David Hofmann's research while affiliated with Universität Kassel and other places

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Diese Studie verbindet konzeptionelle Überlegungen und empirische Methoden, um über den Pluralismus in der Volkswirtschaftslehre in Deutschland Auskunft zu geben. Ausgehend von einer Verständigung über die Eigentümlichkeiten dieser selbstreferenziellen „Normalwissenschaft“ und der Organisationsmerkmale der Post-Bologna Universität werden zum einen...
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This study addresses the difficulties in the transition of advanced market economies towards environmentally—and especially climate-compatible—development paths. It is assumed that standard economic concepts as well as instrument recommendations for treating these problems are not sufficient because agents, markets and political regulation are styl...
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For grasping the relationship between novelty creating activities of agents and growth of economic aggregates, a multi-level approach is suggested. The first level specifies the triggering conditions for novelty creating activities for the agents, i.e. firms. Here the behavioral elements and the modes of actions for the firms are portrayed using an...
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For grasping the relationship between novelty creating activities of agents and growth of economic aggregates, a multi-level approach is suggested. The first level specifies the triggering conditions for novelty creating activities for the agents, i.e. firms. Here the behavioral elements and the modes of actions for the firms are portrayed using an...

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... However, teaching material in economics is rather monistic, as not only numerous protests of students and related projects such as the 'Exploring Economics' program (Dimmelmeier et al., 2017) or the 'Rethinking Economics Textbook' (Fischer et al., 2017), but also empirical investigations (e.g. Beckenbach et al., 2016;Lee & Keen, 2004) ...
... As an example for a more in depth modelling of a specific case using similar methods cf.Beckenbach et al. (2017).Content courtesy of Springer Nature, terms of use apply. Rights reserved. ...
... In addition, as firm's established routines are reflected in products (Nelson and Winter 1982), the development of industries can be monitored through the changes in products. Products are considered as the results of strategic decisions in new product developments, which are represented by innovation, imitation, and routinisation (Beckenbach, Daskalakis, and Hofmann 2012). In the process of a new product development, a firm releases a new product, which is similar to or different from the products of other firms. ...