Die Dissertation stellt die bundesdeutsche Sportförderpraxis in quantitativer wie qualitativer Hinsicht über einen Zeitraum von 25 Jahren dar, wobei - im Gegensatz zu bisherigen Veröffentlichungen - die kommunale Sportförderung im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung steht. Einen zweiten Schwerpunkt...

We state efficiency conditions for the provision of congestable local public goods that diminish individual-specific proprietary risks. The optimum level of such a public service is determined by equating the sum of the reductions of the expected property losses due to a better service level...

In this paper, we present a spatial model of the public provision of the performing arts. Agents behave boundedly rational. Art directors set performance quality according to their aspiration levels. While taking into account the spatial distribution of the population, administrative directors...