This edited collection brings together expertise from around the globe to overview and debate key concepts and concerns in the economics of religion. While the economics of religion is a relatively new field of research in economics, economists have made and continue to make important...

Economics is dominated by model building, therefore a comprehension of how such models work is vital to understanding the discipline. This book provides a critical analysis of the economist's favorite tool, and as such will be an enlightening read for some, and an intriguing one for others.

Field experiments occupy a middle ground between laboratory experiments and naturally occurring field data. The idea is to perform a controlled experiment that captures important characteristics of the real world. Relative to traditional empirical economics, field experiments provide an...

Das Buch bietet einen leicht verständlichen Einstieg in volkswirtschaftliche und wirtschaftspolitische Zusammenhänge (zuletzt ID-A 31/09). Es setzt keine Vorkenntnisse voraus und eignet sich damit für alle wirtschaftlich Interessierten ab Sekundarstufe II. Der Aufbau wurde beibehalten:...