Der Wettbewerbsdruck in der europäischen Milchviehhaltung nimmt durch die fortschreitende Liberalisierung des EU-Milchmarktes zu. Bestehende agrarökonomische Forschungsmethoden sind nur begrenzt dazu in der Lage, belastbare Abschätzungen der regionalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und künftiger...

Oft wird unterstellt, dass die intensive Nutzung des Internets die Menschen in der realen Welt zu kontaktarmen Sonderlingen macht. Auf Vertrauen basierende Kontakte erleichtern aber in vielerlei Hinsicht den Austausch zwischen Individuen und haben daher greifbare ökonomische Konsequenzen. Ein...

International cooperation rests on state preferences with regard to the substantive scope, geographical range, and institutional depth of issue-specific devices to over-come collective action problems. Substantive broadening, geographical widening, and institutional deepening are the elixir of...

The article analyses the development and structure of formula funding in higher education in Baden-Württemberg from economic, political, and statistical perspectives. The verbal agreement of the finance model, made in 1999 between ministry and universities, is transformed into equations and...

A sustainable economy requires a change in the current path of economic development. The political and societal task is a transition to a new path consisting of more environmentally friendly technologies, products and consumption patterns. Environmentally beneficial technological innovations are...

A sustainable economy requires a change in the current path of economic development. The political and societal task is a transition to a new path consisting of more environmentally friendly technologies, products and consumption patterns. Environmentally beneficial technological innovations are...