Acknowledgments

We would like to thank all participants for their invaluable and much appreciated contributions. Anja Hell-Mynarik was a great support in organizing the conference, Ina Freisleben took care of the editing process, their help is also gratefully acknowledged.

The Max Planck Institute is grateful for generous support by Dr Holger Otte, BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, toward the financing of the conference and the publication of this conference volume.

The IMF is a private research institute that is supported by the HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration, KPMG, Esche Schümann Commichau, the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI), and the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. The IMF particularly acknowledges Esche Schümann Commichau’s invitation to the conference welcome reception in their premises.