This dissertation concerns the question of how economics can contribute to the analysis of trade-offs between values (or normative objectives). The analysis is illustrated for the case of policies that pursue the goal of sustainability. Methodologically, this is done by reflecting economic...

With the objective of promoting sustainable development in Santiago de Chile, this paper explores current challenges and possible future trends of urban governance from a local stakeholder point of view. Its empirical base is an online survey conducted among local stakeholders in spring 2009. It...

This paper asks: What is the effect of government policy on output and inequality in an environment with education and labor-supply decisions? The answer is given in a general equilibrium model, consistent with the post 1960s facts on male wage inequality and labor supply in the U.S. In the...

Die Arbeit analysiert die Institutionalisierung von Programmevaluationen innerhalb der Zweiten Säule der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik der EU mit Hilfe des Institutional Analysis and Development Frame von Elinor Ostrom. Untersuchungsschwerpunkte sind die Praxis der Durchführung der Evaluationen und...