- Dozent:in: Katharina Annecke
- Dozent:in: Gina Burchert
- Dozent:in: Carolin Gilga
- Dozent:in: Ana Vanessa Molina Fuentes
- Dozent:in: Stefan Witschen
- Dozent:in: Kathrin Reinke
- Dozent:in: Fabian Mankat
- Dozent:in: Sascha Klein
- Dozent:in: Patrick Spieth
The market for charitable giving is expanding. Economists have devoted significant effort to understand what drives charitable giving, including the institutional drivers, the social drivers and internal motivations. Beside the individual view, economists provide knowledge on the charitable sector as a market where fundraisers compete with different campaigns for donors. In addition, the government is also part of the charitable giving market by tax subsidies and the decision which public goods are provided publicly or left for charitable actions.
This seminar provides an introduction to the economics of charitable giving by analysing key questions in charitable giving using different approaches, both theoretically and empirically. In particular, the three main players – donors, charities, and the government – and their interaction are at the focus. Students have the opportunity to gain a broad understanding on selected recent trends in the economics of charitable giving. They are expected to critically review economic literature on a selected topic and prepare and present a research paper that summarizes the current state of knowledge. The seminar enables students to apply their expertise and methods to analyse, discuss, and evaluate research topics in the field of charitable giving.
- Dozent:in: Carlo Gallier
Entrepreneurship is a major driving force in dynamic economies and an important objective of policy makers worldwide. Following decades of virtual neglect of the topic, the last years have seen a surge of research on entrepreneurship in economics as well as related fields such as management, psychology and geography. This course will provide an introduction to the essential economic theories and empirical studies analyzing the phenomenon of entrepreneurship. The course agenda covers a broad range of topics Including determinants of new venture creation, the financing of entrepreneurship, business performance, the economic relevance of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship policies. The lectures will combine overviews of the respective topics with detailed discussions of the methods and findings of exemplary studies
- Dozent:in: Guido Bünstorf
- Dozent:in: Francisco Flores Taipe