Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively debate surrounding this question, going back to David Hume and Immanuel Kant. This book is a new attempt to test its veracity. The existing literature tends to assume that the...

Abstract: Der Band enthält eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen des Autors aus den Jahren 1992 bis 2007. Im ersten Teil wird die Behandlung des Erwerbs, der Verarbeitung und Verbreitung von Wissen durch die Ökonomik thematisiert. Im zweiten Teil steht der Wettbewerb im Vordergrund, vor allem in der...

This paper explores the origin and development of the "consumer choice" paradigm as the core concept of German ordoliberal thought which has had a strong impact on EU competition policy and law. Outside Germany, ordoliberal thought is often identified exclusively with the learning of the...