Citizens and politicians rely on their knowledge of a pension system, particularly its redistributive features, when forming their preferences and evaluating its fairness. Taking advantage of the Bismarckian rule of proportionality in Germany, we provide experimental and survey-based evidence...

Durch die gemeinsame Nutzung von Infrastrukturelementen, bezeichnet als Infrastructure Sharing, können Mobilfunknetzbetreiber Kosteneinsparungen realisieren. Diese sind in ihrer Höhe von verschiedenen Faktoren abhängig, bspw. davon, welche und wie viele Netzelemente gemeinsam genutzt werden,...

The paper promotes the performance of the European market as a measure of the efficiency of its societies. The social market economy and the international standards of the social sciences and disciplines are essential to providing prosperity for all. The economic perspective comes naturally. A...

Based on data from broadly representative surveys among more than 1,400 citizens in Germany and Sweden, this paper empirically examines the support of different groups of climate-related (passenger) transport policy measures targeting vehicle use, public transport, air travel, and bicycle use....