Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit der Vorhersage von Währungskrisen. Dazu wird ein dreidimensionales Frühwarnsystem für Währungskrisen konstruiert, das anhand zehn osteuropäischer Länder von 1995 bis 2003 mit einer binär logistischen Regression in sample und out of sample auf seine...

Africa: A continent is waking up. Not through aid or wealth from the exploitation of natural resources, but through a technological revolution. The access to affordable mobile telecommunication. Inspired by deregulation and pioneered by local champions who have taken a lead in what is today's...

This study was prepared by Annika B. Bergbauer while she was working at the Ifo Center for the Economics of Education. It was completed in March 2019 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in July 2019. It consists of four self-contained...