'public finance', 'political economy', 'growth theory', 'human capital theory', and 'innovation-driven growth theory …'.The first project reveals that the prevailing notion of education externalities is misleading and therefore empirical … externalities of education according to Lucas (1988) are likely to be internalized on the labor market. Education is recognized as a …

of the commons.' This dissertation combines the tools of game theory and experimental methods to gain a broader … conducted. A distinction is made between two types of appropriation externalities: those that are restricted to a single period …

externalities, however, efficiency may no longer be guaranteed.This dissertation shows that a modification of Ausubel & Milgrom … presence of externalities, the resulting auction possessesan efficient Nash equilibrium in pure strategies leading to a core … strategy. The auction is augmented to includeexplicitly the auctioneer's preferences over final outcomes. Externalities …

improving market efficiency and decreasing the cost to society of pollution control, implementation of tradable permit markets …

endogenous cropchoices and prices, we study the effects of ex ante regulation and ex post liability of GMO producers onmarket …

organisation. Applying the new institutional economics and economic organisation theory the different organisation modes are … explained, mainly in terms of control and income rights. Important factors are (limited) liability, risk-bearing costs …

the new institutional economics and economic organisation theory the different organisation modes are explained, mainly in … terms of control and income rights. Important factors are (limited) liability, risk-bearing costs, transaction costs, and …

This paper examines the current assignment of liability for in-use vehicle emissions and suggests some alternative … liability for I/M to motorists, and we examine the potential for other liability assignments to reduce transaction costs and … improve program efficiency. Among the alternative institutional arrangements discussed are greater imposition of liability on …

The optimal design of environmental liability policy focuses on two primary policy issues: the cleanup of existing … sources of pollution and the definition and enforcement of policies to promote prospectively efficient environmental risk … analyze the effectiveness of an existing policy governing retroactive and prospective liability issues and suggest ways in …