Efficiency of European universities

Lars Herberholz and Berthold Wigger published their study "Efficiency of European universities: A comparison of peers" in Research Policy.

The article can be found here.

New job posting

We are looking for a new scientific employee starting from February 2022. More details about the role can be found here (in German).

Science Award by the Department of Economics and Management

For his dissertation On the Mechanics Behind Academic Progress, Lars Herberholz received the Science Award 2020 in the field of economics/statistics.

Insights into his thesis are provided by this video.

Courses offered in summer semester 2020

In the summer semester 2020, all courses will be offerered exclusively in digital form until further notice. Lectures and excercises will be provided via zoom. Information on the exact procedure will be announced on ILIAS.

FRONTAL – SMART – DIGITAL? Das Bildungssystem auf dem Prüfstand

Berhold Wigger wird am 9. März als Referent bei der Online-Veranstaltung FRONTAL – SMART – DIGITAL? - Das Bildungssystem auf dem Prüfstand der Villa Lessing fortragen. Informationen zur Teilnahme finden Sie hier.

Matthias-Erzberger-Preis

Die am Lehrstuhl verfasste Bachelorarbeit von Jascha Buchhorn mit dem Titel "Wahlrecht ab 16 - Auswirkungen auf die kommunalen Ausgaben"  wurde mit dem Matthias-Erzberger-Abschlusspreis der Steuerberaterkammer Nordbaden ausgezeichnet.

Es lebe der Unterschied!

Der Kronberger Kreis hat einen Artikel zum Tag der deutschen Einheit veröffentlicht.

Der in der "FAZ" erschienene Artikel ist hier zu finden.

A master plan for the way out of the Corona crisis

The Kronberger Kreis has published an article on economic policy measures in the Corona crisis.

The article published in "Die Welt" can be found here.

Public-private partnerships and municipal debt

Berthold Wigger and Dominik Zimmermann published the article "Public-private partnerships and municipal debt" in the List Forum for Economic and Financial Policy.

You can find the article here.

Machine learning for the prediction of student dropout

Lorenz Kemper, Gerrit Vorhoff and Berthold Wigger published a work with the name "Predicting student dropout: A machine learning approach"

You can find the article in the European Journal of Higher Education here.