Summary We investigate at the precinct-level the 2001 stadium referendum for the Allianz-Arena in Munich, 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...

Summary 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...

Summary 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...

Zusammenfassung Mit Argumenten aus der „Theorie des Marktversagens“ und der „Neuen Politischen Ökonomie“ kann gezeigt werden, daß Universitäten und Forschungsinstitute spezielle „Öffentliche Güter“ produzieren, die eine Grundfinanzierung durch den Staat unter...