@misc{GrubmuellerGoetschKrieger2013,
  author    = {Grubm{\"u}ller, Verena and G{\"o}tsch, Katharina and Krieger, Bernhard},
  title     = {Social media analytics for future oriented policy making},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  number    = {121},
  issn      = {1867-5808},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-43200},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-432007},
  pages     = {11},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Research indicates that evidence-based policy making is most successful when public administrators refer to diversified information portfolios. With the rising prominence of social media in the last decade, this paper argues that governments can benefit from integrating this publically available, user-generated data through the technique of social media analytics (SMA). There are already several initiatives set up to predict future policy issues, e.g. for the policy fields of crisis mitigation or migrant integration insights. The authors analyse these endeavours and their potential for providing more efficient and effective public policies. Furthermore, they scrutinise the challenges to governmental SMA usage in particular with regards to legal and ethical aspects. Reflecting the latter, this paper provides forward-looking recommendations on how these technologies can best be used for future policy making in a legally and ethically sound manner.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BergstroemKuhlmannLaffinetal.2022,
  author    = {Bergstr{\"o}m, Tomas and Kuhlmann, Sabine and Laffin, Martin and Wayenberg, Ellen},
  title     = {Special issue on comparative intergovernmental relations and the pandemic},
  series = {Local government studies},
  volume    = {48},
  journal   = {Local government studies},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Taylor \& Francis},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {0300-3930},
  doi       = {10.1080/03003930.2022.2039636},
  pages     = {179 -- 190},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {This introduction and the special issue are a contribution to comparative intergovernmental studies and public administration. This introduction provides an analytical overview of the intergovernmental relations policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic across ten European countries, focussing on the early waves of the disease. These policy responses are analysed in terms of three types of IGR process: (1) a predominantly multi-layered policy process involving limited conflict, (2) a centralised policy process as the central government attempts to suppress conflict and (3) a conflicted policy process where such attempts are contested and tend to contribute to poor policy outcomes. The conclusion, then, reviews the difficulties and trade-offs involved in attaining a balanced multi-layered, intergovernmental process.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{CaliendoHogenacker2012,
  author    = {Caliendo, Marco and Hogenacker, Jens},
  title     = {The German labor market after the Great Recession},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  number    = {129},
  issn      = {1867-5808},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-43519},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-435195},
  pages     = {26},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {The reaction of the German labor market to the Great Recession 2008/09 was relatively mild - especially compared to other countries. The reason lies not only in the specific type of the recession - which was favorable for the German economy structure - but also in a series of labor market reforms initiated between 2002 and 2005 altering, inter alia, labor supply incentives. However, irrespective of the mild response to the Great Recession, there are a number of substantial future challenges the German labor market will soon have to face. Female labor supply still lies well below that of other countries and a massive demographic change over the next 50 years will have substantial effects on labor supply as well as the pension system. In addition, due to a skill-biased technological change over the next decades, firms will face problems of finding employees with adequate skills. The aim of this paper is threefold. First, we outline why the German labor market reacted in such a mild fashion, describe current economic trends of the labor market in light of general trends in the European Union, and reveal some of the main associated challenges. Thereafter, the paper analyzes recent reforms of the main institutional settings of the labor market which influence labor supply. Finally, based on the status quo of these institutional settings, the paper gives a brief overview of strategies to combat adequately the challenges in terms of labor supply and to ensure economic growth in the future.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{PanhansSchumacher2021,
  author    = {Panhans, Matthew T. and Schumacher, Reinhard},
  title     = {Theory in closer contact with industrial life},
  series = {Journal of institutional economics},
  volume    = {17},
  journal   = {Journal of institutional economics},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Cambridge Univ. Press},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {1744-1374},
  doi       = {10.1017/S1744137421000357},
  pages     = {781 -- 798},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {This paper investigates the views on competition theory and policy of the American institutional economists during the first half of the 20th century. These perspectives contrasted with those of contemporary neoclassical and later mainstream economic approaches. We identify three distinct dimensions to an institutionalist perspective on competition. First, institutionalist approaches focused on describing industry details, so as to bring theory into closer contact with reality. Second, institutionalists emphasized that while competition was sometimes beneficial, it could also be disruptive. Third, institutionalists had a broad view of the objectives of competition policy that extended beyond effects on consumer welfare. Consequently, institutionalists advocated for a wide range of policies to enhance competition, including industrial self-regulation, broad stakeholder representation within corporations, and direct governmental regulations. Their experimental attitude implied that policy would always be evolving, and antitrust enforcement might be only one stage in the development toward a regime of industrial regulation.},
  language  = {en}
}