Bei der Reform des weiterführenden Schulzugangs sollte Berlin internationale Erfahrungen nutzen. Es kommt beim Auswahlverfahren auf die Details an. Ein zentrales Verfahren und eine größere Zahl möglicher Schülerwünsche sind entscheidend. Losverfahren sind nicht per se ungerecht. Sie...

In a model with private information of the worker about her ability and unobservable effort choice, the role of public and private employment services is analyzed. The coexistence of an inefficient employment exchange and an efficient private agency may lead to optimal screening with first best...

This contribution provides a brief overview and discussion of the role of experiments in economics. It is argued that economic experiments have convinced economists and the public of the existence of phenomena that have been outside the scope of economics. The success of these experiments is...

A model is developed to understand how norms can be influenced by "norm entrepreneurs", e.g. lawmakers, government agencies, unions etc. Two instruments of influencing the dynamics of normfollowing behavior are analyzed, namely transforming the (monetary) incentives and changing the meaning or...