Im Zuge des Ausbaus der Biogaserzeugung steigt die Nachfrage nach landwirtschaftlicher Biomasse. Besonders die vermehrt auf den Biogasmarkt tretenden außerlandwirtschaftlichen Biogasbetreiber stehen vor der Herausforderung, ihren Substratbedarf abzusichern. Eine Analyse der Struktur und...

Measures of subjective well-being have gained substantial attention in economics as quantitative approximations of individual welfare. They allow researchers to study relevant determinants of welfare on an individual as well as on a societal level. These determinants might not to be easily...

Despite rather skeptical attitude of the economists toward the state intervention in the housing markets, the policy makers and general public typically are supporting it. As a result, in many European countries, since World War I the rent and eviction controls as well as social housing policies...

Classic behavioral decision research has intensively explored deliberate processes in decision making. Accordingly, individuals are viewed as bounded rational actors who, because of cognitive limitations, use simple heuristics that are successful in certain environments. In this chapter, it is...