After the Second World War the residential construction quickly becomes one of the leading sectors of the German economy. The first part of the dissertation shows the long-time patterns of residential construction and dates the turning points of the business cycles. It also analyses some...

This thesis analyzes three separate, controversially discussed socioeconomic and policy issues. The first chapter is concerned with the regulation of hospitals. It is shown that the informational problems hinder the regulator to set optimal prices in a prospective payment system. It is also...

This study consists of three empirical essays that analyse the impact of corruption on foreign direct investment, institutions and growth linkages and subjective well-being in transition countries.

This thesis addresses theoretical and empirical questions related to network economics. In particular, it analyze network effects and switching costs in the mobile telecommunications industry. The first chapter analyzes competition in a two-period differentiated-products duopoly in the presence...

In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist es in den USA zu einem enormen Anstieg der Ungleichheit der Lohnverteilung gekommen. Für einen Großteil der Geringqualifizierten war diese Entwicklung – trotz erheblichen technologischen Fortschritts – mit realen Einkommenseinbußen verbunden. In den 1980er...