There are arguably few topics in current global economic policy as intensely debated as the impact of different facets of globalization on human development. Given that the concept of globalization reflects a multitude of economic and societal transformations, the scope of these discussions...

We investigate to what extent convergence in production levels per worker has been achieved in Germany since unification. To this end, we model the distribution of GDP per employee across German districts using two-component normal mixtures. While in the first year after unification, the two...

We investigate to what extent convergence in production levels per worker has been achieved in Germany since unification. To this end, we model the distribution of GDP per employee across German districts using two-component normal mixtures. While in the first year after unification, the two...

In der folgenden Arbeit werden vier in sich geschlossene Studien zusammengefasst, die die Beziehung zwischen lokaler finanzieller Entwicklung und wirtschaftlichem Wachstum in Vietnam analysieren. Die lokale finanzielle Entwicklung wird für die erste Studie auf verschiedenen Ebenen gemessen,...