In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden im theoretischen Teil die bekannten Verfahren zur Schätzung der deutschen Zinsstrukturkurve vorgestellt.Im praktischen Teil werden drei Modelle an Hand von wöchentlichen Anleihepreisdaten von Januar 1999 bis Dezember 2000 miteinanderverglichen. Außerdem...

Hedge funds? (HF) assets under management (AUM) expanded at more than 20% per annum between 2000 and the mid-2008 peak of USD1.85 trillion. The 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) led to a drastic industry contraction with an estimated 2,000 fund liquidations. Nonetheless, the industry?s AUM is...

This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from in total 135 countries, between 1975 and 2010. According to the findings, aid comes to have a statistically significant and positive effect on infant mortality rate, as doubling of aid leads to an...

The nature of food insecurity has been changing in the world. While research on food insecurity in developing countries used to focus on undernourishment (i.e. lack of calorie consumption) and related outcomes, today, many developing countries face at least a “double burden of malnutrition”...

Labour market policy, subjective well-being, reemployment stability, Europe, unemployment benefits, unemployment, social inclusion, job quality, active labour market policy, one-euro-jobs, treatment effects, duration analysis, multi-level analysis, ALMP. - This dissertation analyses the effects...

The nature of food insecurity has been changing in the world. While research on food insecurity in developing countries used to focus on undernourishment (i.e. lack of calorie consumption) and related outcomes, today, many developing countries face at least a “double burden of malnutrition”...

The purpose of this dissertation is to address policy makers to change the way they think about increasing obesity rates. So far the discussion revolves around increasing incomes and imposing taxes on high fat food, despite their disputed effectiveness. Most of these studies seem to neglect the...