This thesis strives to offer new insights in two main areas. First, in the well-researched domain of payment cards chapters 2 and 3 investigate an aspect that has hitherto been scantly examined, namely, the fact that merchant usage fees differ substantially among merchant sectors. Additionally,...

In Chapter 2, we present a model that allows us to study the effect ofincreased competition among charities for donations, and show that it willresult in a lower provision of public goods. When charities get donations,they must pay two fundraising costs: a travel cost and an extra cost,...

Klappentext: Der Standortwahl von High-Tech-Unternehmen, speziell solchen der Mikroelektronik, der Bio- und Softwaretechnologie, kommt weltweit eine große Bedeutung zu. Auch wenn diese Unternehmen primär in Großstädten gegründet worden sind, läßt sich dort jedoch, was Zeitpunkt und Anzahl...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. May 2009. Major: Economics. Advisor: Thomas Holmes. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 62 pages, appendices A-B.