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Essays in Economic Theory
(2019-04-04)
This thesis consists of three self-contained essays in microeconomic theory. The common theme of all chapters is the analysis of collective decision problems in which efficient decisions depend on information that is ...
Essays in Public Finance
(2019-07-23)
This dissertation consists of three self-contained essays on public finance, that is, on the study of government revenue and expenditure. Taxation and public spending reflect society's values, priorities, as well as its ...
Kriegerische Tauben: Liberale und linksliberale Interventionisten vom 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart
(2019)
Im Zuge der Aufklärung kam die Idee auf, dass Demokratien eine friedliche Außenpolitik betreiben würden. Verschiedene Politiker aus dem liberalen Spektrum haben in den vergangenen zweihundert Jahren mit dieser Vorstellung ...
Norm, Normabweichung und Praxis des Herrschaftsübergangs in transkultureller Perspektive
(2019)
Moderne Imaginationen vormoderner Herrschaftsübergänge sind von der Idee des Vater-Sohn-Übergangs geprägt, da Patrilinearität für Vorstellungen legitimer Herrschaft in vormodernen Kulturen eine große Rolle spielt. Jedoch ...
Entscheiden und Regieren: Konsens als Element vormoderner Entscheidungsfindung in transkultureller Perspektive
(2019)
Kein Herrscher regiert alleine, sondern nur im Verbund mit anderen. Nach heutigen Vorstellungen scheinen sich vormoderne Ordnungen jedoch immer noch durch die formale Unbeschränktheit der Entscheidungsgewalt ihrer ...
ZEI Future of Europe Observer, 2019, Vol. 7, No 2: Matching the EU‘s international ambitions with UN goals
(2019-06)
This issue of the Future of Europe Observer examines in what way the EU‘s Global Strategy overlaps with the UN Agenda with special attention to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It comprises of analyses by ZEI ...
ZEI-MEDAC Future of Europe Observer, 2019, Vol. 7, No 3: Soft Power Policies in the Mediterranean Region
(2019-11)
This joint issue of the Future of Europe Observer encompasses analyses of the various manifestations of soft power-related policies in the Euro-Mediterranean region, written by Master Fellows of the Center for European ...
ZEI Future of Europe Observer, 2019, Vol. 7, No 1: The Juncker Commission: Outlook for 2019
(2019-03)
In this „Future of Europe Observer“, ZEI Fellows and Alumni provide our annual assessment on the work progress of the Juncker Commission in 2018 and evaluate the challenges for the final year of the Juncker presidency. ...
Assessing technology transfer in the interdisciplinary research setting of the bioeconomy: A concise study using disciplinary, stakeholder and technology perspectives
(2019-11-25)
Technology transfer from academia to industry in emerging knowledge areas such as the bioeconomy is considered a major challenge. In this regard, there have been an increasing number of policy and funding initiatives (e.g. ...
Understanding food technology evaluation across supply chain actors: A methodological and empirical analysis
(2019-10-12)
World development trends such as increasing world population, climate change, urbanization, malnutrition, food waste and losses as well as resource scarcity are challenging the global food system. To address these challenges, ...