Between 1997 and 2005, the German government provided owner-occupied subsidies to fund new private housing construction and stock purchases to increase owner-occupied housing. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of these subsidies on total housing construction for the 1997-2007...

We combine the real estate model of Potepan (1996) with the spatial equilibrium approach of Roback (1982) to prove the interdependency of housing prices, rental prices, building land prices and income via one simultaneous equilibrium analysis. Using unique crosssectional data on the majority of...

We apply the stock flow model to the German residential rental market using a data set that includes the overwhelming majority of nomenclature of territorial units for statistics NUTS 3 regions for the 2004-2007 period. Aside from proving conditional rental price convergence, we have detected a...

Blockchain technology is provoking significant transformations in the logistics industry, creating a complex environment that challenges business change. This study endeavors to advance the research regarding blockchain-based logistics management by identifying tensions and paradoxes...

The participation of women in top-level corporate boards (or rather the lack of it) is subject to intense public debate. Several countries are considering legally binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards. Indeed, research on board diversity suggests positive effects of gender...

The participation of women in top-level corporate boards (or rather the lack of it) is subject to intense public debate. Several countries are considering legally binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards. Indeed, research on board diversity suggests positive effects of gender...

Die Berufung externer Vorstände in das interne Kontrollgremium stellt eine gängige Praxis zwischen Großunternehmen dar. Insbesondere die deutsche Unternehmenslandschaft war über Jahrzehnte durch ein komplexes Netz personeller Verflechtungen über Vorstands- und Auf-sichtsratsgremien...

We investigate whether outside board memberships of CEOs signal expertise or entrenchment. The analysis is based on panel data of the largest German companies covering the period from 1996 to 2008. Supporting the entrenchment hypothesis, our analysis reveals that firms having a CEO with one or...

Members of management boards as well as supervisory boards often attract public criticism when they are simultaneously active in several other boards. We use a panel data set of the biggest German corporations for the period from 1996-2006 to estimate the impact of multiple board memberships of...

Wir untersuchen das Ausscheiden von Vorstandsmitgliedern, insbesondere hinsichtlich verschiedener Arten von weiteren Vorstands- und Aufsichtsratsmandaten der Aufsichtsratsmitglieder. Es werden alle Vorstandsmitglieder der größten deutschen Aktiengesellschaften im Zeitraum 1996 bis 2008...