Wachstumstreiber Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien: Moderne Kommunikationstechnologien sind für Industrienationen wie Deutschland bedeutende Handels- und Produktionsfaktoren. Deutschland hat ein großes Potenzial, mehr wirtschaftliches Wachstum durch eine stärkere Nutzung von...

Wachstumstreiber Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien: Moderne Kommunikationstechnologien sind für Industrienationen wie Deutschland bedeutende Handels- und Produktionsfaktoren. Deutschland hat ein großes Potenzial, mehr wirtschaftliches Wachstum durch eine stärkere Nutzung von...

School choice research mostly focuses on academic outcomes. Policymakers increasingly view entrepreneurial traits as a non-cognitive outcome important for economic growth. We use international PISA-2006 student-level data to estimate the effect of private-school competition on students'...

School choice research mostly focuses on academic outcomes. Policymakers increasingly view entrepreneurial traits as a non-cognitive outcome important for economic growth. We use international PISA-2006 student-level data to estimate the effect of private-school competition on students'...

This paper investigates how group membership and competition among trustors interact with trust and trustworthiness in a laboratory one-shot trust game. To analyze these effects, we apply a 2x2 design. We induce group membership by letting subjects play coordination games with clear focal...

There is extensive literature, both theoretical and empirical, on the effects of social identity on a wide range of economic and non-economic outcomes. However, there is only scarce knowledge about how social identity is affected by policies or market structure. We address the question how...