Articles
A Normalized Spence-Dixit-Stiglitz Index, Applied Economics Research Bulletin (2011)
This note aims at providing a different view on the well known Spence-Dixit-Stiglitz index. This...
A Note on an Extension of a Class of Solutions to Dynamic Programming Problems arising in Economic Growth (with Alfred Maußner), Macroeconomic Dynamics (2011)
This note extends the finding of Benhabib and Rusticchini (1994) who provide a class of...
Firm Heterogeneity, Credit Constraints, and Endogenous Growth (with Alfred Maußner and Torben Klarl), Journal of Economics (2011)
This paper is in general concerned with the role of firm heterogeneity for economic growth....
Technology Flows between Sectors and Their Impact on Large-Scale Firms (with Thomas Grebel), Applied Econmics (2011)
In this paper we highlight the importance of technology flows between sectors and their impact...
A Class of Changing Elasticity of Substitution Production Functions, Journal of Economics (2010)
This paper presents a new class of production functions with a changing elasticity of substitution...
Books
Linkages between the Financial and the Real Sector of the Economy: A Literature Survey (with Peter Broer) (2010)
This document reviews the literature on the relationship between financial markets and the real economy....
Scale Effects and Labor Productivity (2006)
The topic of this thesis is the impact of scale effects onto labor productivity and...
Contributions to Books
Zur Gültigkeit der Abschreckung im Sinne der ökonomischen Theorie der Kriminalität: Grundzüge einer Meta-Studie (with Horst Entorf), Kriminalität, Ökonomie und Europäischer Sozialstaat (2003)
Unpublished Papers
On the Dynamic Implications of the Cobb-Douglas Production Function (2010)
This note is concerned with an economy employing capital and labor as production factors. The...