When randomly assigning participants to experimental roles and the according payment prospects, participants seem to receive “manna from heaven.” In our view, this seriously questions the validity of laboratory findings. We depart from this by auctioning off player roles via the incentive...

The authors in this work evaluate the challenges for economic policy faced at the turn of the century from various angles. They discuss new empirical evidence on this subject, review new theoretical approaches and consider the consequences for economic policies. (Published in German.)

This volume contains the papers and discussions of the 38th Ottobeuren Seminar on Economics dealing with the subject of experimental economics. It presents several experiments, some of whose results clearly contradict the predictions of traditional economics and thus provide important incentives...

This volume contains the papers and discussions of the 39th Ottobeuren Seminar on Economics dealing with the subject of "market power". The authors deal with numerous issues relevant to the market from a theoretical, empirical, political and legal perspective. This meeting of scholars from...

This volume contains the papers and the supplementary papers presented at the 36th Ottobeuren Seminar on the Dynamics of International Markets. The authors deal with issues pertaining to European integration and worldwide globalization from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. (Published...

This series, edited by the Ottobeuren Seminar on Economics, publishes those papers which are given at the seminars in Ottobeuren. The purpose of these seminars is to present new theoretical approaches as well as new empirical findings to a group of experts and to discuss the political-economic...

The subject 'Economic Analysis of Treaties' is assessed from various angles: The empirical evidence is discussed here, new theoretical approaches are reviewed, consequences for economic policies are considered. (Published in German.)

The authors of the papers collected here discuss current environmental and economic problems such as sustainability, the effectiveness of environmental policies and aspects of energy policies. (Published in German.)