Wissen über wissenschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Sachverhalte ist auch medial vermittelt. Nur die wenigsten Menschen haben persönliche Kontakte mit Personen, die in Spitzenpositionen von Wissenschafts- oder Wirtschaftsorganisationen tätig sind. Für große Teile der Öffentlichkeit entsteht...

Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected pro-sociality among individuals? After the onset of the pandemic, many charitable appeals were updated to include a reference to COVID-19. Did donors increase their giving in response to such changes? In order to answer these questions, we conducted a...

Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected pro-sociality among individuals? After the onset of the pandemic, many charitable appeals were updated to include a reference to COVID-19. Did donors increase their giving in response to such changes? In order to answer these questions, we conducted a...

We build a model of the news market where advertisers allocate their ads between a social media platform and a news website. Our objective is to evaluate policy interventions aimed at fostering news creation by transferring revenues from social media to news websites already introduced in...