Diese Dissertation setzt sich mit dem Verhalten während und nach der Ausführung routinemäßiger und kreativer Aufgaben in unterschiedlichen Kontexten auseinander. Während die Forschung zu Routineaufgaben in der experimentellen Wirtschaftsforschung sehr weit fortgeschritten ist, gibt es kaum...

The current doctoral thesis is comprised of three distinct papers with a unifying theme of studying human behavior in strategic environments of incomplete information. Each paper considers a particular manifestation of information guiding, shaping or in some other way, affecting human behavior...

We investigate the properties of Johansen''s (1988, 1991) maximum eigenvalue and trace tests for cointegration under the empirically relevant situation of near-integrated variables. Using Monte Carlo techniques, we show that in a system with near-integrated variables, the probability of reaching...

This paper studies a principal-agent model of the relationship between an incumbent officeholder and the electorate, where the officeholder is initially uninformed about her ability. If officeholder effort and ability interact in the ""production function"" that determines performance in office,...