Bereits in den 1950er Jahren gab es Literaturhinweise, dass die Wettbewerber in Sportligen von annähernd gleicher Größe und Stärke sein sollten, um dem sportlichen Wettkampf die größtmögliche Attraktivität zu verleihen und das Interesse der Zuschauer sicherzustellen. Dieser Zusammenhang...

A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition across jurisdictions. In parallel surveys with German citizens and state parliamentarians, we document that both groups misperceive the performance of their state’s education...

We use economic theory to examine the intensity of fundamentalist sects. Leaders work to enhance their followers' observance level. We model three stylized situations under which fundamentalist groups function, examining the intensity of observance in each. We find that, under reasonable...