TY  - RPRT
A1  - Petersen, Hans-Georg
T1  - UWM/UP joint study program: experience, problems, and future perspectives
BT  - to be presented at the 2nd Transatlantic Degree Program (TDP) workshop "Education for a globalized world: transatlantic alliances and joint programs in business education and economics between the US, Canada and Germany" Tampa, Florida, 20 - 22 April 2007
N2  - The paper describes the exchange program in between the University of Wisconsin/ Milwaukee and the University of Potsdam in the field of economics. It discusses in detail the development of the program, including the problems and challenges. Additionally a brief description of the curriculum is presented. Then the future possibilities of the Transatlantic Degree Program (TDP) are discussed and the influences and problems of the Bologna process analysed.
T3  - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge - 53 
KW  - Joint study programs
KW  - Bologna process
KW  - economics curriculum
KW  - IASP Program of the DAAD
KW  - Transatlantic Degree Program (TDP)
KW  - tuition fees
Y1  - 2007
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-16147
SN  - 1864-1431
ER  - 
TY  - RPRT
A1  - Kauffmann, Albrecht
T1  - Transport costs and the size of cities
BT  - the case of Russia
N2  - Real costs of freight transportation have strong increased in Russia particularly during the period of price liberalization 1992–93. This paper investigates possible connections between rising transport costs and the evolution of the size structure of the system of cities in the Russian Federation and its federal subjects. Empirical findings suggest that under conditions of a closed system agglomeration processes according to the predictions of the model of Tabuchi et al. (2005) would have taken place especially in the periphere regions of the North and Far East.
T3  - Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge - 93 
Y1  - 2007
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-16202
ER  - 
TY  - RPRT
A1  - Lkhagvadorj, Ariunaa
T1  - Status quo on fiscal decentralisation in Mongolia
N2  - This paper gives a review on the theoretical foundation for fiscal decentralisation and a status quo analysis of the intergovernmental relations in Mongolia. It consists of two parts. Part I briefly reviews the theories of fiscal decentralisation and its impact on the nations’ welfare considering the major challenges for a transition economy. Part II of the paper describes the general structure and scope of the government and examines the current fiscal autonomy in Mongolia focusing on the four main areas of intergovernmental relations. This paper concludes that local governments in Mongolia are still far away from having the political, administrative and fiscal autonomy. New approaches for the assignments of expenditures and revenues in Mongolia are urgently needed.
T3  - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge - 54 
KW  - Fiscal decentralisation
KW  - fiscal federalism
KW  - intergovernmental relations
KW  - local and regional autonomy
KW  - revenue sharing
KW  - economic transformation
Y1  - 2007
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-16159
ER  -