Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus vier eigenständigen Forschungsarbeiten, die ich in der Zeit von April 2004 bis Juli 2007 an der Universität Konstanz verfasst habe. Gemeinsam ist allen Arbeiten eine empirische Ausrichtung und die Erkenntnis, dass die empirische Analyse für das...

This dissertation is a collection of four research papers written during my doctoral studies at the University of Konstanz between October 2004 and November 2008. These papers are empirical studies dealing with different aspects in the field of university economics. The focus of the first two...

We examine the research productivity of German academic economists over their life cycles. It turns out that the career-patterns of research productivity as measured by journal publications are characterized by marked cohort effects. Moreover, the life-cycles of younger German economists are...