Dissertations submitted to the Hertie School
Refine
Year of publication
- 2015 (2) (remove)
Document Type
- Doctoral Thesis (2)
Language
- English (2)
Has Fulltext
- yes (2)
Is part of the Bibliography
- yes (2)
Keywords
- Bank (1)
- Bankenkrise (1)
- Deutschland (1)
- EU-Binnenmarkt (1)
- Education -- Economic aspects (1)
- Education and state (1)
- European Union (1)
- Finanzkrise (1)
- Finanzsektor (1)
- Finanzsystem (1)
02/2015
The first decade of this century witnessed a transformation of the German financial system from a hitherto bank-based system towards a hybrid system containing elements of both bank-based and market-oriented systems. This hybrid structure was decisive for the German banking sector having been comparatively severely affected by the global financial crisis of 2008, as it had generated an environment partially prone to inadequate risk-taking of some banks. For that reason, the causes for the development of such a hybrid structure are critical in understanding the later development. While much has been written on the German financial system, both before and after the latest crisis, the existing research is less clear on the underlying
factors that have actually led to the development of such a hybrid structure. [...]
01/2015
In recent times, the “lost generation” is discussed widely in public debates. The “lost generation” is the young generation in Southern Europe: In Spain and in Greece, more than half of all young people are unemployed. In Croatia, Italy, Cyprus and Portugal, it is more than one third. With such difficulties in finding entry positions in the labour market, the young generation is faced with an insecure future. Without a job, it is difficult to be independent or to start a family: thus, both the personal and the economic independence suffer. Unemployment in the beginning of a career is likely to hamper career perspectives also in the middle and long run, and hereby leads to diffi-culties in saving for retirement. In this generation, unemployment hits everybody: university graduates who are perceived to be overqualified – or those who left school early in order to take a well-paid job in booming industries such as the construction sector in Spain. No matter the indi-vidual reason: a generation is deprived of their hopes. [...]