Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag wird die in bildungspolitischen Diskussionen bisweilen vorgebrachte Behauptung, dass Bildung gegenwärtig zunehmend als Ware betrachtet werde, ad absurdum geführt. Aufbauend auf dem von Gary S. Becker und seinen Mitarbeitern entwickelten...

Summary Based on the economics of consumer protection and some contributions from the economics of education, the present paper presents an analytical framework to deal with the problem of consumer protection in the higher education sector. It is shown that there are not only governmental...

Abstract In 2009, a new “debt brake” has been introduced into the German constitution. According to this fiscal rule, the federal government has to limit its annual net borrowing from the year 2016 on to a maximum of 0.35 percent of GDP; the German Laender must not take out new loans from...