Deutschland hat nicht unerhebliche Mengen an unkonventionellen Erdgasreserven, die in tiefen Lagen in Schiefergestein gebunden sind. Die Diskussion um die Frage, ob diese beachtlichen Reserven durch moderne Bohr- und Fördertechniken (sogenanntes Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)) gehoben werden...

Adaptation is omnipresent but people systematically fail to correctly anticipate the degree to which they adapt. This leads individuals to make inefficient intertemporal decisions. This paper concerns optimal income taxation to correct for such anticipation-biases in a framework where consumers...

Adaptation is omnipresent but people systematically fail to correctly anticipate the degree to which they adapt. This leads individuals to make inefficient intertemporal decisions. This paper concerns optimal income taxation to correct for such anticipation-biases in a framework where consumers...