Bedarfsgerechte Steuerung der Gesundheitsversorgung — Chancen und Hindernisse

On 2 July 2018, the German Council of Health Experts handed over its current report entitled, “Demand-oriented health care management” to the Federal Ministry of Health. The pronounced separation of outpatient and inpatient care, and distinction between private and public health insurance, is typical of the German system. Experts’ recommendations include improved coordination of outpatient and inpatient services, monistic hospital financing and family doctor-centred patient care. The main criticism of the report is that it lacks a regulatory concept with competitive management structures.     

How Much Does the State of the Economy Influence the Popularity of Austrian Parties? An Empirical Investigation

We estimate popularity functions for the Austrian parties Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), Social Democrats (SPÖ) and Austrian Freedom party (FPÖ) between 1987 and 2010 (using annual data) as well as vote functions for the same Austrian parties in the 86 election districts in the national elections in 1999, 2002, 2006 and 2008. In most cases we find a statistically significant and theoretically predicted influence of three economic variables, namely the unemployment rate, inflation rate and growth rate of income, on both popularity and voting behavior. However, this influence is not robust and shows a tendency to decline over time.     

Reply to Gebhard Kirchgässner

In this reply to Kirchgässner, four issues are addressed: (1) the extent of double counting in attempts to reconcile estimates of the shadow economy based on the survey method and estimates based on the MIMIC (cum currency demand) approach, (2) advantages and disadvantages of the survey method, (3) of macro methods like the MIMIC approach and (4) the potential role of plausibility checks of estimates from the MIMIC approach with the survey method.     

Lost in translation – a revival of Wolfgang Stützel's Balances Mechanics

Wolfgang Stützel was a prominent German economist who coined a very special terminology in national accounting and in international economics. Therefore, it can be said that his contributions to economics got lost in translation. Especially, the Balances Mechanics approach and the paradox of competition are his biggest achievements in economic theory, but he never received international recognition. The objective of this paper is to pay tribute to his work by applying his analytical frameworks to the balance of payments crisis in the Eurozone and to the distributional impacts of austerity policy.     

Entwickelt sich ein neues Weltwährungssystem?

Die gro?en Leistungsbilanzdefizite der USA und die spiegelbildlich angeh?uften W?hrungsreserven in US-Dollar haben Kritik an der Schlüsselw?hrung und Vorschl?ge für eine ?nderung der derzeitigen Weltw?hrungsordnung hervorgerufen. Sowohl global als auch regional sind mehr oder weniger Erfolg versprechende Bemühungen um W?hrungsunionen zu verzeichnen. Der Aufsatz ist Werner Ehrlicher gewidmet, der sich in den 80er Jahren mit den „treibenden Kr?ften und Synthesen der W?hrungspolitik“ auseinandergesetzt hat.     

Evaluation of structure and reproducibility of cluster solutions using the bootstrap

Segmentation results derived using cluster analysis depend on (1) the structure of the data and (2) algorithm parameters. Typically, neither the data structure nor the sensitivity of the analysis to changes in algorithm parameters is assessed in advance of clustering. We propose a benchmarking framework based on bootstrapping techniques that accounts for sample and algorithm randomness. This provides much needed guidance both to data analysts and users of clustering solutions regarding the choice of the final clusters from computations that are exploratory in nature.     

New COVID-related results for estimating the shadow economy in the global economy in 2021 and 2022

International Economics and Economic Policy - Considering the development of the shadow economy of 36 European and OECD countries over the period from 2003 to 2022 and the effect of the Coronavirus...     

Gamification of Electronic Negotiation Training: Effects on Motivation,Behaviour and Learning

Group Decision and Negotiation - Organisations are involved in various types of negotiation. As digitalisation advances, such business negotiations are to a large extent electronic negotiations....     

Next-generation entrepreneurial identity in family business systems: The influence of role-changing events on the understanding of legacy,individual identity,and transgenerational entrepreneurship of next-generation family business principals

The paper addresses how the understanding of family business legacy, individual identity, and transgenerational entrepreneurship of next-generation principals is affected by role changing events in family business systems. The paper uses the insights of a focus group of 38 next-generation family business principals of ultrahigh-net-worth business families from 14 countries. It corroborates that parents and role models are influencing factors on the understanding and perception of family identity, values, and transgenerational entrepreneurship. Identity inflection points during moments of expected and unexpected role changes, such as family business succession, can either positively or negatively impact the appreciation of a next-generation principal regarding legacy, identity, and transgenerational entrepreneurship. Based on the results of the qualitative interviews and peer group discussions, the findings indicate how identity inflection points affect the preservation of the next-generation family business principal's identity and family identity during a moments of role changes in family businesses and are a bottleneck for transgenerational entrepreneurship.