Dieses Interview gibt Auskunft über die normative Ambivalenz des zivilgesellschaftli-chen Sektors. Einerseits erfüllen NGOs wichtige wirtschaftliche und politische Funktio-nen. Sie stellen Güter und Dienstleistungen bereit. Und sie engagieren sich in der öffent-lichen Interessenvertretung....

Dieses Interview gibt Auskunft über die normative Ambivalenz des zivilgesellschaftli-chen Sektors. Einerseits erfüllen NGOs wichtige wirtschaftliche und politische Funktio-nen. Sie stellen Güter und Dienstleistungen bereit. Und sie engagieren sich in der öffent-lichen Interessenvertretung....

This paper discusses some transport economic dimensions of Lucians "Dialogues of the Dead". Using the service "soul transportation to Hades" as an example, we discuss the transport economic notions revealed in these dialogues, and we draw the parallels to modern economic and political debates....

Studie mit finanzieller Unterstützung der IHK für München und Oberbayern im Rahmen des Vertrags zur Erstellung volkswirtschaftlicher Studien. Die Bedeutung der Datenökonomie für die Entwicklung der Wirtschaftsleistung in Deutschland und Europa ist unbestritten. In verschiedenen Märkten...

Within the field of innovation studies, researchers have identified several market failures that hamper investment in R&D, innovation and growth in a market economy. Several policies such as government subsidies, tax deductions, soft loans, and public venture capital provided to firms that...

This paper discusses some transport economic dimensions of Lucians "Dialogues of the Dead". Using the service "soul transportation to Hades" as an example, we discuss the transport economic notions revealed in these dialogues, and we draw the parallels to modern economic and political debates....

Studie mit finanzieller Unterstützung der IHK für München und Oberbayern im Rahmen des Vertrags zur Erstellung volkswirtschaftlicher Studien. Die Bedeutung der Datenökonomie für die Entwicklung der Wirtschaftsleistung in Deutschland und Europa ist unbestritten. In verschiedenen Märkten...

Regulations are an indispensable part of an economy and are proven to generate a significant impact on the economic, environment and social landscape. Through an extensive survey of literature and empirical study, the paper contrasts the benefits and costs arising in the light of the imposition...

Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über den Themenkomplex "wirtschaftspolitische Governance". Dieser Begriff dient in Volkswirtschaftslehre und benachbarten Sozialwissenschaften als Ober-/Sammelbegriff unter dem üblicherweise alle Aktivitäten subsumiert werden, die wirtschaftspolitische...

We develop a critique of government interventionism based on the Misesian calculation argument against socialism. If private property rights and relative prices based on supply and demand are necessary for successful economic coordination, then conventional market failure theories cannot be...

This paper begins with the observation that the constrained maximisation central to model estimation and hypothesis testing may be interpreted as a kind of profit maximisation. The output of estimation is a model that maximises some measure of model fit, subject to costs that may be interpreted...

We study climate and macroprudential policies in an economy with financial frictions. Using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model featuring both a pollution market failure and a market failure in the financial sector, we explore transition risk - whether ambitious climate policy can...

This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and three self-contained essays that apply insights from the microeconomic theory of corporate finance in a macroeconomic setting in order to explain and understand various market failures that were at the roots of the global financial crisis of...

Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über das Forschungsgebiet "Politische Ökonomie", in dem Politikwissenschaftler, Ökonomen und andere Sozialwissenschaftler mittels verschiedener Theorien und Methoden das Verhältnis von Ökonomie und Staat untersuchen. In einem empirisch-analytischen Zweig...

Introduction: the difference that doesn't make a difference -- The promise machine: between "techno-failure" and market failure -- Creative destruction and the new socialities -- Failure, forgotten: on buffering, latency, and the monetization of waiting -- Too big to fail: banks, derivatives,...

Erfolgreiche Markenarbeit im digitalen Zeitalter ist sehr viel komplexer und anspruchsvoller geworden. Gerade auf der Handelsseite entsteht ein Schwarm von neuen Gründermarken und Start-ups, die mit Neuprodukten und Dienstleistungen den Markt erobern wollen und auf die realen sowie virtuellen...

The EDSA bus market is fiercely competitive. In theory, allowing competition among many bus operators is expected to result in cost-effective and reliable transport services, and efficient use of roads. However, in reality, the outcomes are far different: daylong traffic jam and poor bus service...

Market failures are resulting in network operators and device manufacturers not being incentivized to ensure improved cyber security practices in their operations. The result is a large global base of vulnerable computers, modems/routers and Internet of Things devices which can be manipulated by...

Economists from centuries have been leading discussions on the role of state in economy. Some of them are in favour of state’s wide interference in economy while others seek to limit the role of the government. One of the arguments for the necessity of state interventionism in the market...

Attack on the welfare state in the context of Schumpeter's prediction of the decline of capitalism -- The ideological degradation of economics as a science and the introduction of false doctrinal concepts -- State crises and market malfunctions requiring systemic changes -- Crisis inducing...

"The powerful theorems of welfare economics operate under a range of assumptions. Two of the most significant are the existence of competitive markets for all goods and services - including futures markets - and the unbounded rationality of all economic agents who act independently to maximize...