We model individual careers in sports and games from initial entry to eventual exit or success as a discrete-choice, finite-horizon optimization problem. We apply this model to the international game of chess and study cross-country differences in the relative success of players. While we find...

We compare the performance of liability rules for managing environmental disasters when third parties are harmed and cannot always be compensated. A firm can invest in safety to reduce the likelihood of accidents. The firm's investment is unobservable to authorities. Externality and asymmetric...

Durch die tagespolitische Diskussion um einen "Umbau des Sozialstaates" werden grundlegende Fragen der Sozialpolitiklehre vernachlässigt. Der Autor versucht daher in der vorliegenden Arbeit eine Brücke zwischen praktischen Gestaltungsproblemen und der Grundlagenforschung zu schlagen....