SUMMARYDuring the last centuries real estate became an important asset within mixed-asset investment portfolios. The importance of real estate in a mixed-asset portfolio is based on Markowitz (1959) modern portfolio theory. The important message of the modern portfolio theory was that different assets …

De (on)houdbaarheid van de Griekse schuld laat zich op meerdere manieren duiden.

De fundering onder de euro is nog steeds veel te instabiel voor een onomkeerbaar project.

Wat bedoelt EU voorzitter Juncker precies met de 'Angelsaksische wereld' waar hij bang voor is?

Debates about the new welfare, and the new social policies that go (or should go) with it, share an emphasis on risk-prevention strategies and pluralistic risk management. Focusing specifically on the risk of unemployment, this article discusses the case for so-called preventive worker-directed active …

Inleiding voor de bundel Het lectoraat Media, Cultuur en Burgerschap heeft in de periode 2011-2013 onderzoek gedaan naar poppodia en theaters in een samenwerking met de Inholland lectoraten City Marketing en Leisure Management en Media Business en met de brancheverenigingen Vereniging Schouwburg- en …

This article will discuss the role of environmentalism in environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) in the context of ecopedagogy. Ecopedagogy calls for the remaking of capitalist practices and seeks to re-engage democracy to include multispecies interests in the face …

In recent years there has been a noticeable change in how people book their holiday. In the past traditional travel agencies were the places go, with offline stores and direct face-to-face contact with experienced travel agents. Nowadays, however, the internet plays an important role for companies to …

Dutch households still appear to have no confidence in the financial sector. In the period of 2006 until 2009, public confidence in Dutch financial institutions fell sharply. In 2010, this somewhat rebounded, but since then remains substantially lower than before the start of the financial crisis. This …

This thesis considers the extent to which German fiscal policy can be used as a blueprint in other Eurozone countries that need revision after the crisis. This thesis also aims to discover the negative and positive sentiments regarding a common fiscal union in Eurozone countries and what exactly the …