@phdthesis{Dietrich2012, author = {Dietrich, Irina}, title = {{\"O}ffentliche Unternehmen in Deutschland : eine Analyse von Mikrodaten der amtlichen Statistik}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-182-0}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-59199}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XIV, 266}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Arbeit enth{\"a}lt eine statistische Analyse der Gesamtheit {\"o}ffentlicher Unternehmen in Deutschland und ihrer wirtschaftlichen Lage. F{\"u}r diese Untersuchung stand eine Datenbank f{\"u}r etwa 9000 {\"o}ffentliche Unternehmen mit knapp 500 Merkmalen zur Verf{\"u}gung, die im Wesentlichen den Posten der Jahresabschl{\"u}sse und verschiedenen Identifikationsmerkmalen (wie u. a. Unternehmenssitz, Wirtschaftszweig und Rechtsform) entsprechen. Die Analyse umfasst den Zeitraum von 1998 bis 2006. Die extrem umfangreiche Datengrundlage - Jahresabschlussstatistiken {\"o}ffentlicher Unternehmen - ist f{\"u}r einen Statistiker eine große Versuchung. In der Arbeit wurden Methoden der beschreibenden Statistik und der Jahresabschlussanalyse mit Bilanzkennzahlen angewandt. Vor allem in den letzten zwanzig Jahren wurde die Entwicklung der Gesamtheit {\"o}ffentlicher Unternehmen durch Wandelprozesse gepr{\"a}gt und von Diskussionen {\"u}ber ihre Leistungsf{\"a}higkeit begleitet. Die Dynamik der Gesamtheit {\"o}ffentlicher Unternehmen zeigt sich v. a. an der Vielfalt ihrer Aufgabenbereiche und Organisationsformen. Daher wurde in dieser Arbeit versucht, zun{\"a}chst eine Bestandsaufnahme des {\"o}ffentlichen Unternehmensbereichs durchzuf{\"u}hren. Ein weiteres Ziel war die Beschreibung der Wirtschaftslage {\"o}ffentlicher Unternehmen im letzten Jahrzehnt, wobei ihre Leistungsf{\"a}higkeit in den Vordergrund gestellt wird. Die Leistungsf{\"a}higkeit {\"o}ffentlicher Unternehmen nur {\"u}ber die betriebswirtschaftliche Effizienz zu messen, ist gewiss einseitig und nicht ausreichend. Diese ließ sich aber im Vergleich zur volkswirtschaftlichen oder sozialen Effizienz leichter operationalisieren: Die betriebswirtschaftlichen Effizienzkriterien k{\"o}nnen gut aus den Jahresabschl{\"u}ssen abgeleitet werden. Dadurch wird auch ein Vergleich mit privaten Unternehmen in gewissen Grenzen m{\"o}glich. Die Beschreibung der Wirtschaftslage {\"o}ffentlicher Unternehmen wurde als Analyse ihrer einzelnen Teillagen (Verm{\"o}gens-, Finanz- und Ertragslage) strukturiert. Insgesamt unterstreicht die Analyse der Teillagen die enge Verflechtung zwischen {\"o}ffentlichen Unternehmen und {\"o}ffentlichen Haushalten. Die vorliegende Untersuchung soll die Forschung auf dem Gebiet der datengetriebenen Statistik, die im Universit{\"a}tsbereich in letzten Jahren im Vergleich zur modellgetriebenen Statistik oft vernachl{\"a}ssigt wurde, ausweiten.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Nix2012, author = {Nix, Andreas}, title = {Zivilreligion und Aufkl{\"a}rung : der zivilreligi{\"o}se Strang der Aufkl{\"a}rung und die Frage nach einer europ{\"a}ischen Zivilreligion}, series = {Region - Nation - Europa}, volume = {71}, journal = {Region - Nation - Europa}, publisher = {LIT}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-643-11740-3}, pages = {412 S.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @book{OPUS4-33510, title = {Verstehen und Gestalten : Texte zu den deutsch-chinesischen Beziehungen}, editor = {Kr{\"a}mer, Raimund and Lian, Yu-ru}, publisher = {WeltTrends}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-941880-46-7}, pages = {68 S.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @article{BangHoviSprinz2012, author = {Bang, Guri and Hovi, Jon and Sprinz, Detlef F.}, title = {US presidents and the failure to ratify multilateral environmental agreements}, series = {Climate policy}, volume = {12}, journal = {Climate policy}, number = {6}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1469-3062}, doi = {10.1080/14693062.2012.699788}, pages = {755 -- 763}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Whereas the US President signed the Kyoto Protocol, the failure of the US Congress to ratify it seriously hampered subsequent international climate cooperation. This recent US trend, of signing environmental treaties but failing to ratify them, could thwart attempts to come to a future climate agreement. Two complementary explanations of this trend are proposed. First, the political system of the US has distinct institutional features that make it difficult for presidents to predict whether the Senate will give its advice and consent to multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and whether Congress will pass the required enabling legislation. Second, elected for a fixed term, US presidents might benefit politically from supporting MEAs even when knowing that legislative support is not forthcoming. Four policy implications are explored, concerning the scope for unilateral presidential action, the potential for bipartisan congressional support, the effectiveness of a treaty without the US, and the prospects for a deep, new climate treaty. Policy relevance Why does the failure of US ratification of multilateral environmental treaties occur? This article analyses the domestic political mechanisms involved in cases of failed US ratification. US non-participation in global environmental institutions often has serious ramifications. For example, it sharply limited Kyoto's effectiveness and seriously hampered international climate negotiations for years. Although at COP 17 in Durban the parties agreed to negotiate a new agreement by 2015, a new global climate treaty may well trigger a situation resembling the one President Clinton faced in 1997 when he signed Kyoto but never obtained support for it in the Senate. US failure to ratify could thwart future climate agreements.