Joachim Ahrens
Biographic Data
| ID | 6496271 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joachim Ahrens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joachim |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahrens |
| SIGNATURE | AHRENS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | PFH Private University of Applied Sciences |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Large-Scale Transition of Economic Systems – Do Ceecs Converge Toward Western Prototypes?
Vers un État développeur au Kazakhstan ? Les bases institutionnelles de la transition économique
Although the government of Kazakhstan has largely ignored Washington Consensus-type recommendations for policy reform, the country exhibits remarkable economic growth, stable (though non-democratic) political conditions and a strong presidency. Thanks to increased world market prices for natural resources, the government has also been able to freely choose its public policies and construct politico-institutional structures of its own devising. Th…
Welfare State Change in Leading OECD Countries
For decades, issues regarding the sustainability of the welfare state have been an important agenda in both academic and public debate. The existing literature primarily points out to economic globalization and post industrial developments as drivers behind recent welfare state change. Ingmar J. Schustereder investigates the relative influence of these factors and examines to what extent different national systems of social protection have preser…
North Korea
According to most criteria, North Korea would be classified as a failing state. More often than not the country’s destiny has been predicted as collapse, chaos, and in the end, absorption by South Korea. However, so far the Kim Jong-il regime proved viable and cultivated the art to survive within a globalizing world without opening up. More recently, North Korean authorities appeared to revive an affinity towards South Korea’s sunshine policy. Wh…
Beyond the Big‐Bang Enlargement
Given the increasing heterogeneity regarding economic structures, political interests, social preferences and financial constraints, governance problems in the EU will increase significantly. Based on a theoretical model of fiscal federalism, the question on which governance level political competencies should be located is addressed for the case of a heterogeneous union. The model suggests a distinct allocation of competencies in different polic…
The Importance of Governance in Risk Reduction and Disaster Management
This paper identifies institutional failure as the root cause for underdevelopment and susceptibility to disasters and explores their interdependent relationship. It is demonstrated that only if a country's governance structure enables the implementation and enforcement of public policies conducive to a country's economic and social development can sustainable livelihoods be achieved and susceptibility to disasters be reduced. Accountability, par…
Market-Enhancing Governance on the Korean Peninsula
IntroductionRecent news about economic and political developments in North Korea give -not for the first time-occasion to confusing speculation about the future development path of the Kim Jong Il regime. While optimists celebrate the recently concluded six-party talks in Beijing as a desirable breakthrough to politically contain the country, pessimists interpret the outcomes of the negotiations as a diplomatic triumph of North Korea, because the…
Deepening Integration in an Enlarged EU
The paper focuses on the problem of a simultaneous deepening and enlargement of the EU from the perspective of club theory. The EU can be perceived as a club that provides several non-rival but excludable goods to its members. Contrary to purely collective goods, for which the club size is infinite, club theory starts from the assumption that membership size is an endogenous variable as is the provision level of club goods. In order to enhance th…
Institutional change and economic performance
The main theme of this study is the political economy of policy reform in less developed countries and post-socialist countries. Given the complexity of economic development and transition, Joachim Ahrens views failures in policy reform, poor public sector management, rent-seeking, corruption, and over-centralization as systematic, though not exclusive, instances of institutional failure
Governance and Economic Development
The main theme of this study is the political economy of policy reform in less developed countries and post-socialist countries. Given the complexity of economic development and transition, Joachim Ahrens views failures in policy reform, poor public sector management, rent-seeking, corruption, and over-centralization as systematic, though not exclusive, instances of institutional failure
Deepening Integration in an Enlarged EU
The paper focuses on the problem of a simultaneous deepening and enlargement of the EU from the perspective of club theory. The EU can be perceived as a club that provides several non-rival but excludable goods to its members. Contrary to purely collective goods, for which the club size is infinite, club theory starts from the assumption that membership size is an endogenous variable as is the provision level of club goods. In order to enhance th…
Vers un État développeur au Kazakhstan ? Les bases institutionnelles de la transition économique
