This dissertation is a collection of three stand-alone research papers written as part of the doctoral program in “Quantitative Economics and Finance” at the University of Konstanz during my time as a research assistant at the University of Vienna.The focus of previous research on...

Gegenstand der Betrachtung ist die Arbeit der Aufsichtsräte in den DAX 30-Unternehmen. Aufgrund der nationalen und internationalen Kritik in den 1990er Jahren strebte die deutsche Bundesregierung nach einer Anlehnung des deutschen Corporate-Governance-Systems an internationale Gepflogenheiten....

The paper attempts to shed light on the key drivers of consumer tipping behavior and reports the findings from an exploratory study aimed at addressing consumer motivations and their influence on consumers’ willingness to tip. When approaching the research issue, the phenomenon presents an...

This thesis consists of three chapters on the choice of institutional governance. The first chapter provides empirical evidence on the effect of local norms on the contractual choice, using a comprehensive dataset on US agricultural leasing contracts. We focus on the choice between cash-rent and...