We analyze the dynamics of neighbourhood watch programs in a local interaction framework. Agents can watch their neighbours' houses and thus deter burglars from breaking in....

People behave pro-socially in a wide variety of situations that standard economic theory is unable to explain. Social comparison is one explanation for such pro-social behavior: people contributeif others contribute or cooperate as well....

This paper shows an economic experiment on network formation, inwhich subjects can decide to form links to one another.

A substantial number of people exhibit social preferences, which means they are not solelymotivated by material self-interest but also care positively or negatively for the material payoffs ofrelevant reference agents...

This paper provides an experimental evidence indicating that incentivecontracts may undermine voluntary cooperation.

Der Global Compact der Vereinten Nationen versteht sich nicht als Regulierungsinitiative, sondern als freiwilliges Lern- und Dialogforum für Corporate Citizenship. Dieser Beitrag entwickelt Vorschläge, wie der Global Compact diesem Anspruch (noch besser) gerecht werden kann. Hier geht es um...

Dieser Beitrag entwickelt in zehn Thesen den unternehmensethischen Gedankengang, dass Unternehmen mit zahlreichen Aktivitäten unter der Bezeichnung „Corporate Social Responsibility“ unfreiwillig genau jene Vorurteile bestätigen, die in der Öffentlichkeit oft zur Ablehnung der...

The United Nations Global Compact (GC) is an international learning network thatlinks companies with United Nations agencies, labour and civil society. Neither aregulatory regime nor a voluntary code of industry conduct, it is a unique contribution to the process of global governance, where the...

Empirically, responsibility is a concept increasingly made use of in order to address societal issues. At the same time, it is a concept mainstream economics has, so far, hardly touched on. The paper shows that the application of economic reasoning to the responsibility concept can instruct a...

Thomas Schelling hat wegweisende Beiträge für die moderne Ökonomik geleistet.Ähnlich wie Gary Becker wendet er den ökonomischen Ansatz konsequent aufFragestellungen an, die zuvor gar nicht als ökonomische Probleme betrachtet wurden. In seiner Theorie des Self-Command modelliert Schelling...