Der Band enthält die wichtigsten Beiträge des Autors zur Theorie rationaler politischer Akteure. Ihr Grundthema betrifft die Möglichkeiten des Umgangs mit Unsicherheit, sei es im Bemühen um konsequenzenbedachte Entscheidungen, sei es im Wege der Organisationsgestaltung. Die einzelnen Kapitel...

Whereas attitudes towards risk are thought to play an important role in many decisions over the life-course, factors that affect those attitudes are not fully understood. Using longitudinal survey data collected in Mexico before and during the Mexican war on drugs, we investigate how an...

Whereas attitudes towards risk are thought to play an important role in many decisions over the life-course, factors that affect those attitudes are not fully understood. Using longitudinal survey data collected in Mexico before and during the Mexican war on drugs, we investigate how an...

We analyze how economy-wide forces (i.e. shocks to terms of trade, technology and endowments) affect the intensity of social conflict. We see conflict phenomena such as crime and civil war as involving resource appropriation activities. We show that not all shocks that could make society richer...