Economists praise the efficiency of the price mechanism in allocating scarce resources. Others, however, often reject it as unfair. In this study, we investigate the extent to which economists also differ from non-economists in how they value the fairness of the price system, and examine how...

In this paper, we examine students' attitudes towards various allocation mechanisms for a scarce resource. For this purpose, we have run a survey among officers of the German military who are enrolled in different courses of study (such as economics) at the University of the German Federal Armed...

In this paper, we examine students' attitudes towards various allocation mechanisms for a scarce resource. For this purpose, we have run a survey among officers of the German military who are enrolled in different courses of study (such as economics) at the University of the German Federal Armed...

Economists praise the efficiency of the price mechanism in allocating scarce resources. Others, however, often reject it as unfair. In this study, we investigate the extent to which economists also differ from non-economists in how they value the fairness of the price system, and examine how...

Diese Arbeit untersucht, inwiefern es im Zuge fortschreitender Öffnung der Güter- und Faktormärkte für nationale Regierungen möglich ist bzw. möglich bleibt, der Wirtschaftspolitik einen ideologisch motivierten Stempel aufzudrücken. Dafür wird zunächst der Begriff der Ideologie für das...

Die Arbeit untersucht, inwiefern es im Zuge fortschreitender Öffnung der Güter- und Faktormärkte für nationale Regierungen möglich ist bzw. möglich bleibt, der Wirtschaftspolitik einen ideologisch motivierten Stempel aufzudrücken. Dafür wird zunächst der Begriff der Ideologie für das...

Turkish consumer survey data is used to analyze the main factors that affect consumers' choice of different mobile telecommunications networks. The analysis shows that consumers' choice is significantly affected by the choices of other consumers with whom the consumer is more likely to interact....

This paper provides a hedonic price analysis of mobile telephones for the German market. We have assembled data on 302 different handsets from 25 manufacturers over the period from May 1998 to November 2003. While volume has a negative effect on the price of a mobile handset, the number of...