This book offers cross-national evidence of the effectiveness of financial and physical incentives for regional development. It challenges the traditional wisdom that competition is harmful for regional development or can be zero-sum. It answers questions such as: What are the effects of tax...

Opportunismus in Dienstleistungsprozessen -- Das Opportunismusproblem aus institutionenökonomischer Sicht -- Pfand und Anreizsystem zur Lösung des Opportunismusproblems -- Konsumentenverhalten bei extensiven Kaufentscheidungen -- Der Einfluss von Institutionen auf das Konsumentenverhalten --...

Ein entscheidendes Problem in Finanzkrisen sind die starken Vermögensverluste von Banken. Bankaktiva verlieren erheblich an Wert, man spricht hierbei von toxischen Aktiva. Staaten und Zentralbanken reagieren darauf, indem sie angeschlagene Banken beispielsweise durch die Einrichtung sogenannter...

Motivation und Vorgehen -- Charakteristika und Ausgestaltungsoptionen bedingten Kapitals.- Wandlungseffekte durch bedingtes Kapital -- Emissions- und Risikowahlanreize mit bedingtem Kapital -- Kreditangebot von Banken und Kreditklemme -- Kreditvergabe mit bedingtem Kapital.

This work analyzes the problem of delegated decision-making within firms when investment projects are characterized by the possibility to make subsequent decisions after the initial investment decision has been made. By analyzing this question, the monograph combines and unifies two important...

Tim Friehe analyzes important aspects for the design of tort law which intends to induce optimal individual choices and possible limitations of workable tort law in varied settings. He highlights the consequences of the consideration of hitherto neglected behavioral dimensions for the...

Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income mobility both theoretically...

Pensionomics puts forward a portfolio perspective on the combination of funded and unfunded pension arrangements. In a second-best type argument it is formally shown that a Pay-As-You-Go pension system can substitute the tradability of human capital. While this ideal form of diversification can...

Reviews standard economic growth models concentrating on the relationship between population ageing and economic growth and develop a growth model with endogenous human capital and endogenous fertility. This work uses this model to analyse the effects of education policy and family policy on...