Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) was one of Germany's first freelance authors to make a living by his pen under the conditions of early mass media. A tireless producer of texts in a variety of genres, from novels and novellas to newspaper…

Nanonization is a simple and effective method to improve dissolution rate and oral
bioavailability of drugs with poor water solubility. There is growing interest to downscale the nanocrystal production to enable early preclinical evaluation of new drug candidates when compound…

This thesis is a collection of essays in the economics of health insurance, health, and fertility. The three essays each explore distinct and unconnected research questions. The first study asks whether differences in health risk can explain the systematically different…