This dissertation thesis consists of three independent research papers and is devoted to the topic of worker turnover and incentive contracts in a labour market characterized by search frictions and matching. There exists a large body of literature dating back to the seminal studies by Diamond,...

In der Steuerreformdiskussion sind sich Ökonomen durchaus über die theoretischen Vorzüge der konsomorientierten Besteuerung gegenüber dem Konzept der Einkommensbesteuerung einig. Aus der qualitativen Analyse in der vorliegenden Arbeit stellen sich die zwischen 1994-2000 in Kroatien...

This thesis deals with the employment double dividend (EDD) hypothesis which claims that an ecological tax reform leads to both a reduction in the unemployment rate and to lower pollution. It assesses the employment effects of ecological tax reforms in a computable general equilibrium (CGE)...

Village equilibrium models are computable general equilibrium (CGE) implementations of agricultural household models in a village equilibrium framework which have the salient feature of being able to capture general equilibrium effects arising at the level of rural communities. Due to the...

The concept of trade openness is broadly applied as a potential predictor in numerous empirical studies, despite the fact that no commonly accepted approach of measuring openness has been developed. The most widely applied (‘traditional’) openness indices are not able to accurately calculate...

One of the fundamental normative questions within international trade theory is whether free trade is better than autarky and, if so, in what sense and to what extent. Surprisingly, the literature contains just a few formal models constructed under discrete time and investigating the...

Diese Arbeit stellt eine Monographie zur Eindeutigkeit von Wettbewerbsgleichgewichten in zweiperiodigen Finanzmarktmodellen, in Finanzmarktmodellen in endogener Unsicherheit (Sunspot-Modelle) sowie in dynamischen Finanzmarktmodellen mit der Struktur überlappender Generationen (OLG-Modelle) dar....

The goal of the thesis is to analyze theoretically as to how the financial globalization and the distribution of world income may be related. Does the financial market globalization exert an equalizing force? Or is it responsible for the economic stagnation of some countries in the world? These...

Inhalt- Einführung- Ausnahmen und Grundmodelle- Wohlfahrtswirkungen von Exportsubventionen- Abschließende Überlegungen

Die Dissertation basiert insgesamt methodisch auf einer quantitativen, explorativ-deskriptiven Untersuchung, deren Aufbau vier Phasen (Schwerpunkte) umfasst:Der erste theoretische Teil (Kapitel 2 bis Kapitel 4) gibt einen Überblick über das ökonomische Konzept des Marktes und seines...