Die Frage nach der Kausalität fällt in die Methodologie. Methodologie ist in denWirtschaftswissenschaften ein Bereich, der sowohl bei Ökonomen als auch bei Philosophenkaum Beachtung findet. ....

In this paper, we discuss the relationship between responsibility and joint production.Responsibility mirrors our ability to act freely. We can act freely only if we can assumeresponsibility for our actions and their consequences; the limits of our responsibility aretherefore also the limits of...

In diesem Aufsatz untersuchen wir die Beziehung von Verantwortung und Kuppelproduktion.Unsere Verantwortung reflektiert unsere Fähigkeit, frei zu handeln. Wir können nur freihandeln, insofern wir für unsere Handlungen und ihre Folgen Verantwortung übernehmen; dieGrenzen unserer Verantwortung...

This paper shows that, for CEU preferences, the axioms consquentialism, state independenceand conditional certainty equivalent consistency under updating characterise a family of capacities,called Genralised Neo-Additive Capacities (GNAC). This family contains as special casesamong others...

This paper experimentally investigates whether risk-averseindividuals punish less if the outcome of punishment is uncertain thanwhen it is certain. Our design includes three treatments: Baseline inwhich the one-shot prisoner’s dilemma game is played; CertainPunishment in which the prisoner’s...

The object of the present analysis is organizational slack. The paper targets ata “slack type” which consists of basic information deriving from slack functions,slack conditions, antecedents of slack and dispositional requirements ofslack. The purpose of the analysis is the creation of a...

This paper develops a general equilibrium model to measure welfare eects of taxesfor correcting environmental externalities caused by domestic trade, focusing on externalities that arise through exports. Externalities from exports come from a number ofsources. Domestically owned ships, planes,...

This paper develops a new open-economy endogenous growth modelwhere technology diffusion allows for a stable and non-degenerate world incomedistribution. In accordance with the empirical literature, I find that country characteristicssuch as the social infrastructure, the degree of openness, the...

Ein rationales Steuersystem sollte sich durch Finanzierungs-, InvestitionsundRechtsformneutralität auszeichnen und das Wirtschaftswachstum möglichstnicht negativ beeinträchtigen. Ferner muss eine Steuererhebung seitensder Finanzverwaltung und eine Steuerbefolgung durch die Steuerpflichtigen...

This paper studies whether menu costs are large enough to explain why …rms are soreluctant to change their prices. Without actually estimating menu costs, we can infertheir relevance for …firrms' price setting decisions from observed pricing behavior arounda currency changeover. At a currency...