}, language = {en} } @article{JacksonSorge2012, author = {Jackson, Gregory and Sorge, Arndt}, title = {The trajectory of institutional change in Germany, 1979-2009}, series = {Journal of European public policy}, volume = {19}, journal = {Journal of European public policy}, number = {8}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1350-1763}, doi = {10.1080/13501763.2012.709009}, pages = {1146 -- 1167}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Over the last three decades, the German political economy can be characterized by both institutional continuity and change. Understanding the dynamics of institutional change therefore requires an examination of the interplay of changes in formal institutional rules and how organizations respond to these changes by strategic attempts to promote or hinder further change in institutions. The macro-level political story of institutional change shows a number of paradoxes resulting in unexpected and often incomplete forms of market liberalization shaped by continued support for some core features of Germany's social market economy. The resulting erosion of Germany's co-ordinated model of economic organization through networks and business associations has gone hand-in-hand with the attempts to preserve these institutions for core workers and sectors of the economy in the face of changing environments. The result is a more varied institutional landscape characterized by international diffusion of liberal policies and the politics of their variable re-embedding within a long-term path of institutional continuity.}, language = {en} } @misc{Stecker2012, author = {Stecker, Christian}, title = {The role of governments in legislative agenda setting}, series = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft}, volume = {53}, journal = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft}, number = {4}, publisher = {Nomos}, address = {Hannover}, issn = {0032-3470}, pages = {703 -- 705}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @misc{Koss2012, author = {Koss, Michael}, title = {The role of governments in legislative agenda setting}, series = {West European politics}, volume = {35}, journal = {West European politics}, number = {2}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {0140-2382}, doi = {10.1080/01402382.2011.648482}, pages = {436 -- 437}, year = {2012}, language = {en} } @misc{Ganghof2012, author = {Ganghof, Steffen}, title = {The order of public reason a theory of freedom and morality in a diverse and bounded world}, series = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft}, volume = {53}, journal = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft}, number = {4}, publisher = {Nomos}, address = {Hannover}, issn = {0032-3470}, pages = {692 -- 695}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @article{ZaklanCullmannNeumannetal.2012, author = {Zaklan, Aleksandar and Cullmann, Astrid and Neumann, Anne and von Hirschhausen, Christian}, title = {The globalization of steam coal markets and the role of logistics an empirical analysis}, series = {Energy economics}, volume = {34}, journal = {Energy economics}, number = {1}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0140-9883}, doi = {10.1016/j.eneco.2011.03.001}, pages = {105 -- 116}, year = {2012}, abstract = {In this paper, we provide a comprehensive multivariate cointegration analysis of three parts of the steam coal value chain - export, transport and import prices. The analysis is based on a rich dataset of international coal prices: in particular, we combine data on steam coal prices with freight rates, covering the period December 2001 until August 2009 at weekly frequency. We then test whether the demand and supply side components of steam coal trade are consistently integrated with one another. In addition, export and import prices as well as freight rates for individual trading routes, across regions and globally are combined. We find evidence of significant yet incomplete integration. We also find heterogeneous short-term dynamics of individual markets. Furthermore, we examine whether logistics enter coal price dynamics through transportation costs, which are mainly determined by oil prices. Our results suggest that this is generally not the case.}, language = {en} } @article{Koss2012, author = {Koss, Michael}, title = {The determinants of parliamentary agenda powers a holistic framework for analysing parliamentary change}, series = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft}, volume = {53}, journal = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung f{\"u}r Politische Wissenschaft}, number = {1}, publisher = {Nomos}, address = {Hannover}, issn = {0032-3470}, pages = {29 -- 52}, year = {2012}, abstract = {This article calls for a holistic perspective on parliamentary change through the analytical lens of parliamentary agenda powers. In addition to agenda control, the concept of agenda powers not only refers to the ability of parliamentary actors to directly influence parliamentary output through legislation (efficiency), but also to exert indirect influence through controlling the government (effectiveness) and through affecting public opinion (legitimacy). The concept of agenda powers comprises the formal institutional rules underlying the distribution of the parliamentary agenda, the factual application of these rules and the organisational powers enabling actors to make use of their time. The distribution of agenda powers can be explained by the sequencing of legitimacy, effectiveness, and efficiency reforms. Consequently, the concept of parliamentary agenda powers allows for a comparative long-term analysis of parliamentary change. Furthermore, the concept of parliamentary agenda powers enables us to operationalise normative scenarios of a de-parliamentarisation and the alleged transitions towards post- or neo-parliamentarian democracy.}, language = {de} }