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Ethics in Consumer Choice : An Empirical Analysis based on the Example of Coffee
Langen, Nina - 2013
Individuals have a multitude of possibilities by means of their decisions to influence ecological, social and economic developments at the regional, national and global level. Nina Langen elaborates differences and similarities of forms of ethical behaviour, such as ethical consumption and...
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Inflation versus Price-Level Targeting : Bayesian Estimation of a Small Open DSGE Model for Switzerland
Heim, Lukas - 2015
Lukas Heim evaluates the performance of a price-level targeting rule compared to that of a standard inflation targeting rule. The comparison is based on a medium-scale DSGE model which has been estimated based on state-of-the-art Bayesian methods. The model for the Swiss economy is an expanded...
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Asymmetric Cost Behavior : Implications for the Credit and Financial Risk of a Firm
Reimer, Kristina - 2019
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,...
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Essays on Housing and Pensions : A European Perspective
Mueller, Thomas - 2019
Demographic trends put a burden on EU pension provision. As the sustainability of pension systems is addressed by current pension reforms, lower benefit levels are projected. In this scenario, households may want to consider supplementing their public pension income. As their own residence is on...
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The Impact of Economic Freedom on State Legitimacy : An Empirical Investigation
Hindermann, Christoph Michael - 2018
legitimate. Due to the strong quantitative approach, this thesis contributes not only to the political theory of liberalism and …
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The Impact of Monetary Policy on Economic Inequality
Dörr, Patricia - 2018
The extensive monetary policy of central banks during the Great Recession has re-newed the interest in the relation between (possibly) non-neutral money and wealth and income inequality. In this work, a dynamic general equilibrium model approach is used to study the effects of an inflation rate...
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Stochastic Processes and Calculus : An Elementary Introduction with Applications
Hassler, Uwe - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
for modern time series econometrics. Mathematical theory is applied to solve stochastic differential equations and to …
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Level Crossing Methods in Stochastic Models
Brill, Percy H. - 2017 - 2nd ed. 2017
stochastic application problems, including inventory control, queueing theory, reliability theory, actuarial ruin theory, renewal … theory, pharmacokinetics, and related Markov processes. The second edition includes a new section with a novel derivation of … level-crossing derivation of the finite time-t probability distributions of excess, age, and total life, in renewal theory …
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Internal City Branding : ein empirisch validiertes Modell zur internen, identitätsbasierten Markenführung von Städten
Rößler, Ayla - 2019
Basierend auf der Erkenntnis, dass Einwohner eine bedeutende Zielgruppe im Rahmen der Markenführung von Städten sind, entwickelt Ayla Rößler ein Modell zur internen, identitätsbasierten Markenführung von Städten. Es wird untersucht, wie Einwohner als wichtige interne Zielgruppe einer...
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Optimization of Stochastic Discrete Systems and Control on Complex Networks : Computational Networks
Lozovanu, Dmitrii - 2015
valuable contribution to the important field of computational network theory …
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