Die Debatte um Nudging wird durch die große Bandbreite dessen, was als „Nudge“ betrachtet wird, erschwert. Die Einschränkung des Begriffs auf Maßnahmen, die Rationalitätsdefizite des Individuums ausnutzen, hat sich in der Debatte nicht durchgesetzt. Da die so definierten Nudges zudem als...

Die Debatte um Nudging wird durch die große Bandbreite dessen, was als “Nudge“ betrachtet wird, erschwert. Die Einschränkung des Begriffs auf Maßnahmen, die Rationalitätsdefizite des Individuums ausnutzen, hat sich in der Debatte nicht durchgesetzt. Da die so definierten Nudges zudem als...

This paper compares the publication and citation behaviour of economic geogra- phers and geographical economists. Based on a unique data set and consciously limited to researchers in the German-speaking world, empirical analyses show more parallels than expected. Convergence of scholars from...

This paper uses joint scaling methods and similar items from three large-scale surveys to place voters, parties and politicians from different Latin American countries on a common ideological space. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the findings reveal that the "median" voter in Latin America...

The gap between actual and perceived inflation is one of the more unexpected consequences of the euro changeover in January 2002. In this note we argue that this gap was caused by a lack of preparation and experience of the authorities to appropriately communicate with the public during the...

The discrepancy between popular impressions of how the 2002 changeover to the euro affected prices and its actual impact is perhaps the most surprising consequence of the single currency’s introduction. Following the changeover, perceived inflation rose significantly and returned to its...

This paper describes and analyses the results from a pilot study about the exercise of political representation at the local government level, from the viewpoint of city councilors. The key questions that guided this study were: What do councilors perceive as their functions? How do they...

The paper discusses the city and the region aiming at unfolding a synthetic panorama of the various ways of thinking and acting upon the spatial issue. We argue that a better understanding of how the different scientific disciplines with interfaces on the territory view and work with space...