Im Zuge des zunehmenden interregionalen Wettbewerbs wird den Hochschulen als Wissensquelle für die Innovationstätigkeit der regionalen Wirtschaft eine immer größere Bedeutung beigemessen. Für die Regionen sind die Hochschulen dabei insbesondere deshalb zum Wettbewerbsparameter geworden, als...

Rational economic decisions regarding theconservation of biodiversity require the considerationof all the benefits generated by this naturalresource. Recently a number of categories of values(inherent value, contributory value, indirect value,infrastructure value, primary value) have...

Im Zuge des zunehmenden interregionalen Wettbewerbs wird den Hochschulen als Wissensquelle für die Innovationstätigkeit der regionalen Wirtschaft eine immer größere Bedeutung beigemessen. Für die Regionen sind die Hochschulen dabei insbesondere deshalb zum Wettbewerbsparameter geworden, als...

Different regional economic theories come to different conclusions with regard to the impact of (state) policies on the economic prosperity of regions. This article provides empirical evidence, that determinants like geography, urbanization, industrial mix and social capital explain 71 percent...

The level, as well as the structure of private consumption, is influenced by the age structure of the population. This is shown for Austria in the first part of the paper. Age-specific saving rates and consumption patterns on national and regional levels are identified through an analysis of...

In Germany there is a political consensus that the economic and fiscal burden of the German reunification should be shared by all three jurisdictional levels of the federal system. According to existing law, the burden-sharing between the state and local authorities has to be confined to the...

The paper focuses on whether e-mobility has a feasible chance of market penetration and social acceptance from an economic point of view. This includes a critical assessment of the ecological benefits as well as the other advantages of e-mobility. Furthermore, the likelihood of consumers...

The level as well as the structure of private consumption is influenced by the age structure of the population. This is shown for Germany by an age-specific analysis of consumption patterns on the basis of household data of the German consumer income and budget survey. According to the gained...