This paper reports on an experiment of corruption that was conducted in two treatments: one with the possibility of detection and one without. It turns out that monitoring reduces corruption through deterrence; at the same time, it destroys the intrinsic motivation for honesty. Thus the net effect...

This paper investigates the determinants of tenure decisions in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking part of Switzerland for professorships in economics, business administration and related fields. Our dataset comprises candidates who were awarded tenure as well as those who were eligible...

We conduct a field experiment on direct and indirect transfer mechanisms. It shows that people are willing to donate significantly more if the donation is indirect, i.e., it is tied to the purchase of a good with a price premium, rather than made directly. This points to an...

We analyze the effect of decentralization on the corruption level for the Indonesian example. From a theoretical perspective this effect is undetermined a priori - decentralization brings the decision-making process closer to the people and thus facilitates participation and accountability and...

This paper investigates the determinants of tenure decisions in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking part of Switzerland for professorships in economics, business administration and related fields. Our data set comprises candidates who were awarded tenure as well as those who were eligible...

We test existing superstar theories for the German soccer league. We use various measures for individual players’ performance and media presence to analyze whether performance and popularity can explain salaries and superstars in soccer. Moreover, we argue that quantile regression technique...

Am 1. Januar 1948 trat das Allgemeine Zoll- und Handelsabkommen (GATT) in Kraft. Welche Liberalisierungsfortschritte beim Welthandel wurden in den vergangenen 50 Jahren gemacht? Welche Aufgaben stehen auf der Tagesordnung?