Die vorliegende Doktorarbeit untersucht (nicht-)rationales Entscheidungsverhalten von Menschen in statischen und dynamischen Entscheidungssituationen unter Risiko. Erkenntnisse aus dem Bereich der Verhaltensökonomie werden genutzt, um die formale ökonomische Entscheidungswelt mit...

The present study reviews the literature about dynamic decision-making and judgment of low-probability, high-consequence events. The specific features of this situation under risk and uncertainty imply an anomaly: while the single probability of an event with high negative consequences may be...

We investigate one possible explanation for observed rates of corrupt behavior namely that individual decision makers who frequently engage in illegal actions may underestimate the overall probability of being caught. This might in particular be true for petty corruption where small amounts of...

We investigate one possible explanation for observed rates of corrupt behavior namely that individual decision makers who frequently engage in illegal actions may underestimate the overall probability of being caught. This might in particular be true for petty corruption where small amounts of...