Graduate level — »Public Policy & Management«
»Niedergang der Verbände durch unzufriedene Mitglieder?« term paper | german | 2012
Qualitative content analysis of patterns of argumentation among dissidents in German chambers of commerce and industry.
»Portal oder Apps?« term paper | german | 2012
A comparison of the design principles of portals and apps for e-government via mobile technologies.
»Der Dynamic Capabilities-Ansatz und seine Schwachstellen« term paper | german | 2011
A critical introduction to the concept of dynamic capabilities and its weakest points by linking the concept with the theory of organizational learning.
»Ver– und Entstaatlichung in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit« term paper | german | 2011
Analysis of denationalization and nationalization processes in the German governmental development cooperation sector.
Undergraduate level — »Political Science & Economics«
»A Microfinance Revolution?– Microfinance and 1970s Development Banks Compared« BA thesis | english | 2010
Assesses the revolutionary nature of microfinance in comparison with state development banks from a methodological, a scientific and a policy point of view.
»Ökonomischer Imperialismus« term paper | german | 2010
Assessment of the imperialist position of behavioral economics within the social sciences with special regard to its anomalies (e.g. from a prospect theory POV).
»Labor Donations im Non-Profit-Sektor« term paper | german | 2009
Examination of the relevance of the labor donation hypothesis as an explanation of supposed wage differences between for-profits and non-profits.
»Machen FOCJ glücklicher?« term paper | german | 2009
Critical examination of Frey’s alternative concept of federalism based on »Functionally Overlapping Competing Jurisdictions« and its possible effects on happiness.
»Partnerschaft, Partizipation und Patronage« term paper | german | 2009
Examination of the relations between NGOs in developed and the less developed countries and identification of the basic factors that preclude negotiations on equal terms.
»Das Problem der konstitutionenökonomischen Legitimation der Umverteilung« term paper | german | 2009
Retracing the problem that social redistribution poses for rational choice theory under the assumption of homo economicus, this papers outlines a solution to this problem by adapting homo reciprocans and modifying the classic theory with a constitutional theory of public goods.
»Is the Subprime Crisis Unique?« term paper | english | 2008
Historical comparison of the Subprime crisis with the Savings and Loans crisis of the 1980s, the Japanese banking crisis 1990, the Asian crisis 1997 and the New Economy Crash 2001 with the aid of several models of financial crises.
»Remittances und Schulbildung« term paper | german | 2008
Exploring the causality between remittances and the education levels of the remittance receiver’s children by comparing several household level studies.
»Potential und Grenzen des Mobile Banking« term paper | german | 2008
Assessment of the potential impact of mobile banking on the economies of Subsahara Africa.
Highschool
»Non-Resident Nepalis as Investors in Nepal« highschool project paper | english | 2004
Assessment of the Nepali diaspora’s potential as investors in Nepal.