In der vorliegenden Studie haben wir eine Effizienzanalyse von Universitäten in Deutschland vorgenommen, deren Zukunftskonzepte im Rahmen der Exzellenzinitiative ausgezeichnet wurden: RWTH Aachen, FU Berlin, HU Berlin, Uni Bremen, TU Dresden, Uni Freiburg, Uni Göttingen, Uni Heidelberg,...

Die Forschung zu den Effekten von Nachhaltigkeitsawards und ihrem Potenzial zu einer Nachhaltigkeitstransformation beizutragen stellt aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht eine Nische dar. Vor dem Hintergrund einer zunehmenden Vielzahl an Awards in der Praxis, die sich an Unternehmen richten, multiplen...

In this paper we review the linkages between the quality of public finances, that is, the level and composition of public expenditure and its financing via revenue and deficits, and economic growth. We review the various channels through which public finances affect growth and its underlying...

The paper develops a signalling theory of conspicuous consumption where the drive toward spending on an otherwise unuseful good comes from the desire to enter clubs and benefit from the provision of club good financed by members of a club and from a social status effect. Individual incomes are...

In this paper, we assume that redistribution modifies the community structure of an economy and generates both intra and intergenerational mobility. In a world in which neighbourhood attributes and family backgrounds are important to determine the investment effort and the productivity of...