Leere Bahnhöfe, verwaiste Straßen: Der Verkehrssektor gehörte zweifellos zu den markantesten Ausprägungen der COVID-19-Pandemie. Nachdem der gesellschaftliche Krisenzustand seit Frühjahr 2023 offiziell als überwunden gilt, untersucht die vorliegende Studie, wie drei Jahre Pandemie das...

How is the protest behavior of citizens in new democracies influenced by their experience of the past? Certain theories of political socialization hold that cohorts reaching political maturity under dictatorship are subject to apathy. Yet, it remains unclear whether mobilization during the...

I study a cheap talk model between a buyer and a seller with two goods for sale. There is two-sided (independent) private information with sequential, two-way communication. In the first stage, the buyer communicates her private preferences to the seller. In the second stage, the seller...