Die folgende Dissertation hat zwei Teile. Das Thema des ersten Teils ist die Rolle von Freiheit in normativer und positiver Ökonomik. Dieser Teil beschäftigt sich mit Fragen, wie: "Wie kann man Freiheit in ökonomischen Modellen messen?", "Wie kann man Institutionen schaffen, die Individuen...

Ziel war es, den Übergang vom derzeitigen System der Unternehmensbesteuerung zu einem System der nachgelagerten Besteuerung zu simulieren, um ein besseres Verständnis der Verteilungswirkungen einer Steuerreform während des Übergangs vom alten zum neuen langfristigen Gleichgewicht zu erlangen...

In public procurement a temporal separation of award and actual contracting can frequently be observed. In this paper we give an explanation for this institutional setting. For incomplete procurement contracts we show that such a separation may increase efficiency. We show that efficiency can be...

The purpose of this paper is twofold. We first develop a contractarian theory of redistribution. The existence of rules of redistribution is explained without any recourse to the risk-aversion of individuals. Hence, we depart from the standard legitimization of redistribution as fundamental...

The purpose of this paper is twofold. We first develop a contractarian theory of redistribution. The existence of rules of redistribution is explained without any recourse to the risk-aversion of individuals. Hence, we depart from the standard legitimization of redistribution as fundamental...

The issue of capital tax competition in source-based capital taxes is viewed to be unproblematic if residence-based capital taxation exists. The sustainability, however, of residence-based capital taxation depends on the co-operation of source countries to assist in collecting tax revenues that...