Microanalyses of voting, regulation and higher education

This dissertation contains economic microanalyses of voting, regulation and higher education. It is about individual decisions, institutions, and the incentives the latter create. Three chapters of this dissertation are based on empirical results, whereas one chapter is a purely theoretical analysis employing dynamic game theory. The first empirical chapter investigates the role of monetary self-interest and social preferences in referenda. It examines the collective purchasing decisions of university students regarding deeply discounted flat rate tickets for public transportation and cultu...