Gegenstand des Buches ist die Erklärung des Angebots- und Nachfrageverhaltens von Haushalten und Unternehmungen und ihr Zusammenwirken auf Güter- und Faktormärkten. Zentrales Analysekonzept ist dabei das (allgemeine) Gleichgewicht. Das Buch macht von der algebraischen Methode rigoros...

We report results of a survey of a representative sample of the German population in which respondents were asked in various scenarios for their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a gain of one quality-adjusted life year. While one version of the survey exactly copied the setting (online survey) and...

Declining fertility and increasing longevity have rendered public pension systems in many OECD countries unsustainable and have triggered substantial reforms of these systems. One of the officially declared reform objectives is to raise the average retirement age. Crucial parameters for this...