This is the first paper that studies the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well being. Based on a survey among 918 students of economics and other social sciences, we estimate the effects of studying in the different fields on individual life satisfaction. Controling for personal...

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...

We analyse the interrelationship between economics journals' relevance and reputation. While reputation and relevance positively affect each other, relevance has a much stronger impact on reputation than reputation on relevance. Citation frequency is a key determinant for both journal reputation...

Namhafte Autorinnen und Autoren von renommierten Universitäten und Institutionen analysieren in diesem Band das seit Jahrzehnten kontrovers diskutierte Verhältnis von Recht und Ökonomie aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln und Disziplinen und widmen sich dabei aber aktuellen Themen.Zunächst wird...