Für die optimale Größe betrieblicher Einheiten spielen ihre Skalenerträge eine wesentlicheRolle. Anhand eines Datensatzes, der aus dem Forschungsranking 2005 desCentrums für Hochschulentwicklung abgeleitet ist, werden die Skalenerträge der Forschungbetriebswirtschaftlicher Fachbereiche...

At the firm level, revenue and costs are well measured but prices and quantities are not. This paper shows that because of these data limitations estimates of returns to scale at the firm level are for the revenue function, not production function. Given this observation, the paper argues that,...

In this paper, we aim to model the vertical relation between retailers and suppliersin the food industry whereby retailers exercise seller power in their relation with consumersand buyer power in their relation with producers. We then evaluate the degree of pricetransmission, relative to the...

We present evidence on whether workers have social preferences by comparing workers’ productivityunder relative incentives, where individual effort imposes a negative externality on others,to their productivity under piece rates, where it does not. We find that the productivity of theaverage...

Extreme weather patterns are causing major damage on property and business and the question of who pays is becoming a serious issue. A law and economics point of view focuses on the problem that emitters of greenhouse gases externalize the true costs of their contribution to climate change...

Entrepreneuroal risk vs. risks related to the pursuit of the entrepreneurship; Clear distinction vs. uncertainties, D&O liability risks(BJR)...

Unanimous voting as the fundamental procedural source of political legitimacy grants vetopower to each individual. We present an axiomatic characterization of a class of biddingprocesses to spell out the underlying egalitarian values for collective projects of a“productive state”. At heart...