Vorliegende Dissertation klärt zum einen, welche Faktorendas Verhalten von Individuen in Organisationen bestimmen. Darauf aufbauend werden die Organisationsstrukturen von kirchlichen Wohlfahrtsverbänden betrachtet und unter Motivationsaspekten beurteilt. Weiterhin werden Empfehlungen für...

Der in Umsatz und Kapitalisierung stark fragmentierte deutsche Aktiensekundärmarkt ist in Börsensegmenten kleiner und mittlerer Gesellschaften durch einen grundsätzlichen Angebotsmangel an Eigenkapital gekennzeichnet. Die Aktien betroffener Unternehmen sind niveaubedingt unterliquide ...

We consider a general equilibrium model with frictions in credit markets used by households. Inour economy, houses provide housing services to consumers and serve as collateral to lower borrowingcost.We show that this amplifies and propagates the effect of monetary policy shocks on...

Significant attention is paid by policymakers in the UnitedKingdom to the relationship between house prices, thebusiness cycle, and inflation, on account of the pronouncedprocyclical pattern of house prices. Are house prices asymptom of macroeconomic conditions? Or are thereimportant feedback...

Derivative financial instruments are frequently used as a tool for influencing the risk ofentrepreneurial uncertain payoff. To this end, an approximation procedure is developed capable ofcalculating the optimal quantity of derivatives to be used. It is assumed that the entrepreneurial cashflow...

This paper develops a principal-agent model of financial contracting in which optimal contracts resemble a combination of debt and equity. When defaulting on debt, the firm is punished by disruption of external funding. Such contracts however, invite rivals to compete more aggressively to...

This paper deals with the introduction of stock options in an (dy-namically) incomplete securities market.

This article studies four transform pricing methods in the context of generalequilibrium (GE) framework. The four methods, viz. the Esscher transform, indifferencepricing, the Wang transform, and the standard deviation loading, arepopular among actuarial literature and practice. The transform...

The trend towards Internet self-regulation is driven both by gov-ernments that feel reluctant to invest in direct regulation (because offreedom of speech concerns or high cots of monitoring and enforce-ment) and by the industry that is under the threat of rising publicconcerns over content...

In this paper we estimate the elasticity of the labour supply to a firm, using data from theHousehold, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. Estimation of thiselasticity is of particular interest not only in its own right but also because of its relevance tothe debate about the...