In this experimental study of tax evasion and its determinants participants earn their income in a complex stochastic intertemporal environment including the possibility to invest into a risky asset. The earned income has to be declared in four tax returns which are randomly verified. If tax...

Climate modelers have recognized the possibility of abrupt climate changes caused by a reorganization of the North Atlantic's current pattern (technically known as a thermohaline circulation collapse). This circulation system now warms north-western Europe and transports carbon dioxide to the...

We examine alternative performance measures for a manager who has superior information about the profitability of an investment project and who contributes to periodic operating cash flows through his efforts. We find that residual income based on a suitably chosen depreciation schedule is an...

Staatsverschuldung ist eines der zentralen finanzpolitischen Themen der Gegenwart. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die im Rahmen der «Neuen Wachstumstheorie» vollzogenen modellkonzeptionellen Entwicklungen für die finanztheoretische Analyse dieses Themas fruchtbar zu machen. Dazu wird die...

Staatsverschuldung und Außenhandel wirken über verschiedene Kanäle auf die Entwicklung von Volkswirtschaften. Um die Wirkungsmechanismen zu eruieren, werden mikroökonomisch fundierte dynamische makroökonomische Modelle diskutiert. Zur Anwendung kommen Modelle überlappender Generationen. In...

This paper investigates the behaviour in repeated decision situations. The experimental study shows that subjects show low or no risk-aversion, but put very high value on the opportunity to sell the lottery in every stage of the decision problem. There is evidence that risk attitudes depend on...

Climate modelers have recognized the possibility of abrupt climate changes caused by a reorganization of the North Atlantic's current pattern (technically known as a thermohaline circulation collapse). This circulation system now warms north-western Europe and transports carbon dioxide to the...