My thesis is centered on the macroeconomic causes and consequences of income inequality. The first two essays develop theoretical frameworks to analyze the impact of income inequality on technical change and long-term economic growth. These essays sprung from the very fruitful collaboration with...

While connectivity supply is growing exponentially, likely as a result of developments in the semiconductor industry, research on connectivity has mostly focused on the demand side. Such approach is however unable to account for the introduction of unforeseen ser-vices, which is also...

Infrastruktur wird als zentrale Voraussetzung für Wirtschaftswachstum angesehen. Die Faktenlage zu den wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen neuer Infrastrukturen sowie zu den Determinanten der Infrastruktur-Bereitstellung ist jedoch immer noch relativ spärlich. Die vorliegende Dissertation trägt mit...