A phase-field method for microcracking simulation in concrete microstructure models obtained from microtomography images

in 1st Pan-American congress on computational mechanics, Buenos Aeres (2015)

Laboratories of Reform? The Europeanization and Internationalization of Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe

in European Journal of Higher Education (2015), 5(1), 1-17

This introductory article deals with higher education (HE) transformations in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of democratization and globalization. The authors first briefly survey the wider ... [more ▼]

This introductory article deals with higher education (HE) transformations in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of democratization and globalization. The authors first briefly survey the wider canvas of reform since 1989, particularly probing the extent to which the countries of the region may be treated as a distinctive or a cohesive group. Diverging experiences with communism, international organizations and the European Union are highlighted, while attention is also focused on the differing degrees of marketization exhibited by academic systems across the region. Yet, notwithstanding such differences, it is clear that the countries of the region emerge as distinctive ‘laboratories of reform’, privileged sites for understanding the interplay of external and domestic influences in the reshaping of the HE sector. Drawing on the findings of our contributors, the second part of the article then turns to understanding the domestic mediation of the processes of Europeanization and internationalization, identifying a series of key factors broadly discussed in terms of structures, norms and actors. This special issue thus aims to refine our understanding of HE transformations and internationalization in a post-authoritarian context. It further contributes more generally to debates on Europeanization and policy transfer in the field. [less ▲]

Dissecting Network externalities in International Migration

in Journal of Demographic Economics (2015), 81(4), 379-408

Migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of migration flows. They affect the private costs and benefits of migration (assimilation channel) and lower legal entry ... [more ▼]

Migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of migration flows. They affect the private costs and benefits of migration (assimilation channel) and lower legal entry barriers through family reunification programs (policy channel). This paper presents a microfounded identification strategy allowing to disentangle the relative importance of these two channels. Our empirical analysis exploits U.S. immigration data by metropolitan area and country of origin. We first confirm that the overall network externality is strong (the elasticity of migration flows to network size is around one). More interestingly, we show that only a quarter of this elasticity is accounted for by the policy channel for the 1990-2000 period, and the magnitudes of the total network effect and the policy channel are greater for low-skilled migrants. Our results are strongly robust to sample selection, identification assumptions, and treatment for unobserved bilateral heterogeneity. Finally, the policy channel was stronger in the 1990s than in the 1980s, possibly reflecting the changes in the U.S. family reunification policy. [less ▲]

With a Little Help from My Friends? Quality of Social Networks, Job Finding and Job Match Quality

in European Economic Review (2015), 78

Connectivity Stability in Autonomous Multi-level UAV Swarms for Wide Area Monitoring

in Proceedings of the Fifth ACM International Symposium on Development and Analysis of Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Applications (2015)

AIFMD as Part of the Joint Principles of European Asset Management Law

in Zetzsche, Dirk Andreas (Ed.) The AIFM Directive (2015)

Analoge Anwendung von § 11 InvStG auf ausländische Investmentfonds wegen ungleichen Quellensteuerabzugs auf inländische Dividenden! – Eine Nachlese zum Emerging Markets-Urteil des EuGH

in IStR - Fachzeitschrift internationales Steuerrecht (2015)

Kommentieren und Kommentare im europäisch-deutschen Wirtschaftsrecht

in Limperg, B.; Bormann, J.; Filges, Axel C. (Eds.) et al Recht im Wandel deutscher und europäischer Rechtspolitik: Festschrift 200 Jahre (2015)

Overview, Regulatory History and Technique

in Zetzsche, Dirk Andreas (Ed.) The AIFM Directive (2015)

Scope of the AIFMD

in Zetzsche, Dirk Andreas (Ed.) The AIFM Directive (2015)