Although the government of Kazakhstan has largely ignored Washington Consensus-type recommendations for policy reform, the country exhibits remarkable economic growth, stable (though non-democratic) political conditions and a strong presidency. Thanks to increased world market prices for natural resources, the government has also been able to freely choose its public policies and construct politico-institutional structures of its own devising. Th…
Beyond the Big‐Bang Enlargement
Given the increasing heterogeneity regarding economic structures, political interests, social preferences and financial constraints, governance problems in the EU will increase significantly. Based on a theoretical model of fiscal federalism, the question on which governance level political competencies should be located is addressed for the case of a heterogeneous union. The model suggests a distinct allocation of competencies in different polic…
Institutional change and economic performance
The main theme of this study is the political economy of policy reform in less developed countries and post-socialist countries. Given the complexity of economic development and transition, Joachim Ahrens views failures in policy reform, poor public sector management, rent-seeking, corruption, and over-centralization as systematic, though not exclusive, instances of institutional failure
Governance and Economic Development
The main theme of this study is the political economy of policy reform in less developed countries and post-socialist countries. Given the complexity of economic development and transition, Joachim Ahrens views failures in policy reform, poor public sector management, rent-seeking, corruption, and over-centralization as systematic, though not exclusive, instances of institutional failure
Deepening Integration in an Enlarged EU
The paper focuses on the problem of a simultaneous deepening and enlargement of the EU from the perspective of club theory. The EU can be perceived as a club that provides several non-rival but excludable goods to its members. Contrary to purely collective goods, for which the club size is infinite, club theory starts from the assumption that membership size is an endogenous variable as is the provision level of club goods. In order to enhance th…
The Importance of Governance in Risk Reduction and Disaster Management
This paper identifies institutional failure as the root cause for underdevelopment and susceptibility to disasters and explores their interdependent relationship. It is demonstrated that only if a country's governance structure enables the implementation and enforcement of public policies conducive to a country's economic and social development can sustainable livelihoods be achieved and susceptibility to disasters be reduced. Accountability, par…
Market-Enhancing Governance on the Korean Peninsula
IntroductionRecent news about economic and political developments in North Korea give -not for the first time-occasion to confusing speculation about the future development path of the Kim Jong Il regime. While optimists celebrate the recently concluded six-party talks in Beijing as a desirable breakthrough to politically contain the country, pessimists interpret the outcomes of the negotiations as a diplomatic triumph of North Korea, because the…
North Korea
According to most criteria, North Korea would be classified as a failing state. More often than not the country’s destiny has been predicted as collapse, chaos, and in the end, absorption by South Korea. However, so far the Kim Jong-il regime proved viable and cultivated the art to survive within a globalizing world without opening up. More recently, North Korean authorities appeared to revive an affinity towards South Korea’s sunshine policy. Wh…
Beyond the Big‐Bang Enlargement
Given the increasing heterogeneity regarding economic structures, political interests, social preferences and financial constraints, governance problems in the EU will increase significantly. Based on a theoretical model of fiscal federalism, the question on which governance level political competencies should be located is addressed for the case of a heterogeneous union. The model suggests a distinct allocation of competencies in different polic…
Welfare State Change in Leading OECD Countries
For decades, issues regarding the sustainability of the welfare state have been an important agenda in both academic and public debate. The existing literature primarily points out to economic globalization and post industrial developments as drivers behind recent welfare state change. Ingmar J. Schustereder investigates the relative influence of these factors and examines to what extent different national systems of social protection have preser…
Vers un État développeur au Kazakhstan ? Les bases institutionnelles de la transition économique
Although the government of Kazakhstan has largely ignored Washington Consensus-type recommendations for policy reform, the country exhibits remarkable economic growth, stable (though non-democratic) political conditions and a strong presidency. Thanks to increased world market prices for natural resources, the government has also been able to freely choose its public policies and construct politico-institutional structures of its own devising. Th…
Large-Scale Transition of Economic Systems – Do Ceecs Converge Toward Western Prototypes?
Political science (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Economic system (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Asian Industrial and Economic Development (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Corruption and Economic Development (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Market economy (3 works)