This dissertation contains applications of agent-based financial market models and nonlinear econometric methods in financial economics. The first part deals with the analysis of the effectiveness of currency transaction taxes within financial market models with traders with heterogeneous...

Diese Dissertation untersucht Mobile IT, ein Phänomen, das unseren Alltag zunehmend erleichtert, aber auch herausfordert. Seit etwa 2010 haben mobile Geräte wie Smartphones und Media Tablets eine neue Reife erreicht und dazu beigetragen, dass IT-Innovationen zunehmend im Consumer-Markt...

The promotion of self-employment as part of active labor market policies is considered to be one of the most important unemployment support schemes in Germany. Against this background the main part of this thesis contributes to the evaluation of start-up support schemes within ALMP. Chapter 2...