Choosing between selfish and non-selfish behavior in real life is a repeated decision with varying time spans between repetitions. To learn more about the dynamics of altruistic behavior, we use repeated standard dictator experiments. The dynamics of prosocial behavior in these experiments...

A recent experimental study by Falk and Szech (Science, 2013) concludes that "markets erode moral values". If this were true, economists, who have emphasized the efficiency enhancing effects of markets for centuries, would have to reconsider their judgments fundamentally. This would be no less...

We use the differences between life satisfaction and emotional well-being of employed and unemployed persons to analyze how a person’s employment status affects cognitive well-being. Our results show that unemployment has a negative impact on cognitive, but not on affective well-being, which...

In this paper, we attempt to renew the interest in marginal employment subsidies. Such subsidies are paid only for a firm's additional employment exceeding some reference level and create larger employment stimuli at lower fiscal costs than general wage subsidies for all workers. If the hiring...

According to the model of HOEL (1991), a unilateral emissions abatement of a global pollutant leads to lower aggregated emissions in a game with a simultaneous decision protocol. Our experiment tests the Hoel model and examines the question of whether a leader can induce additional abatement of...

Dieser Diskussionsbeitrag skizziert die Hindernisse, die einem Frieden in der Ukraine gegenwärtig im Weg stehen. Darauf aufbauend erläutert er, dass realistischerweise nur von westeuropäischen Akteuren erwartet werden kann, die Friedens-Initiative zu ergreifen, und dass hierbei Deutschland...

Stellen Sie sich vor, ein demokratischer Staat muss ein komplexes Problem lösen. Der Lösung muss eine Mehrheit der Bevölkerung zustimmen. Es stehen zwei Lösungen zur Wahl: Eine komplizierte, die schwer zu verstehen ist, das Problem aber löst und eine einfache, die leicht verständlich...