Globale Arbeitsteilung mit globalem Handelsaustausch hat es schon immer gegeben. Mittlerweile machen geringe Transportkosten diese Arbeitsteilung intensiver – auch bedingt durch den beispiellosen Abbau von Handelshemmnissen nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Die Wohlfahrtseffekte des internationalen...

Using a threshold public good experiment, we examine how varying degrees of inequality in resources and differences in risk of loss among players affect the success of group efforts to avoid a common loss. We find that when the poor face greater risk than the rich, contributions and success in...

This experiment investigates decisions made by prospective economists and physicians in an allocation problem which can be framed either medically or neutrally. The potential recipients differ with respect to their minimum needs as well as to how much they benefit from a treatment. We classify...