Mit der Arbeit wird der Versuch unternommen, den Zusammenhängen von Biographie- und individuellen Lernprozessen nachzugehen. Dies erfolgt am Beispiel von acht ostdeutschen ExistenzgründerInnen, die sich nach der Wende in den neuen Bundesländern im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel selbständig gemacht...

We experimentally investigated the role of regret and pride in a behavioral anomaly, the disposition effect. First, we used affective forecasting to elicit participants potential feelings in hypothetical investment situations. Then our subjects participated in a two period stock market...

This dissertation addresses issues in corporate finance. Part I examines the litigationenvironment of a firm and its impact on financial policy. Chapter 1 discusses prior research,including theory and empirical results, related to firm performance, financial policy, andlitigation. It provides...

Economics

Die Arbeit hat das Ziel, die ursprünglich rein kapitalmarkttheoretisch ausgelegte Optionspreistheorie für das Management anwendungsorientierter Grundlagenforschung und produktorientierter Anwendungsforschung nutzbar zu machen. An der Schnittstelle von Modelltheorie und Empirie untersucht sie,...

This thesis deals with decision making under ambiguity. Ambiguity refers to situations in which probabilities for uncertain events are partially known. Ambiguitysensitive behavior, as manifested in Ellsberg-type experiments, is today a widely studied phenomenon, then, first of all, there is an...

Three attributes of futures contract behavior important for market performance—liquidity, volatility, and convergence—are investigated before and after the 2005 increase in speculative position limits for corn, soybean, and wheat contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade. The analysis of...

In recent years a number of market participants called into question the efficiency of the price discoverymechanism in commodity futures markets. They believe that speculators move commodity futures marketsaway from their fundamentals by distorting prices and exacerbating volatility. The smoking...