Why do donor countries give foreign aid? The answers found in the literature are: (i) because donor countries care for recipient countries (e.g. altruism), and/or (ii) because there exist distortions that make the indirect gains from foreign aid (e.g. terms of trade effects) to be larger than...

Über den gegenwärtigen Stand der Institutionalisierung von Evaluationen sowie den historischen Verlauf dieser Wissenssparte in westlichen Ländern informiert dieser Beitrag. Den Ausführungen vorangestellt sind eine Begriffserklärung sowie die Beschreibung internationaler Standards und...

Summary Company-level pacts for employment are agreements between management and the company's work force that are characterized by concessions from both bargaining partners. Employees agree to company-specific deviations from a collective contract that include negative components like reduced...