This paper examines the effect of a new technology on a labour-intensive service. Comparing primal and dual TFP-growth with final-year social savings, we find that, between 1900 and 1938, motion pictures increased entertainment output (measured in spectator-hours) by at least nine percent...

This paper examines patterns of structural change and labour productivity growth in the late nineteenth-century Habsburg Empire. Using shift-share analysis and a set of basic measures to account for the contribution of physical and human capital growth, it seeks to address three questions:...

This research is the outcome of fieldwork undertaken between November 2002 and 2003 inAl Gharaza village part of Khartoum State - the Sudan capital.The study focuses on identifying how spaces and times are interrelated and engendered. Theforces that impact the creation of boundaries or those...

Der Lehrtext verfolgt das Zeil, die komplexe Schrift Webers dem Leser durch einen streng am Text orientierten Nachvollzug des Argumentationsganges und der Struktur des Textes zugänglich zu machen. Durch umfangreiches Zitieren des Textes soll vor allem Weber selbst "zu wort kommen" und den Leser...

Some people are motivated by the non-selfish, non-strategic, and non-consequentialist “sacredvalue” of Truth. We conduct the first experiment directly assessing this phenomenon. We findthat people differ substantially in their truthfulness, with a large minority powerfully inclined...

This note investigates the extension of Roberts' price-independent welfare prescriptions toalternatives in which population size and composition can vary. We show that ethicallyunsatisfactory orderings result. Suppose that a single person is to be added to a populationthat is unaected in utility...

Der vorliegende Diskussionsbeitrag analysiert die Motivlage von Unternehmern sozial‐ökologischer Pionierunternehmen. Dabei werden die folgenden forschungsleitendenFragestellungen untersucht: 1. Welche strategischen und ethischen Motive veranlassenUnternehmer sich dem Thema Nachhaltigkeit zu...

Im Februar dieses Jahres ist dem Bundesministerium der Justiz der deutsche Corporate Governance-Kodex (DCGK) übergeben worden. Er ist in der Zwischenzeit amtlich bekannt gemachtund mit einer gesetzlichen „Comply-or-Explain“-Regelung versehen. Damit sind nichtnur neue Anforderungen, sondern...

More and more investors apply socially responsible screens whenbuilding their stock portfolios. This raises the question whether theseinvestors can increase their performance by incorporating such screensinto their investment process. To answer this question we implement asimple trading strategy...