Index based insurance schemes can play a vital role in insuring poor people in developing countries against a multitude of risk. However, the concept doesn’t go along without any obstacles. Matthias Rödl provides a theoretical framework of index based insurance schemes and further highlights...

Sebastian Burchhardt develops a game theory model that analyzes the possible behavioral patterns of employees during MA processes and the impact of such patterns on the success of the transaction itself. The result is the development of a principal-multi-agent model that allows for endogenous...

Beschreibung der Bedeutung von Vertrauensgütermärkten mit Einbettung in die ökonomischen Darstellungen von Gütern -- Untersuchung von Betrug und Effizienz in Vertrauensgütermärkten mit heterogenen Kunden -- Untersuchung des optimalen strategischen Verhaltens von Experten und Kunden. .

Stock options have become a common part of the compensation of executives in many companies. Their use has created a significant amount of controversy among academics as well as among the general public. Florian Cornelis Wolff addresses an aspect often overlooked in debate but crucial for...