Given the challenges facing the world in the field of environmental policy, research on complex interdependencies in world politics and transnational policy-making has intensified. Several institutions have came into existence in response to the increasing concerns about global climate change....

Strong empirical evidence suggests that, contrary to standard criminal choice theory, deterrence does not increase tax compliance. A model based on a peculiarity of the mixed-strategy Nash equilibrium in 2-by-2 games is used to explain this observation theoretically: The strategy choice of a...

This paper discusses the theoretical concepts underlying recent developments in the regulation of telecommunications in Europe, the USA and developing countries with respect to efficiency and welfare. It focuses on analysing standardization problems, pricing rules and entry condition related to...

In diesem Beitrag werden ausgewählte Ansätze der Effizienzlohntheorie dargestellt und im Hinblick auf die entwicklung der Arbeitslosigkeit in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland während der letzten 25 Jahre diskutiert.

This is a pamphlet note on Moshé Machover's "Notions of A Priori Voting: Critique on Holler and Widgrén", published in this volume. It demonstrates that there is always a second story when it comes to power - and we should be aware of it.

Ausgehend von Geoffrey Hodgsons The Evolution of Evolutionary Economics setzt sich dieser Beitrag mit den Grundlagen des biologischen Ansatz der evolutorischen Ökonomik sowie der nicht-biologischen Variante dieser Theorie auseinander. Dabei wird insbesondere auf das Problem der Repräsentation...