Which behavior-based interventions are more appropriate to induce energy saving: energy saving goals with or without incentive, energy saving products, environmentally related information, social comparison or competition? We try to answer this question in a comprehensive study. First, we...

The great recession (2008) triggered an apparent discrepancy between empirical findings and macroeconomic models based on rational expectations alone. This gap led to a series of recent developments of a behavioral microfoundation of macroeconomics combined with the underlying experimental and...

Der Bericht zum Forschungsvorhaben "Weiterentwicklung des umweltökonomischen Instrumentariums - Innovative Ansätze zur Verbesserung der Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente - Teilvorhaben II" (INCENT II) widmet sich folgender zentraler Fragestellung: Wie können umweltökonomische...