corporate Tax Reforms -- 4 Estimating an...

The thesis of Kristina Reimer provides a comprehensive analysis of asymmetric cost behavior (also known as cost stickiness) by discussing its origin and development in the theoretical and empirical research from the 1920s of the past century up until today. Further, using an empirical approach,...

Christoph Michael Hindermann uses a statistical approach to analyze the impact of economic freedom on state legitimacy. Based on multiple regression models, the author not only extracts the determinants of legitimacy but also shows that rule of law is the most important area of economic freedom...