- "It sometimes almost seems as if the techniques of science were more easily learned than
the thinking that shows us what the problems are and how to approach them."
(Friedrich August von Hayek)
Welcome to the website of the Chair of Economics and Statistics
and the Research Center for Public and Nonprofit Enterprises
The following pages will give you an overview of our activities in education, research and transfer.
We hope you enjoy reading them!
News
Appointment as honorary professor at the RPTU
In October 2023, Prof. Dr. Marcus Sidki was appointed honorary professor at the RPTU - Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserlautern-Landau.
Current publications
Müller, H. & Sidki, M. (2024): The Political Economy of Earnings Management in Municipal Public Enterprises, in: Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. 36 No. 3, pp. 363-387 (VHB-Rating: C). |
Krause, T., Polzer, T. & Sidki, M. (2023): Mind the Board! Board Efficacy, Managerial Role Dilemmas and Performance in Municipally Owned Corporations, in: International Review of Administrative Sciences, DOI: 10.1177/00208523231219983 (VHB-Rating: B). |
Sidki, M., Boerger, L. & Boll, D. (2023): The effect of board members' education and experience on the financial performance of German state-owned enterprises, in: Journal of Management and Governance, DOI: 10.1007/s10997-022-09663-4 (VHB-Rating: C). |
Boll, D., Müller, H. & Sidki, M. (2022): Determining the drivers of earnings management among municipal enterprises: Evidence from Germany, in: Public Money & Management, DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2076515 (VHB rating: B). |
Current bachelor and master theses
Theses currently available at the professorship can be found here.