Establishing an inclusive financial system with comprehensive and accessible services in rural areas is increasingly promoted as a crucial element for socio-economic development both in China and globally. Yet, in existing research on China's agricultural and rural development, relatively less...

The paper examines recent political and social developments in the People's Republic of China. It highlights some of the principle features in current Chinese politics: fragmentation of both the system and its actors; the role of the Chinese state as a developmental state; the issue of whether...

Cross-Cultural Experimental Economics (CCEE) and Indigenous Management Research (IMR) are dynamic and flourishing disciplines today. Whereas the former lacks a deep understanding of the distinctive factors leading to behavioral differences so far, the latter gives priority to deep...

Potenzialanalysen werden als Instrument der Diagnose und Foerderung derzeit stark propagiert. Nicht zuletzt sollen sie im Berufsorientierungsunterricht eingesetzt werden, um berufliche Interessen und Faehigkeiten der Schuelerinnen und Schueler zu diagnostizieren und zu foerdern. In...

Das Fach -Volkswirtschaftslehre- existiert am Weiterbildungskolleg in Nordrhein-Westfalen seit nahezu 60 Jahren, ohne dass es in der Wirtschaftsdidaktik Beachtung gefunden haette. Die oekonomische Bildung im so genannten Zweiten Bildungsweg ist infolge dessen ein vollstaendig unerforschtes...

In the context of yardstick regulation with long-lived assets, the influence of investment cycles and thereof resulting heterogeneous capital structures on the ability to recover capital is quite important. Investment decisions are based on whole investment cycles of the infrastructure. It is...

We analyse quantitatively how risk exposure from different support mechanisms, such as feed-in tariffs and premiums, can influence the investment incentives for private investors. We develop a net cash flow approach that takes systematic and unsystematic risks into account through cost of...

Seit dem PISA-Schock und dem Erscheinen der Expertise Zur Entwicklung nationaler Bildungsstandards wird die Standardisierungsdiskussion in allen Fachdidaktiken gefuehrt. Schulische Bildung soll demzufolge nicht mehr allein ueber den Input, sondern vor allem ueber den Output gesteuert werden. Die...

After a period of hibernation, the development of pumpedâ€hydro storage plants in Germany regains momentum. Motivated by an ever increasing share of intermittent renewable generation, a variety of energy players considers new projects, which could increase the available capacity by up to 60%...

The efficiency of capital markets has been questioned almost as long as the efficient market hypothesis had been worked out. Numerous critics have been formulated against this hypothesis, questioning notably the behavioural assumptions underlying the efficient market hypothesis. The present...