This dissertation was written by Johannes Pfeiffer while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in November 2016 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the department of economics of the University Regensburg in December 2016. The thesis studies unintended...

As in Roemer (1982, chapter 1), this paper considers a simple international trade model and examines the existence and characterization of free trade equilibria involving the unequal exchange of labor (UE). The paper provides an almost complete characterization of the domain of economies in...

Gruppierungs- und Reihenfolgeprobleme der Fertigung zählen zu den zentralen Fragestellungen der (operativen) Produktionsplanung. Gruppierung bezeichnet dabei die zu treffenden Entscheidungen über Größe und zeitliche Lage von Fertigungsaufträgen (Losen), während der Reihenfolgeaspekt die...

Das zunehmende Interesse an der Analyse dynamischer Prozesse und die sich ständig verbessernde Verfügbarkeit der zu ihrer Untersuchung notwenigen Datensätze lassen die Frage nach geeigneten Verfahren aufkommen. Traditionelle Methoden wie logistische und lineare Regression sind entweder nicht...

This paper addresses an airport gate assignment problem with multiple objectives. The objectives are to minimize the number of ungated flights and the total passenger walking distances or connection times as well as to maximize the total gate assignment preferences. The problem examined is an...

We introduce a network formation model based on the idea that individuals engage in production (or decide to participate in an action) depending on the similar actions of the people they observe in the society. We differentiate from the classical models of participation by letting individuals to...