Für ihr Dezember-Heft 2013 testete Stiftung Warentest unter anderem Nuss-Schokoladen. Die Voll-Nuss-Schokolade von Ritter Sport erhielt die Note „mangelhaft“. Stiftung Warentest begründete die mangel-hafte Note nicht mit schlechter Qualität, sondern mit irreführender Etikettierung. Der...

A monopolist is treated as a nexus of contracts with team production. It has one owner-manager who is the employer of two employees. A team production problem is present if the employer is a “managerial lemon.” If the team production problem is solved, the employer is a “managerial...

Improving early childhood education and care (ECEC) services is one of the challenging duties of public authorities in Germany.We think that inefficiency with respect to the quantity as well as the quality of ECEC services is caused by the prevalent object-based financing system. In this...

Industrial organization is mainly concerned with the behavior of large firms, especially when it comes to oligopoly theory. Experimental industrial organization, therefore, faces a problem: How can firms be brought into the laboratory? The main approach relies on framing: Call individuals...

A monopolist is treated as a nexus of contracts with team production. It has one ownermanager. The owner-manager is the employer of two employees. A team production problem is present if the employer is a managerial lemon. If the team production problem is solved, the employer is a managerial...

Industrial organization is mainly concerned with the behavior of large firms, especially when it comes to oligopoly theory. Experimental industrial organization therefore faces a problem: How can firms be brought into the laboratory? The main approach relies on framing: Call individuals firms!...

Die Kenntnis entscheidungsrelevanter Kriterien bei der Wahl und der Motive für die Wahl eines Studiengangs kann einer Hochschule helfen, gegenwärtige Studiengänge zu gestalten und zukünftige Studiengänge zu entwickeln. Verfügt eine Hochschule über diese Kenntnis, kann sie ihre...

A monopolist is treated as a nexus of contracts with team production. It has one ownermanager. The owner-manager is the employer of two employees. A team production problem is present if the employer is a “managerial lemon”. If the team production problem is solved, the employer is a...

Stiftung Warentest is one of the most important consumer protection organisations in Germany, empowering consumers to protect themselves. For their Test Magazine’s December 2013 issue, they, inter alia, tested hazelnut chocolate. Ritter Sport’s hazelnut chocolate was given a failing grade....

Improving child care and pre-school education is one of the challenging duties of public authorities in Germany. Given the public resources spent on nursery schools, the quantity as well as the quality of early childhood education in Germany is comparatively low. We think that inefficiency is...