Bei der Abschätzung der Folgen verhaltenssteuernder politischer Maßnahmen mit Hilfe von Rational- Choice-Modellen, die von der Verhaltensannahme eines vollständig informierten und ausschließlich gewinnmaximierenden homo oeconomicus ausgehen, besteht die Gefahr, dass Art und Geschwindigkeit...

Against the background of a rapid biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes, increasing attention is being paid to farming practices that enhance ecosystem services. Therefore developing a cost-efficient and effective conservation-compatible land use policy to influence private land...

Wetterindexversicherungen stellen innovative Risikomanagementinstrumente dar und weisen gegenüber herkömmlichen Versicherungen den Vorteil geringer Administrations- und Regulierungskosten auf. Darüber hinaus entstehen keine Moral-Hazard- und Adverse-Selection-Probleme. In der Landwirtschaft...

Die Maisanbaufläche in Deutschland ist in den vergangenen Jahren aufgrund der steigenden Anzahl Biogasanlagen und der guten Eigenschaften von Mais als Biogassubstrat stark ausgedehnt worden. Zur Begrenzung des Maisanbaus hat die Politik bereits Maßnahmen eingeleitet. Dazu zählt z.B. die...

There is strong evidence that people exploit their bargaining power in competitive markets but not in bilateral bargaining situations. There is also strong evidence that people exploit free-riding opportunities in voluntary cooperation games. Yet, when they are given the opportunity to punish...

The present article discusses general issues associated with experimental auctions and their relative advantages and disadvantages over other marketing research techniques. Experimental auctions create an active market environment with feedback where subjects exchange real goods and real money,...

This classroom experiment allows students to explore pricing strategies available to the monopolist. Students are given full information about their costs but know nothing about demand except that it is simulated by the instructor. They submit their price-asked and quantity-offered records on...

This article describes a social simulation model based on an economic experiment about altruistic behavior. The experiment by Fehr and Gächter showed that participants made frequent use of costly punishment in order to ensure continuing cooperation in a common pool resource game. The model...

This work presents experimental results on a coordination game in which agents must repeatedly choose between two sides, and a positive fixed payoff is assigned only to agents who pick the minoritarian side. The game presents a variety of asymmetric pure strategy equilibria, and a unique...