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During the last three decades the ascent of behavioral economics clearly helped to bring down artificial disciplinary boundaries between psychology and economics. Noting that behavioral economics seems still under the spell of the rational choice tradition and, indirectly, of behaviorism we...
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Environmental decisions made by individuals, civil society and the state involve questions of economic efficiency, environmental effectiveness, equity and political legitimacy. These four criteria are constitutive of economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, which...
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abzubauen. Von dieser Entwicklung profitieren auch die transatlantischen Beziehungen. So waren die USA selbst beim Warenhandel …, sind die USA mit großem Abstand der wichtigste Abnehmer von Exportprodukten Made in Germany. Um mehr als zwei Drittel sind … die deutschen US-Exporte höher als die nach China. Die herausragende Bedeutung der USA als Exportzielland variiert von …
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Does heterogeneity in the educational backgrounds of the founders matter for firm success? Are team foundations more successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is measured by employment growth. I find that team...
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We develop a comprehensive multi-level approach to ecological economics (CML-approach) which integrates philosophical considerations on the foundations of ecological economics with an adequate operationalization. We argue that the subject matter and aims of ecological economics require a...
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Most problems related to biodiversity management have an ecological as well as a socio-economic dimension. Consequently, there has been a growing recognition that adequate management recommendations directed at such problems can only be developed if knowledge from ecology, economics and various...
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This article develops eleven criteria focusing on the relative importance and strength of different, especially socio-economic drivers of and pressures on biodiversity. These refer to the syndrome concept designed to assess global environmental risks and the DPSIR framework developed to guide...
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Die Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaft und Praxis birgt viele Potentiale in Public Health, insbesondere im Hinblick auf Forschung und Qualitätsentwicklung in der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention mit sozial Benachteiligten. Partizipative Ansätze, die in der Tradition der Aktionsforschung...
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