Advertisements provide consumers with knowledge about private products, whereas political information is required to provide voters with knowledge of public issues. Modern information technologies and globalisation are increasing the exposure of individuals to information. Goods advertising is...

Advertisements provide consumers with knowledge about private products, whereas political information is required to provide voters with knowledge of public issues. Modern information technologies and globalization are increasing the exposure of individuals to information. Goods advertising is...

'Until not much more than 20 years ago, economists frequently lamented the fact that they were limited in their empirical analyses to statistical assessments of market behavior, because controlled economic experiments were (thought to be) infeasible, unethical, or both. Much has changed in the...

Die Umweltpolitik spielt bei der Entstehung vieler neuer Technologien eine herausragende Rolle. Sie korrigiert nicht nur ein Marktversagen, sondern nimmt auch explizit Einfluss auf das Ausmaß und die Richtung von Innovationen. Die vorliegende Arbeit nimmt sich dieser Beziehung zwischen...