Mit Hilfe von Input-Output-Analysen können wichtige Wirkungszusammenhänge im Produktionsbereich einer Volkswirtschaft erfaßt werden. Bei einem Unternehmen oder einer Branche sind die indirekten Beschäftigungseffekte (Konsumnachfrage, Vorleistungen usw.) wesentlich höher als die direkten...

We report results of a survey of a representative sample of the German population in which respondents were asked in various scenarios for their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a gain of one quality-adjusted life year. While one version of the survey exactly copied the setting (online survey) and...

We report results of a survey of a representative sample of the German population in which respondents were asked for their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for either an extension of their life or an improvement in their health corresponding to a gain of one quality-adjusted life year (QALY). While one...

International cooperation rests on state preferences with regard to the substantive scope, geographical range, and institutional depth of issue-specific devices to over-come collective action problems. Substantive broadening, geographical widening, and institutional deepening are the elixir of...