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Essays on Financial Stability
(2015-03-20)
This thesis consists of three chapters that analyze the stability of financial institutions. The focus lies on self-fulfilling liquidity crises that are associated with maturity transformation conducted by financial ...
Reference-Dependent Preferences in Contests and Non-Cognitive Ability in the Labour Market
(2015-10-20)
The dissertation includes four individual essays that are laid out over four separate chapters. Following a short overall introduction in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 models the strategic interaction between two agents who engage ...
Essays in Banking and Finance
(2015-06-29)
This dissertation consists of three chapters covering the development and analysis of three self-standing theoretical models. They all take an informational economics view and analyze important topics related to banking ...
An empirical Investigation into the factors critical to the effectiveness of ABS implementation at the national and international levels
(2015-07-15)
The research presented in this thesis firstly investigates critical factors for assessing the effectiveness of existing Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) instruments at the national and international levels with respect to ...
Bio-Based Energy, Rural Livelihoods and Energy Security in Ethiopia
(2015-09-21)
The energy consumption in Ethiopia is based mainly (90%) on the traditional use of biomass for domestic needs, mostly using rudimentary cooking stoves. Against this background, the present study examines the importance of ...
International analyses of natural resource curse and Kazakhstan’s related economic performance with special attention to its wheat and energy sectors
(2015-09-09)
The bottom line of this study is to examine the role of natural resource endowments for economic growth and institutional quality with special focus on Kazakhstan and CIS countries. It is documented that resource rents ...
Volatility of International Food Prices: Impacts on Resource Allocation and on Food Supply Response
(2015-06-08)
Uncertainty is a quintessential feature of agricultural commodity prices. After about three decades of low and relatively stable price levels, we have experienced a dramatic rise and volatility in international food prices ...
The private sector and the marginalized poor: An assessment of the potential role of business in reducing poverty and marginality in rural Ethiopia
(2015-04-16)
The present research analyzes the role that the private sector can play in reducing poverty and marginality in Ethiopia by providing improved agricultural inputs to marginalized poor farmers. Two important insights motivate ...
Farmer Innovation in Rural Ghana: Determinants, Impacts and Identification
(2015-11-23)
Innovation is essential for agricultural and economic development, especially in today’s rapidly changing global environment. While farmers have been recognised as one of the key sources of innovation, many studies on ...
The Opportunity Cost of Financing Oportunidades: A General Equilibrium Assessment for Poverty Reduction in Mexico
(2015-03-18)
Despite the fact that Mexico has achieved macroeconomic stability after the financial crisis in 1995, it has failed to generate sustained high economic growth rates and to substantially reduce poverty and income inequality. ......
Obwohl Mexiko nach der Finanzkrise 1995 wieder makroökonomische Stabilität erreicht hat, ist es nicht gelungen, stabile hohe ökonomische Wachstumsraten zu generieren und die Armut und Einkommensungleichheit substantiell ......
Obwohl Mexiko nach der Finanzkrise 1995 wieder makroökonomische Stabilität erreicht hat, ist es nicht gelungen, stabile hohe ökonomische Wachstumsraten zu generieren und die Armut und Einkommensungleichheit substantiell ......