Climate change poses large economic costs to governments and societies. Reducing individuals' CO2 footprints is central in mitigating climate change. In a new paper, we show that providing information on combating climate change motivates individuals to take costly actions to offset CO2...

This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education. Chapters 2 and 3 show that patience and risk-taking as intertemporal preferences are closely related to differences in student achievement across and within countries. Chapter...

The aim of this workshop was to ask potential end-users of the citizens’ information pack on legal and ethical issues around ICTs (i.e. citizens and citizens’ groups) the following questions: What is your knowledge of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and what actions...

[Vorwort] Das 1. Symposium für Ökonomie im Gartenbau fand am 27. November 2013 in der Paulinerkirche in Göttingen statt. Es wurde als Kooperation der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, des Thünen- Instituts für Betriebswirtschaft und des Agrarkompetenznetzes WeGa durchgeführt. Die...

Virtual currencies are a contemporary form of private money. Thanks to their technological properties, their global transaction networks are relatively safe, transparent, and fast. This gives them good prospects for further development. However, they remain unlikely to challenge the dominant...

Das 'Gesetz zur Kontrolle und Transparenz im Unternehmensbereich' (KonTraG) verpflichtet insbesondere Kapitalgesellschaften zur Einrichtung eines Risikomanagementsystems, um bestandsgefährdende Risiken frühzeitig zu erkennen. Gleichzeitig wird von Kapitalgesellschaften und Konzernen verlangt,...

Professor Walter Bayer und Thomas Hoffmann (Universität Jena) haben untersucht, welche Unternehmen von der Pflicht zur CSR-Berichterstattung nach dem Gesetzesentwurf zur Umsetzung der europäischen CSR-Richtlinie erfasst wären: lediglich 536. Große nicht börsennotierte Unternehmen, die schon...

In this study we argue for a 'Big Push' in infrastructure investments in greater Europe. We propose the building of a European Silk Road, which connects the industrial centres in the west with the populous, but less developed regions in the east of the continent and thereby is meant to generate...

This study provides a first analysis of the recent development in infrastructure investment in the Western Balkans. It identifies infrastructure gaps as well as key infrastructure initiatives in the region, outlines the political dimension and provides the respective detailed infrastructure...