This paper provides an economic justification for the protection of cultural property rights of indigenous groups. Cultural property either in the form of traditional knowledge or folklore carries the potential to increase wealth by adding to the knowledge base of an economy. But in order to...

Markets for expert services are characterized by information asymmetries between experts and consumers. We analyze the effects of consumer information, where consumers suffer from either a minor or serious problem and only experts can infer the appropriate treatment. Consumer information is a...

Die Rolle des Staates im Umweltschutz schien für die meisten Ökonomen lange Zeit eindeutig definiert. Da die relativen Preise im Umweltbereich durch negative externe Effekte verzerrt sind, sollte der Staat über geeignete Instrumente - wie Abgaben und Zertifikate - eine internalisierende...