Das Dopingproblem im Spitzensport ist lösbar. Es besteht in einer sozialen Dilemmasituation, in der es im Gleichgewicht für jeden einzelnen Sportler rational ist, Dopingmittel einzunehmen, obwohl jeder von ihnen besser stehen könnte, wenn niemand solche Substanzen konsumierte. Anders als die...

We investigate at the precinct-level the 2001 stadium referendum for the Allianz-Arena inMunich, where voters had to decide upon a projected site as well as on public subsidies for provision of transport infrastructure. This is the first analysis of a stadium referendum with respect to the...

Non-smoking ordinances are among the most popular albeit controversial public health-care legislations worldwide. This article provides an empirical assessment of the impact of nonsmoking ordinances on bar and restaurant revenues in German Federal States. By application of a standard panel...

We analyse how German tourists react to unanticipated shocks that alter their risk perception of selected tourism destinations. Using a difference-in-difference strategy which flexibly accounts for macroeconomic conditions and also addresses potential problems of serial correlation, we isolate...