Trends in Undergraduate Economics Degrees, 1991 to 2001

The author reviews and recommends Alan S. Blinder's Hard Heads, Soft Hearts: Tough-Minded Economics for a Just Society.     

Trends in Undergraduate Economics Degrees: An Update

The author examines the effects of different introductory microeconomics textbooks on student performance in subsequent economics courses (specifically, Intermediate Microeconomics I and Money and Banking). In some cases, the effects are significant and sizeable. There is also evidence of other variables affecting student performance in later courses, such as taking first-year microeconomics by distance, math background, effects of having taken other economics courses, and the time between introductory economics and later courses.     

Mit gezielten Maßnahmen Stürzen vorbeugen

Sturzprophylaxe in der Pflege — Instabilit?t und damit einhergehende Stürze geh?ren zu den herausragenden Problemen in der Pflege alter Menschen. Der DNQP-Expertenstandard soll dazu beitragen, Stürze und ihre oft schwerwiegende Folgen zu vermeiden. Vorausgesetzt, vorhandene Sturzrisiken werden erkannt und minimiert.     

DUOPOLISTIC HIRING AND SALES COMPETITION—A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS

Two firms compete in selling as well as hiring, where sales levels depend on the hired workforce. There are two types of workers, mobile and immobile, differing in effort costs, and two workers of each type. The principals offer contracts to all workers, who then select an employer. Finally, the workers determine production levels and profits. Our experimental results show: vanishing cost differences between mobile and immobile workers induce monopolistic hiring but low profits. In contrast, large cost differences result in higher profits and allow for various hiring constellations such as one firm hiring only low‐cost workers.     

Miriam Meckel Professorin am Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft in Münster

Ohne Zusammenfassung     

Myth and reality of the soviet gold policy

Intereconomics - The Soviet Union has good prospects of becoming the dominant supplier of gold in the world, for its own mining reserves are large and the deposits in the Western world are nearing...     

Kontrakturen: Prophylaxe auf dem Prüfstand

Neue Erkenntnisse erfordern ein Umdenken — Die am h?ufigsten beschriebenen und angewandten Interventionen im Rahmen der Kontrakturprophylaxe sind das Durchbewegen und Dehnen der Gelenke und die Lagerung in physiologischer Mittelstellung. Doch für keine dieser Methoden finden sich wissenschaftliche Best?tigungen. Kann das sein?