Bietet ein allgemeiner Mindestlohn Schutz vor ausländischer Niedriglohnkonkurrenz, und sorgt er für existenzsichernde Einkommen? Oder vernichtet er Arbeitsplätze und verhindert, dass existenzsichernde Einkommen erzielt werden können? Gibt es belastbare empirische Studien, und was kann die...

Deriving advice that can in fact be utilized by boundedly rational decision makers is a central function of modeling choice making. We illustrate why this role is not being fulfilled well by standard models of full rationality and that theories of bounded rationality are needed not only for...

Retributive responses do play a role in human behavior. Whether they are primarily triggered by supposed intentions or by observed consequences of actions is an important question. It can be addressed by experimental studies of retributive responses in situations in which the individual actor...

Fairness is a strong concern as shown by the robust results of dictator giving and ultimatum experiments. Efficiency, measured by the sum of individual payoffs, is another potential concern in games such as the prisoners’ dilemma and public good provision games. In our experiment participants...