Der Beitrag geht zunächst auf den Zusammenhang von Wissensteilung und Arbeitsteilung ein und stellt hiernach die Besonderheiten der Wissensteilung vor. Diese Eigenarten machen im ökonomischen Sinne einen besonderen Umgang notwendig. Es bietet sich dabei an, Probleme der Wissensteilung mit dem...

This article analyzes optimal job design in a repeated principal-agent relationship when there is only one contractible and imperfect performance measure for three tasks whose contribution to firm value is nonverifiable. The tasks can beassigned to either one or two agents. Assigning an...

This paper analyzes optimal job design in a repeated principal-agent relationship when there is only one contractible and imperfect performance measure for three tasks whose contribution to firm value is non-verifiable. The tasks can be assigned to either one or two agents. Assigning an...

We use a static framework characterized by both moral hazard and holdup problems. In the model the optimal allocation of bargaining power balances these frictions. We examine the impact of improved monitoring on that optimal allocation and its impact upon effort, investment, profits and rents....

This research is the outcome of fieldwork undertaken between November 2002 and 2003 inAl Gharaza village part of Khartoum State - the Sudan capital.The study focuses on identifying how spaces and times are interrelated and engendered. Theforces that impact the creation of boundaries or those...

Mit der Erweiterung der Europäischen Union wird das System von Arbeitsteilung und Zusammenarbeit,von Angebot und Nachfrage im Europäischen Binnenmarkt neu geordnet.Die erweiterte Freizügigkeit von Waren, Dienstleistungen, Kapital und Arbeit ist mit einerNeuverteilung von Chancen und Risiken...

This paper presents a simple mathematical model that shows how economic inequalitybetween social groups can arise and be maintained even when the only adaptive learningprocesses driving cultural evolution increases individual’s economic gains. The keyassumption is that human populations are...

This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-beingin a longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more likelyfor marriage and that there are large differences in the benefits from marriage between couples.Potential, as...

Economists generally assume that the state has sufffcient institutional capacityto support markets and levy taxes, assumptions which cannot be taken forgranted in many states, neither historcally nor in today’s developing world.Our paper develops a framework where "policy choices" in market...