This paper examines the effect of reduced self-control on debt-taking in a laboratory experiment. We manipulate self … that people with low self-control have more problems with the repayment of consumption debt, but this relationship is, in …

This paper examines whether biased income expectations due to overconfidence lead to higher levels of debt-taking. In a … back their consumption after feedback. However, at the end of the experiment they remain with higher debt levels, which …

important role. As expected, a higher ratio of government consumption to investment has a debt-augmenting effect, though …, considered separately, larger budget shares of both investment and personnel expenditure are associated with lower debt … detrimental effect on debt levels. …

'competing' on debt. While the existing spatial econometric literature focuses on tax and spending competition, very little is … known about spatial interaction via public debt. This paper estimates the spatial interdependence of public debt among … and robust interaction effects between debt of neighboring municipalities, which we compare to spatial tax and spending …

-Kredite-Problem" in Ostdeutschland verhinderten. Die Verdienste der Banken als große Anteilseigner in privatisierten Unternehmen sind in … Unternehmen in Ostdeutschland sehr gering ist und es wird versucht, die Gründe für diese Entwicklung darzulegen. In Ostdeutschland … Ostdeutschland kontrastiert. Dabei wird besonderes Augenmerk auf das Ausmaß des Wettbewerbs im Geschäftsbankensektor gelegt sowie auf …