„Transparency“

High-Tech Borders and Corruption

The Role of Technology in the Fight against Corruption at National Borders

POLITICA – Schriftenreihe zur politischen Wissenschaft

Eine empirische Analyse über den Einsatz von Technologie zur Korruptionsbekämpfung im Bereich der Grenzkontrolle.

Während die negativen Folgen der Korruption für Staat, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft gut erforscht sind, hat die Korruption im Grenzmanagement bisher überraschend wenig Beachtung gefunden [...]

Comparative Experiences of NGO Regulatory Frameworks

Eastern and Southern Africa

Verfassungsrecht in Forschung und Praxis

The growth of NGOs in sub-Saharan countries beginning in the 1990s, can be attributed to the ’new wave of democracy’ that led to the rebirth of associational life thus creating new spaces for people to organise. Hitherto many countries amended their constitutions to allow for political reforms. In countries such [...]

Decisions under Imperfect Information

The Ordering of Information Structures and Production under Endogenous Uncertainty

Schriftenreihe volkswirtschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

Almost all economic activity takes place under uncertainty. The randomness may, for instance, relate to risky stock market returns, fluctuating exchange rates or uncertain product innovations. The major source of uncertainty in decision making is the limited and imperfect knowledge of the decision maker at that given [...]

Transparency in the Banking Sector

A Microeconomic Analysis of Informational Aspects in the Credit Market

Schriftenreihe volkswirtschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

The growing complexity and dynamics of financial systems as well as the increasing risk of market failures calls for a higher level of transparency on global markets, especially in the banking sector, to foster a solid and smoothly functioning financial system. Primarily regulatory authorities and central banks [...]