This book explains why China’s opening-up policy can boost the rapid growth of its economy. Based on concrete facts and economic logic, it offers a brief introduction to the history of China’s successful development, which has unprecedentedly helped improve people’s lives and community...

Teil 1: Konzepte und Begründungen eines lebensphasenorientierten Personalmanagements -- Entwicklungsberufe im demographischen Wandel: Nutzen entwickelnde Unternehmen heute die Innovationspotenziale der Beschäftigten?- Gesund und innovativ arbeiten in jeder Lebensepisode:...

Diese Festschrift enthält Beiträge zur empirischen Regionalforschung, die für die Regionalpolitik von hoher Relevanz sind. Dabei wird ein breites Methodenspektrum verwendet, wie es für die moderne Regionalforschung heute kennzeichnend ist. Thematisch erstrecken sich die Beiträge von der...

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,...

Jakob Schwab analyzes central mechanisms in the systematic economic interaction between rich and poor countries. He focuses on the drivers and effects of investment in developing countries and shows that predictions of standard economic analysis may turn around when accounting for peculiarities...

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...

Sebastian Moenninghoff provides an extensive overview of the status of the ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ doctrine post-crisis and develops the first comprehensive framework to categorize and discuss the full range of major policy options for regulating banks. Governments need to actively manage their...

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...

Review of the Porter Hypothesis and the related literature -- Measurement of environmental regulation -- Environmental regulation and renewable energy innovation -- Environmental regulation and renewable energy exports. .

Ablauf der Spin-off-Transaktion und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen -- Shareholder-Value-Orientierung börsennotierter Unternehmen -- Die Überrendite als Indikator des Investors -- Wahl des Benchmark-Index.