Moderne Ökonomie und Sozialpsychologie beschäftigen sich beide mit der Erklärungmenschlichen Verhaltens. Dieser Artikel gibt eine Übersicht über die Interaktion zwischen denbeiden Wissenschaften...

In this essay I compare two different theoretical frameworks in economics for orientinganalysis of issues in technology policy. One is a neoclassical framework that sees appropriatepolicies as dealing with “market failures”. The other framework is provided by an evolutionaryand institutional...

This article, based on two books (Barr and Diamond 2008, forthcoming), sets out a series of principles for pension design rooted in economic theory: pension systems have multiple objectives, analysis should consider the pension system as a whole, analysis should be framed in a second-best...

This report is the first policy study of the China Economic Research and AdvisoryProgramme, in which eminent economists from China and abroad have participated. Thereport focuses on the problems faced by China in the reform of its social security system.On the basis of economic principles and...

Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Biologie befassen sich mit Produktionsprozessen, ein Austausch gegen-seitiger Erkenntnisse findet jedoch nicht oder selten statt, weil selbstauferlegte disziplinäre Fragestel-lungen Vorrang haben. So beschäftigt sich die Wirtschaftswissenschaft ausschließlich mit...

This paper investigates the dynamics of the term structure of bond market illiquidity premia. We analyze the comovement of short-, medium-, and long-termilliquidity premia and identify economic factors determining them. Our resultsshow that the term structure of illiquidity premia is U-shaped on...

China’s rise drives a growing impact of China on economics. So far, this mainly works via theforce of example, but there is also an emerging role of Chinese thinking in economics. Thispaper raises the question how far Chinese perspectives can affect certain foundational principlesin economics,...