We show in a public goods experiment on three continents that conditional cooperation is a universal behavioral regularity. Yet, the number of conditional cooperators and the extent of conditional cooperation are much higher in the U.S.A. than anywhere else.

Wie viele Jugendliche können in den kommenden Jahren überhaupt noch für einen Ausbildungsplatz im dualen System gewonnen werden? Das Diskussionspapier geht dieser Frage nach und berechnet die Entwicklung des Nachfragepotenzials bis zum Jahre 2020. Unter Nachfrage wird dabei das Interesse...

Im vorliegenden Diskussionspapier wird die empirische Datenlage zu den zweijährigen Ausbildungsberufen auf Basis der jährlichen Statistiken zu den Ausbildungsverträgen systematisch aufbereitet. Zur Einschätzung der quantitativen Bedeutung wird die langfristige Entwicklung der...

Im Bereich der beruflichen Vollzeitschulen gibt es in Deutschland verschiedene Schularten mit einem umfangreichen Spektrum an Bildungsgängen. Um die heterogene Bildungslandschaft in diesem Bereich transparent zu machen, zeigt das vorliegende Diskussionspapier die unterschiedlichen Schularten...

In this paper we study the behavior of rivals when there is a known probability of imminent entry. Experimental markets are used to collect data on pre- and post-entry production when there is an announced time of possible entry; some markets experience entry and other do not. In all pre-entry...

Government policies employ different support programs such as subsidies to reduce risks, increase efficiency in markets, and enhance societal welfare. In markets such as ethanol markets, where multiple agents receive subsidy, it is often difficult to determine whether recipients of these support...

The impact and economic merits of President Biden's Executive Order 13985 on equity depend on how the executive order is implemented. While policy discussion to date has focused on equitable outcomes, we propose framing risk equity policies in terms of equitable risk tradeoff rates based on six...

The considerable literature on the value of a statistical life (VSL) documents the wage-mortality risk tradeoffs for the working population. Regulatory analyses often must monetize risks to populations at the tails of the age distribution. Because of the longer life expectancy for children,...

In this paper, we examine the influence of medical malpractice tort reform on the level of private health insurance company losses incurred. We employ a natural experiment framework centered on a series of tort reform measures enacted in Texas in 2003 that drastically altered the medical...

The most enduring measure of how individuals make personal decisions affecting their health and safety is the compensating wage differential for job safety risk revealed in the labor market via hedonic equilibrium outcomes. The decisions in turn reveal the value of a statistical life (VSL), the...