Consumption Volatility and Financial Openness
Claudia M. Buch, S. Yener
Applied Economics,
2010
Abstract
Economic theory predicts that the integration of financial markets lowers the volatility of consumption. In this article, we study long-term trends in the consumption volatility of the G7 countries. Using different measures of financial openness, we find evidence that greater financial openness has been associated with lower consumption volatility. However, volatility of consumption relative to output has not declined.
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Wissensintensive Verflechtungen von Hochschulen und anderen Akteuren
Gunnar Pippel
HoF-Handreichungen 2. Beiheft zu „die hochschule“,
2013
Abstract
Hochschulen haben neben der Ausbildungs- und Forschungsfunktion auch eine Transferfunktion. Geht aufgrund des demographischen Wandels die Bedeutung der Ausbildungsfunktion von Hochschulen zurück, so stellt sich die Frage, ob die Forschungs- und Transferfunktion dies kompensieren können. Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, einen Ansatz zur Erfassung der Transferfunktion vorzustellen.
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Hochschulen als Kooperationspartner für Unternehmen
Gunnar Pippel
HoF-Handreichungen 2. Beiheft zu „die hochschule“,
2013
Abstract
Universitäten sind als FuE-Kooperationspartner für Firmen sehr gut geeignet, da Universitäten eine breite Wissensbasis haben, oft über aktuelles Wissen aus dem Bereich der Grundlagenforschung verfügen und zudem kaum Interessenskonflikte bei der Kooperation bestehen.
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Drittmittel
Mirko Titze
HoF-Handreichungen 2. Beiheft zu „die hochschule“,
2013
Abstract
Der Umfang der Forschungs- und Transferfunktion von Hochschulen lässt sich über die Drittmittelquote messen. Hierbei werden die Drittmitteleinnahmen ins Verhältnis zu den Gesamtausgaben gesetzt. Der Beitrag vergleicht die Entwicklung der Drittmittelquoten in ost- und westdeutschen Regionen im Zeitraum von 2002 bis 2010.
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Das Ausbildungsprofil von Hochschulen und der regionale Bedarf an Absolventen
Gunnar Pippel
HoF-Handreichungen 2. Beiheft zu „die hochschule“,
2013
Abstract
Eine wichtige Funktion von Hochschulen liegt in der Ausbildung von Arbeitskräften. Hierbei stellt sich die Frage, inwiefern sich die fachliche Ausrichtung von Hochschulen an den regionalen Beschäftigungsprofilen orientiert. Gibt es hier eine gute Übereinstimmung, dann können die Arbeitgeber in einer Region die hochqualifizierten Arbeitskräfte vor Ort rekrutieren.
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Bildungsbeteiligung
Mirko Titze, Matthias Brachert
HoF-Handreichungen 2. Beiheft zu „die hochschule“,
2013
Abstract
Gut qualifizierte Erwerbspersonen sind eine Voraussetzung für die internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit einer Region. Daraus leitet sich die Bildungsfunktion der Hochschulen ab. In welchem Ausmaß Kapazitäten für die Bildungsfunktion eingeplant werden müssen, hängt unter anderem von der Anzahl der Studienanfänger und der Betreuungsrelation ab. Wir betrachten dies hier für sechs exemplarische Raumordnungsregionen in west- und ostdeutschen Bundesländern.
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Mutual Perception of Science and Industry in Innovation Networks – Evidence from East Germany
Jutta Günther, Cornelia Lang
D. Dyker (ed.), Network Dynamics in Emerging Regions of Europe, Imperial College Press,
2010
Abstract
The paper examines how science and industry perceive each other. Cooperation in the field of innovation and research and development has increased in recent years. But comprehensive empirical research on the mutual perception of science and industry is lacking so far. The article presents the results of explorative research based on a number of qualitative interviews with representatives from science and industry on that topic. The interviews were carried out in the Central German Region which is a centre of manufacturing industry especially of chemicals. So the two selected industries are chemical industry (high-tech based) and food processing (low-tech based). The paper provides remarks on the German innovation system. The empirical section summarizes the interview reports. We found only little evidence of conflict of interests between market-oriented industry and science organisations. Cooperation exists and works. The key issue is trust.
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Stages of the 2007/2008 Global Financial Crisis: Is there a Wandering Asset-Price Bubble?
Lucjan T. Orlowski
One-off Publications,
No. 3,
2008
Abstract
This study argues that the severity of the current global financial crisis is strongly influenced by changeable allocations of the global savings. This process is named a “wandering asset bubble”. Since its original outbreak induced by the demise of the subprime mortgage market and the mortgage-backed securities in the U.S., this crisis has reverberated across other credit areas, structured financial products and global financial institutions. Four distinctive stages of the crisis are identified: the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market, spillovers into broader credit market, the liquidity crisis epitomized by the fallout of Bear Sterns with some contagion effects on other financial institutions, and the commodity price bubble. Monetary policy responses aimed at stabilizing financial markets are proposed.
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Cooperation Patterns of Incubator Firms and the Impact of Incubator Specialization: Empirical Evidence from Germany
Michael Schwartz, Christoph Hornych
Technovation,
2010
Abstract
The article examines cooperation patterns of 150 firms located in German business incubators (BIs). More specifically, this study distinguishes between networking within the tenant portfolio and the academic-industry linkages of the tenant firms. We further contribute to the relevant literature by explicitly considering differences in cooperation patterns between firms located on diversified and specialized incubator facilities. Empirical results do not support the common assumption that specialized incubation strategies increase the effectiveness of incubator-internal networking compared to diversified BIs. Also, incubator specialization is not superior to diversified incubators with respect to the promotion of linkages of their tenants with academic institutions. For academic linkages, industry effects matter more than incubator characteristics.
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Challenges for Future Regional Policy in East Germany. Does East Germany really show Characteristics of Mezzogiorno?
Mirko Titze
A. Kuklinski; E. Malak-Petlicka; P. Zuber (eds), Souther Italy – Eastern Germany – Eastern Poland. The Triple Mezzogiorno? Ministry of Regional Development,
2010
Abstract
Despite extensive government support the gap between East and West Germany has still not been successfully closed nearly 20 years post German unification. Hence, some economists tend to compare East Germany with Mezzogiorno – underdeveloped Southern Italy. East Germany is still subject to sever structural problems in comparison to West Germany: lower per capita income, lower productivity, higher unemployment rates, fewer firm headquarters and fewer innovation activities. There are East German regions with less than desirable rates of development. Nevertheless, the new federal states have shown some evidence of a convergence process. Some regions have developed very positively – they have improved their competitiveness and employment levels. As such, the comparison of East Germany with Mezzogiorno does not seem applicable today.
According to Neoclassical Growth Theory, regional policy is targeted enhancing investment (hereafter the notion ‘investment policy’ is used). has been the most important instrument in forcing the ‘reconstruction of the East’. Overall, the investment policy is seen as having been successful. It is not, however, the only factor influencing regional development – political policy makers noted in the mid 1990s that research and development (R&D) activities and regional concentrated production networks, amongst other factors, may also play a part. The investment policy instrument has therefore been adjusted. Nevertheless, it cannot be excluded that investment policy may fail in particular cases because it contains potentially conflicting targets. A ‘better road’ for future regional policy may lie in the support of regional production and innovation networks – the so-called industrial clusters. These clusters would need to be exactingly identified however to ensure effective and efficient cluster policies.
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