Economics

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21MAR 2016
Economics
Additional proseminar in Economics “Microeconomics”
The Institute offers for the summer term 2016 an additional proseminar “Microeconomics”, scheduled as block course. Registration is open from April 18 to 24, the assignment of topics takes place at the first meeting. You may find the list of topics here (in German). In addition, please note the general regulation for proseminars in Economics […]
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23FEB 2016
Economics
New publication: “Bayes’ theorem: A historical idea with various applications”
Katrin Wölfel discusses in an article the intuitive idea behind Bayes’ theorem from a historical perspective and explains how problems from various disciplines can be solved “Bayesian”. “Bayes’ theorem is one of the best known theorems of probability theory. If one derives it primarily formally, the original idea of regarding the probability of causalities is […]
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01FEB 2016
Economics
Institute participates in cooperation with the Universidad de Guadalajara
The cooperation in teaching and research between the Universidad de Guadalajara and the FAU in “Development Economics and International Economic Relations” is funded in 2016 by the Bavarian Academic Center for Latin America (BAYLAT). An essential part of this cooperation is the subproject “volatility of prices of selected agricultural commodities in international markets” with participation […]The cooperation in teaching and research between the Universidad de Guadalajara and the FAU in “Development Economics and International Economic Relations” is funded in 2016 by the Bavarian Academic Center for Latin America (BAYLAT). An essential part of this cooperation is the subproject “volatility of prices of selected agricultural commodities in international markets” with participation […]
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03DEC 2015
Economics
New publication: “Reservation wages: still differences between East and West”
Christoph Weber and Philipp Dees have investigated the differences in reservation wages for Western and Eastern Germany, published in WSI-Mitteilungen (68 (8), pp. 593-603. The abstract: “Almost twenty-five years after German reunification there is still a significant difference between the minimum wages that East and West Germans expect when applying for a job. That means […]
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01DEC 2015
Economics
New publication: “Theories of decision-making under uncertainty”
Jürgen Kähler and Christoph Weber published a paper on the theory of decisions under uncertainty. This paper is published in Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium (WiSt) 44 (10), pp. 572-578. From the abstract: “Decisions of individuals are at the center of many economic theories, like the micro-economic theory of consumption or the financial portfolio theory. These decisions depend […]
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