@article{GrumBenderAlfaetal.2018, author = {Grum, Marcus and Bender, Benedict and Alfa, A. S. and Gronau, Norbert}, title = {A decision maxim for efficient task realization within analytical network infrastructures}, series = {Decision support systems : DSS ; the international journal}, volume = {112}, journal = {Decision support systems : DSS ; the international journal}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0167-9236}, doi = {10.1016/j.dss.2018.06.005}, pages = {48 -- 59}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Faced with the increasing needs of companies, optimal dimensioning of IT hardware is becoming challenging for decision makers. In terms of analytical infrastructures, a highly evolutionary environment causes volatile, time dependent workloads in its components, and intelligent, flexible task distribution between local systems and cloud services is attractive. With the aim of developing a flexible and efficient design for analytical infrastructures, this paper proposes a flexible architecture model, which allocates tasks following a machine-specific decision heuristic. A simulation benchmarks this system with existing strategies and identifies the new decision maxim as superior in a first scenario-based simulation.}, language = {en} } @article{PreussHennecke2018, author = {Preuss, Malte and Hennecke, Juliane}, title = {Biased by success and failure}, series = {Labour economics : an international journal}, volume = {53}, journal = {Labour economics : an international journal}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0927-5371}, doi = {10.1016/j.labeco.2018.05.007}, pages = {63 -- 74}, year = {2018}, abstract = {We test the stability of locus of control, a measure that has been attributed substantial explanatory power for economic outcomes since it depicts how much people believe in their ability to affect life outcomes. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we find that a job loss due to a plant closure has no long-lasting effect on locus of control. The common assumption of its stability is thus not rejected. However, during unemployment, control perception decreases by 30 percent of one standard deviation. The effect holds true independent from unemployment duration or socio-demographic characteristics and vanishes as soon as the unemployed find a new job. We therefore conclude that stated locus of control is affected by unemployment. Using this trait as explanatory variable can thus lead to biased estimations when this temporary deviation in measurement is not accounted for.}, language = {en} } @article{KalkuhlFernandezMilanSchwerhoffetal.2018, author = {Kalkuhl, Matthias and Fernandez Milan, Blanca and Schwerhoff, Gregor and Jakob, Michael and Hahnen, Maren and Creutzig, Felix}, title = {Can land taxes foster sustainable development?}, series = {Land use policy : the international journal covering all aspects of land use}, volume = {78}, journal = {Land use policy : the international journal covering all aspects of land use}, publisher = {Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd.}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0264-8377}, doi = {10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.07.008}, pages = {338 -- 352}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Economists argue that land rent taxation is an ideal form of taxation as it causes no deadweight losses. Nevertheless, pure land rent taxation is rarely applied. This paper revisits the case of land taxation for developing countries. We first provide an up-to-date review on land taxation in development countries, including feasibility and implementation challenges. We then simulate land tax reforms for Rwanda, Peru, Nicaragua and Indonesia, based on household surveys. We find that (i) land taxes provide a substantial untapped potential for tax revenues at minimal deadweight losses; that (ii) linear land value taxes tend to put a high relative burden on poor households as land ownership is pervasive; (iii) non-linear tax schemes could avoid adverse effects on the poor; and that (iv) with technological advances, administrative costs of land taxes have reduced substantially and are outweighed by tax revenues and co-benefits of formalized land tenure. Enforcement and compliance remain, however, a key challenge.}, language = {en} } @article{KononFritschKritikos2018, author = {Konon, Alexander and Fritsch, Michael and Kritikos, Alexander}, title = {Business cycles and start-ups across industries}, series = {Journal of Business Venturing Insights}, volume = {33}, journal = {Journal of Business Venturing Insights}, number = {6}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0883-9026}, doi = {10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.04.006}, pages = {742 -- 761}, year = {2018}, abstract = {We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and non-innovative industries. Entries into the large-scale industries, including the innovative part of manufacturing, are only influenced by changes in the cyclical component of unemployment, while entries into small-scale industries, like knowledge intensive services, are mostly influenced by changes in the cyclical component of GDP. Thus, our analysis suggests that favorable conditions in terms of high GDP might not be germane for start-ups. Given that both innovative and non-innovative businesses react counter-cyclically in 'regular' recessions, business formation may have a stabilizing effect on the economy.}, language = {en} } @article{JannJantzKuehneetal.2018, author = {Jann, Werner and Jantz, Bastian and Kuehne, Alexander and Schulze-Gabrechten, Lena}, title = {The Flood Crisis in Germany 2013}, series = {Societal Security and Crisis Management}, journal = {Societal Security and Crisis Management}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-92303-1}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-92303-1_4}, pages = {75 -- 93}, year = {2018}, abstract = {In 2013, large floods affected Germany heavily. The natural disaster transcended jurisdictional and organisational boundaries, necessitating a coordinative effort by disaster relief forces and their administrative and political leadership. In the aftermath, politicians and experts praised the improvement of the German system of crisis management, also in direct comparison with the response to the last German "flood of the century" of 2002. This chapter takes a public policy and organisational perspective to analyse the German disaster relief governance throughout all four crisis management phases. By highlighting the central features of the German governance arrangements and the main organisational changes implemented in reaction to the previous flood in 2002, we find that Whole-of-Government approaches are increasingly used by the federal and L{\"a}nder government.