In der kontrovers geführten Debatte über den Sinn und Unsinn von Rankings und über die Validität bibliometrischer Indikatoren wird immer wieder auch auf unintendierte Konsequenzen von Rankings für das Wissenschaftssystem hingewiesen. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird sowohl deren Erstellung und...

Can famous economics scholars extend their prominence to the time after their deaths? This question is analyzed for the period 1925-2018 for Nobel Prize laureates. We find that Nobel Prize winners who die prematurely are more likely to experience a marked reduction of attention from their peers,...

This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education. Chapters 2 and 3 show that patience and risk-taking as intertemporal preferences are closely related to differences in student achievement across and within countries. Chapter...

Cross-country differences in the gender gap of higher education attainment are large. In this paper, we study the role of gender norms for this particular gender gap. To isolate the effect of gender norms from institutional and economic factors, we investigate the decisions of second-generation...

Der Beitrag diskutiert die gegenwaertige Bedeutung und zukuenftige Entwicklung der Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik im wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Curriculum. Ausgangspunkt der ueberlegung ist die Beobachtung, dass einer wachsenden Zahl von Lehrstuehlen sowie verschiedenen Kursen zu...

In der kontrovers geführten Debatte über den Sinn und Unsinn von Rankings und über die Validität bibliometrischer Indikatoren wird immer wieder auch auf unintendierte Konsequenzen von Rankings für das Wissenschaftssystem hingewiesen. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird sowohl deren Erstellung und...

Besides the theoretical approach, the paper also includes an research conducted with students of the Faculty of Jornalism and Communication at the University of Bucarest. The main objective of this research was to determine the extent to which the media fiction (television series for youth)...

The study measures scientists' polarization on social media and its impact on public perceptions of their credibility. Analyzing 98,000 scientists on Twitter from 2016 to 2022 reveals significant divergence in expressed political opinions. An experiment assesses the impact of online political...

The study measures scientists’ polarization on social media and its impact on public perceptions of their credibility. Analyzing 98,000 scientists on Twitter from 2016 to 2022 reveals significant divergence in expressed political opinions. An experiment assesses the impact of online political...

The interplay between religion and the economy has occupied social scientists for long. We construct a unique panel of income and Protestant church attendance for six waves of up to 175 Prussian counties spanning 1886-1911. The data reveal a marked decline in church attendance coinciding with...