Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Forschungskolloquium
Das Forschungskolloqium ist ein Forum für die Diskussion aktueller Beiträge aus den Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Das Kolloquium bietet sowohl Experten als auch Nachwuchswissenschaftlern die Möglichkeit, den aktuellen Rand der internationalen wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschung zu diskutieren.
Das wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Forschungskolloquium findet in Kooperation mit dem Research Seminar statt. Weitere Informationen zum Research Seminar entnehmen Sie bitte folgendem Link:
https://iw.wiwi.uni-halle.de/research_seminar/
Hinweise für Referenten
Anmeldungen:
- per E-Mail an dekanat[at]wiwi.uni-halle.de
- mit Wunschdatum und (vorläufigem) Vortragstitel
Abstracts/Paper:
- bis spätestens eine Woche vor dem Vortrag
- per E-Mail an dekanat[at]wiwi.uni-halle.de
- Die Abstracts werden auf dieser Homepage veröffentlicht.
Vortrag:
- Die Vortragsdauer beträgt in der Regel 30 Minuten, anschließend erfolgt die Diskussion.
- Beamer und Rechner stehen im Vortragsraum zur Verfügung
Veranstaltungen im Sommersemester 2025
Zeit: Mittwochs im Semester, 18.00 - 19.15 Uhr
Ort: Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 (SR 1), Große Steinstraße 73, 06108 Halle
| Datum | Vortrag |
|---|---|
| 30.04.2025 | Researcher: Doktorand, MBA. Hicham Al Sabbagh Research Title: "The Determinants of Private Donations Using Different Marketing Techniques in Fundraising. Empirical Investigation of the Nonprofit Organizations of Syria Pre Civil War - Post Economic Transition. Status Quo, Findings, Guidelines & Proposals" Abstract: This research investigates the determinants of private donations in Syrian nonprofit organizations (NPOs), focusing on the effectiveness and efficiency of different marketing techniques used in fundraising. Specifically, it examines the role of direct marketing, brand marketing, and low-cost/unpaid marketing methods in enhancing donations. The study delves into the underlying factors influencing donations, beyond marketing, such as organizational size, management quality, and financial efficiency. By analyzing data from Syrian NPOs, the research aims to address key questions about the impact of marketing strategies on donations and whether the findings can be generalized to other countries. The research also tackles statistical challenges, including multi-collinearity, and provides practical guidelines for optimizing fundraising strategies. Ultimately, it seeks to extend the applicability of marketing models to developing countries, offering valuable insights for improving the fundraising efforts of NPOs globally. |
Veranstaltungen im Wintersemester 2024/2025
Zeit: Mittwochs im Semester, 18.00 - 19.15 Uhr
Ort: Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Seminarraum 1 (SR 1), Große Steinstraße 73, 06108 Halle
| Datum | Vortrag |
|---|---|
| 03.07.2024 | Ass. Prof. Alain Naef, PhD (ESSEC Business School, Paris) Title: The Development of Corporate Governance: Toulouse Companies from the Middle Ages onward Abstract: We exploit unique archives extending over six centuries to trace the development of corporate governance mechanisms that emerged in response to problems inherent in organizing, capitalizing and sustaining large-scale business enterprises. Two Toulouse milling concerns with antecedents in the 11th century organized themselves via mergers into widely-held joint-stock companies in the years 1372 and 1373. We document the institutional innovations they developed over the ensuing centuries, and place these in the context of institutional economic theory. The firms adapted or invented institutional features that are widely recognizable today, including fully tradable shares, limited liability, shareholder meetings, governing boards, cash payout policies, accounting audits and mechanisms for re-capitalization. |
| 21.11.2024 | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Woitek (University of Zurich) Title: „New Estimates of Daily Wages in Switzerland, 1750 - 1850” Abstract: Since Allen's (2001) seminal paper on wage divergence in early modern Europe, numerous studies have deepened our understanding of historical living standards. Researchers have updated existing wage series for major European cities and developed new series covering additional geographic areas, social groups, and methodological innovations. Although Switzerland industrialized relatively early, studies on real wages in the region remain scarce, covering only the first half of the 19th century. This paper seeks to fill this gap by introducing new wage series for Swiss male agricultural laborers, unskilled construction workers, and skilled construction workers from 1740 to 1850. Through extensive data collection, we show that real wages in construction rose swiftly after 1800 but stagnated from 1820 to 1850, whereas real wages in agriculture showed little to no change throughout the period. In the context of the European Little Divergence, Switzerland appears to follow a ‘middle path’; during the pre-industrial era, nominal and real wages in Switzerland were generally comparable to those in Strasbourg but lower than in London. Aktuelle Informationen finden Sie auf der Homepage: https://iw.wiwi.uni-halle.de/research_seminar/ |
| 12.12.2024 | Prof. Saumitra Jha, PhD (Stanford GSB) Title: „Markets under Siege: How Political Beliefs Move Financial Markets” Abstract: Can political beliefs, particularly about benefits of war versus peace, move thick financial markets? We document that following an unlikely victory by French citizen-soldiers during the Prussian Siege of Paris (1870), prices of the highly liquid French sovereign bond diverged substantially and persistently there versus elsewhere. While France resisted, Parisian prices were higher and responded more to war events. However after the ceasefire, price differences reversed dramatically until peace terms were revealed. Difficult to reconcile otherwise, these patterns match the predictions of a simple model with different political beliefs in Paris and elsewhere about the benefits of war versus peace. Aktuelle Informationen finden Sie auf der Homepage: https://iw.wiwi.uni-halle.de/research_seminar/ |
| 22.01.2025 | Prof. Nils Köbis (University of Duisburg-Essen) Title: "How AI influences human ethical behavior" Abstract: As machines powered by artificial intelligence (AI) influence humans' behavior in ways that are both like and unlike the ways humans influence each other, worry emerges about the corrupting power of AI agents. Dealing with this emerging worry, in this talk, I will present a short overview of the available evidence from behavioral science, human-computer interaction, and AI research on how AI influences human ethical behavior and how psychological science can help to mitigate these new risks. As a theoretical contribution, I propose a conceptual framework that outlines four main social roles through which machines can influence ethical behavior. These are role models, advisors, partners, and delegates. As empirical contributions, I present recently published and unpublished experimental work testing the roles of advisors and delegates. These results (stemming from > N = 9,000 participants) show that (a) when AI agents are moral advisors, their corrupting power matches that of humans, (b) when they assist people in lie detection, they massively increase accusation rates, and (c) when AI agents become delegates, people willingly delegate unethical behavior to them – although the interface through which people delegate plays a big role too. As a policy contribution, the talk will conclude by summarizing behavioral insights testing, which commonly proposed interventions e.g., in the most recent proposal for the EU AI ACT) successfully mitigate the risks of AI corrupting ethical behavior5 and sketch an agenda for interdisciplinary behavioral AI safety research. |
| 29.01.2025 | Henriette Althaus (Martin-Luther University) Title: "Standardsetzung in der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung". |