This paper is an attempt to assess the extent to which the behaviour of anindividual is the result of the constraints that he or she faces – factorsbeyond individual control - or the result of the exercise of his or herpreferences. The study concentrates on participation or non-participationin...

Our article integrates the manager’s care in the literature on auditor’s liability. With unobservable efforts, we face a double moral hazard setting. It is well-known that efficient liability rules without punitive damages do not exist under these circumstances. However, we show that the...

Institutions that rely on joint liability to facilitate lending to the poor have a long historyand are now a common feature of many developing countries. Economists have proposedseveral theories of joint-liability lending that stress various aspects of its informational andenforcement advantages...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht, welche Anreize von asymmetrischer Besteuerung einerseits undvon Haftungsbeschränkungen andererseits für die optimale Risikowahl eines Unternehmensausgehen. Wir betrachten dabei eine risikobehaftete Investition, deren Risikogradwertrelevant verändert werden kann, so...

A large body of literature has shown that small firms experience difficulties in accessing the credit market due to informational asymmetries. Banks can overcome these asymmetries through relationship lending, or at least mitigate their effects by asking for collateral. Small firms, especially...

Improving accountability in public services has been a central ob-jective of many public sector reforms in recent years. Chief amongthese have been efforts to generate observable performance measuresas a basis for monitoring performance. This paper examines a nat-ural experiment in regimes...

Walter Eucken hat die Institution der Haftungsbeschränkung radikal abgelehnt. Ausseiner Sicht war nur das Prinzip der Vollhaftung marktkonform. Diese Auffassung istkorrekturbedürftig, wie unter Rückgriff auf die moderne Mikroökonomik der Risikoallokationgezeigt wird: Zum einen kann es...

Mass media can play a key role in enabling citizens to monitor the actions of incumbents and to use this information in their voting decisions. Thiscan lead to government which is more accountable and responsive to itscitizens’ needs. In spite of the intuitive plausibility of the proposition,...