the group- and the individual-based micro-lending contracts. The success of group lending has been attributed to the ability of the lender to alleviate asymmetric information problems. The existing theoretical literature offers a number of explanations for this phenomenon including the building...

Die internationale Staatengemeinschaft steht Sezessionsbestrebungen zur Aufspaltung bestehender Staaten gew?hnlich ablehnend gegen?ber. Gleichzeitig wendet sie in vielen L?ndern Instrumente der Entwicklungspolitik an und greift so auch in den dortigen politischen Prozess ein. Untersucht wird,...

This dissertation, titled “Flexibility in European Wage Structure and itsimplications for the European Unemployment,” studies the problem of high rates ofunemployment in Europe during the last few decades through the optic of European wagebehavior. It examines the European wage structure –...