The dissertation contributes to three important issues in development economics, i.e. corruption behavior, the monitoring of development-linked public goods and inequality. The dissertation uniquely combines both empirical and experimental methods. Chapter 1 examines corruption (anti-social...

This volume was prepared by Jens Ruhose while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self-contained chapters that contribute to the understanding of the...

Wer kennt nicht das Bild des düsteren Weinkellers, irgendwo in der Kellergasse? Die Wände schimmernd vom Grauschimmel, die schwarze Kellerkatze wacht auf dem besten Faß des Winzers. Im Hintergrund das Ploppen eines Korken, der aus einer Weinflasche gezogen wird, golden glänzender Wein wird...