Many studies on household energy efficiency investments suggest that a wide range of seemingly profitable investments are not taken up. This paper provides novel evidence on the main factors behind consumer choices using the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes. The...

Die im Rahmen des Projektes Qualitätssicherung dokumentierte Tagung beinhaltet neben den Gruß- und Eröffnungsworten folgende Einzelbeiträge: Klemkow, Hans-Rainer: Was erwarten Ingenieure von der Evaluation? - ERFAHRUNGSBERICHTE. Was hat sich an der Evaluation bewährt? Was würde man heute...

We explore the consequence of quality unpredictability for the welfare benefit of new products, using recent developments in recorded music as our context. Digitization has expanded consumption opportunities by giving consumers access to the "long tail" of existing products, rather than simply...