Wirtschaftswissenschaft

The past decade has seen the emergence of a particular sales and distribution model in which companies that manufacture products and sell them directly through proprietary distribution channels open these channels to third parties and often even to competitor products. One of the industries to pioneer this model has been financial services, where the approach is referred to as an “open architecture” offering. The author’s research investigates if and how customer reactions are affected when a company sells third-party products...

Zeitstetige stochastische Prozesse werden seit Jahrzehnten in zahlreichen Finanzmarktmodellen verwendet. In dieser Arbeit werden in erster Linie wichtige Aspekte zur Anwendung - im Hinblick auf Schätzung von Parametern, Bewertung von Finanzmarktkontrakten und Erfassung der Effizienz von Kapitalmärkten - anhand von ausgewählten Beispielen verdeutlicht und im Anschluss mögliche Lösungs- bzw. Erklärungsansätze präsentiert. Details Titel: Analysis of Financial Market Models Untertitel: Estimation, Pricing, and Efficiency Autor: Dr. Balazs Cserna Auflage: 1. Auflage Erschienen: 1. Aufl. 05.09.2011 Fachbereich: Wirtschaftswissenschaft Produkttyp: Buch (Gebunden) Produktart:...

The demographic change forced Germany and other industrialized countries to bring their pension systems back on a sustainable track. This development has increased the responsibility of each individual regarding old-age income. The affected individuals are forced to intensify their savings to close the increasing gap between public pension income and the standard of living experienced during one's working life. This book investigates several empirical and methodological aspects of households' saving behavior including some in relation to the background of the...

This book contributes to the empirical literature on poverty, mortality and labor supply in developing countries. Each of the three essays included in this book make use of new household data sets that were collected to innovatively address a well-defined research problem. The first chapter investigates the relationship between undernutrition and child mortality in sub-Sahara Africa and explains why children around Lake Victoria have very low chances to survive up to age 5 despite being extremely wellnourished. The second chapter...

Seit der Formulierung des 30-ha-Ziels im Rahmen der »Nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie« Jahre 2002 haben die Themen »Landschaftsverbrauch« und »Flächensparen« in Deutschland deutlich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Dieses Buch stellt das Instrument der Handelbaren Flächenausweisungsrechte vor, mit dem eine deutlich reduzierte Siedlungsentwicklung und der Schutz von Freiflächen erreicht werden könnte. Drei in Deutsch und zwei in Englisch verfasste Papiere geben Antworten auf eine Reihe wichtiger umweltökonomischer Fragen, die im Zusammenhang mit einer erfolgreichen Handelseinführung stehen. Wie muss der Handel ausgestaltet werden, um das...

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Corresponding to the saying "Too many cooks spoil the broth" political decision-making is a challenging issue, especially when more than one party is involved. In the common opinion, political fragmentation either in parliament or in government slows down the legislative process and causes reform blockades. Whether too many cooks are really the source of these drawbacks is questionable as many other factors such as compensation payments, strategies and social norms are also connected with the process of decision-making and the...