}, language = {en} } @article{RingelingReichard2018, author = {Ringeling, Arthur and Reichard, Christoph}, title = {Some Reflections on the Development of Education for Public Administration in Europe}, series = {Public Administration in Europe. Governance and Public Management}, journal = {Public Administration in Europe. Governance and Public Management}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-92856-2}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-92856-2_19}, pages = {203 -- 212}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The chapter presents an overview about the evolution of the teaching dimension in the academic debate within the EGPA community. Major topics of EGPA's permanent study group on "PA and teaching" over the last decade are displayed. From a more general perspective, the authors discuss the various types and target groups of academic programs in Public Administration and their change over time. They also shed some light on the change of contents and pedagogical approaches in the last decades. Furthermore, different patterns and degrees of institutionalization of Public Administration as academic discipline across Europe are illustrated. In a short r{\´e}sum{\´e} the authors reflect about future educational developments in our field and about the role of EGPA}, language = {en} } @article{KononKritikos2018, author = {Konon, Alexander and Kritikos, Alexander}, title = {Prediction based on entrepreneurship-prone personality profiles:}, series = {Small business economics : an international journal}, volume = {53}, journal = {Small business economics : an international journal}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dordrecht}, issn = {0921-898X}, doi = {10.1007/s11187-018-0111-8}, pages = {1 -- 20}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The human personality predicts a wide range of activities and occupational choices-from musical sophistication to entrepreneurial careers. However, which method should be applied if information on personality traits is used for prediction and advice? In psychological research, group profiles are widely employed. In this contribution, we examine the performance of profiles using the example of career prediction and advice, involving a comparison of average trait scores of successful entrepreneurs with the traits of potential entrepreneurs. Based on a simple theoretical model estimated with GSOEP data and analyzed with Monte Carlo methods, we show, for the first time, that the choice of the comparison method matters substantially. We reveal that under certain conditions the performance of average profiles is inferior to the tossing of a coin. Alternative methods, such as directly estimating success probabilities, deliver better performance and are more robust.}, language = {en} } @article{ClemensHeinemann2018, author = {Clemens, Christiane and Heinemann, Maik}, title = {The effects of international financial integration in a model with heterogeneous firms and credit frictions}, series = {Macroeconomic Dynamics}, volume = {23}, journal = {Macroeconomic Dynamics}, number = {7}, publisher = {Cambridge Univ. Press}, address = {New York}, issn = {1365-1005}, doi = {10.1017/S1365100517000979}, pages = {2815 -- 2844}, year = {2018}, abstract = {This paper examines the consequences of international financial integration in a two-sector standard incomplete markets model with occupational choice under risk and financial constraints affecting entrepreneurial activity. We endogenize international productivity differences and discuss the implications of international integration for the macroeconomy, inequality, and welfare. Lending countries are characterized by tighter domestic constraints and experience an increase in gross national product, whereas the gross domestic product effect is ambiguous. We conclude that international integration is beneficial only for economies where there are substantial financial constraints on entrepreneurial activity. Otherwise, a majority of households suffer, due to the unequal distribution of welfare gains and losses across the heterogeneous population.}, language = {en} } @article{BouckaertJannMaronetal.2018, author = {Bouckaert, Geert and Jann, Werner and Maron, Fabienne and Ongaro, Edoardo and Sofiane, Sahraoui}, title = {Conclusion: EGPA, EPPA an the Future of Public Administration in Europa}, series = {Public Administration in Europe : The Contribution of EGPA}, journal = {Public Administration in Europe : The Contribution of EGPA}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-92855-5}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92856-2_32}, pages = {355 -- 361}, year = {2018}, abstract = {This chapter outlines the strategy of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) and reflects on some of its key strengths, and how these may equip the European community of scholars and practitioners of public administration (PA) to contribute to the development of the field. The chapter reviews the key trait of the EGPA organisational model: the Permanent Study Groups, which are communities of scholars centred on the key areas of the administrative sciences in Europe. It also discusses the partnerships that EGPA has developed with key institutions in Europe and beyond, and highlights the significance of the EGPA policy papers on European governance. Finally, it discusses the strategic, forward-looking project European Perspectives on Public Administration, which aims to reflect on the future of the research and teaching of public administration.}, language = {en} } @article{KlunReichard2018, author = {Klun, Maja and Reichard, Christoph}, title = {Accreditation in European Public Administration}, series = {Public Administration in Europe: Governance and Public Management}, journal = {Public Administration in Europe: Governance and Public Management}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-92855-5}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-92856-2_31}, pages = {345 -- 354}, year = {2018}, abstract = {With the aim to improve the quality of public administration (PA) programmes in Europe, EGPA established in 1999—together with the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee)—the European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA). This chapter presents the development of EAPAA in the last two decades and the experiences made with voluntary accreditation of academic PA programmes in Europe. The authors illustrate the basic accreditation concept of EAPAA, its integration into the European quality assurance institutions and the scope of accreditation missions over time. Finally, the effects of accreditation measures in the educational field of PA are discussed.}, language = {en} }