Die Evolution als Grundlage allen Verhaltens -- Das Statusziel -- Wie das Gehirn entscheidet -- Die Rolle der Arbeitsteilung -- Heuristisches Entscheiden -- Die Protagonisten -- Gerechtigkeit und gerechtes Teilen -- Moral und Religion -- Vertrauen -- Individuelle und kollektive Schutzmaßnahmen...

This book presents institutional evolution and individual choice as codependent results of behavioral patterns. Drawing on F.A. Hayek's concepts of cognition and cultural evolution, Teraji demonstrates how the relationship between the sensory and social orders can allow economists to track...

Using Karl Polanyi's analysis of the separation of politics and the economy, the book argues that the market economy is not a spontaneous process, but a 'political project' realized through institutional change where labour, land, money, and currently knowledge are commodities. The contributions...

This book, a third edition, has been significantly expanded and updated. It revisits the process of institutional change: its characteristics, determinants and implications for economic performance. New chapters address the significance of Post-Communist transition, the differences and...

This book offers an extensive review of market-oriented economic reforms since 1970, and considers the question of whether more liberal economic policy yields greater social welfare. The author demonstrates that, despite the widespread uniformity of economic policy across countries over the past...

Im Rahmen der allgemeinen Diskussion um die Kostenentwicklung im Gesundheitssektor stellen Fragen der Wirtschaftlichkeit im Krankenhaussektor seit langer Zeit ein zentrales Thema dar. Vor diesem Hintergrund lässt sich bei den Veränderungen in den Rahmenbedingungen von Krankenhausbetrieben in...

Language policies are increasingly acknowledged as being a necessary component of many decisions taken in the areas of the labor market, education, minority languages, mobility, and social inclusion of migrants. They can affect the democratic control of political organizations, and they can...

Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Defining and Measuring Undeclared Work -- 3 The Size of the German Shadow Economy and Tax Morale According to Various Methods and Definitions -- 4 Deterrence in Germany: A Primer -- 5 Design of the Survey -- 6 The Incidence of Undeclared Work -- 7 The Extent of...