Das Besserstellungsverbot in § 8 Abs. 2 des Haushaltsgesetzes besagt, dass Empfänger staatlicher Zuwendungen ihre Beschäftigten nicht besser stellen dürfen als vergleichbare Beschäftigte des Bundes. Damit werden die ...

Interest rates and debt are key policy instruments for monetary and fiscal policy makers and relevant not only for the individual's decision but also for the economy as a whole. This work contains three chapters on the ...

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht, ob und inwiefern Verstöße gegen das wirtschaftsaufsichtsrechtliche Geldwäschegesetz die strafrechtliche Leichtfertigkeit im Sinne des § 261 Abs. 5 StGB, dem Tatbestand der leichtfertigen ...

This dissertation aims at contributing to the literature investigating the positive and normative framework for monetary policy. It provides an assessment of macroeconomic (i.e. monetary and to some extent also fiscal) ...

The story of the financial crisis of 2007-08 is also a story of bank regulation. Commentators from academia and policy institutions have identified an inappropriate regulation of banks and capital markets as one of the ...

This dissertation deals with two important types of insurance: defined benefit pension insurance in Chapter 2 and participating life insurance in Chapters 3 and 4.
In Chapter 2, a termination rule based on a critical ...

Die kulturelle Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Russischen Föderation – seit 1993 in einem gesonderten Abkommen verankert – sollte, neben anderen kulturell relevanten Feldern, auch die Kooperation ...

This thesis consists of four essays that belong to the literature on the theory of auctions and the theory of contests. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are devoted to the research on auctions and study the role of symmetry in ...

Through four independent research papers, this dissertation contributes to a better understanding of how individuals integrate new incoming information into their beliefs.
Chapter 1, starts with the consideration ...