Gegenwärtig werden auf Landesebene Systeme der formelgebundenen Mittelzuweisung auf Hochschulen und auf Hochschulebene auf Fakultäten eingeführt, mit denen die Mittelzuweisung stärker nach Leistungskriterien erfolgen soll. So begrüßenswert diese Systeme grundsätzlich sind, so sind sie in...

Communication has been regarded as one of the most effective devices in promoting team cooperation. But asymmetric communication sometimes breeds collusion and is detrimental to team efficiency. Here, we present experimental evidence showing that excluding one member from team communication...

This volume brings together 8 previously unpublished papers dealing with various modes of allocating jointly consumable goods (i.e. public goods). The issues covered range from voluntary contributions and price exclusion (market allocation) to positive and normative analyses of different...

Labor's share of income has attracted interest in recent years reflecting its apparent decline. These falls, witnessed across many countries, are usually deemed undesirable. Any such assertion, however, begs the question of what is the socially optimal labor share. We address this question using...

Der vorliegende Sammelband enthält insgesamt sieben Beiträge zu Informations- und Planungsproblemen in den vier öffentlichen Aufgabenbereichen: Gesundheitswesen, neuere Infrastrukturen, Wohnungsmarktpolitik und Rundfunksystem. Die hier ausgewählten Gebiete, bei denen das Schwergewicht auf...

Durch die demographischen und ökonomischen Entwicklungen der letzten Dekaden sind Zweifel an der Tragfähigkeit der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung (GRV) laut geworden. Die Rufe nach einer Neugestaltung sind in keinem Zweig der Sozialversicherung so deutlich wie in der GRV. Ökonomische...

Am dynamischen Modell eines Marktsystems wird der Einfluss des bundesdeutschen Steuerrechts auf wohnungswirtschaftliche Entscheidungen gezeigt. Geltende steuerrechtliche Bestimmungen werden dabei auf ihre Bedeutung für Finanzierungs- und Investitionsentscheidungen unterschiedlicher...

Im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit stehen die Auswirkungen steuerlicher Abschreibungen und investitionsfördernder Massnahmen auf die intersektorale und internationale Kapitalallokation. Der Autor analysiert sowohl bestehende steuerliche Vorschriften als auch Reformvorschläge (z.B....

Im November 2000 fand in Österreich die Versteigerung von Frequenzen für die dritte Mobilfunkgeneration (UMTS) statt. Zuvor waren bei den UMTS-Auktionen in Großbritannien und Deutschland die höchsten jemals bei einer Auktion erreichten Erlöse erzielt worden. Nicht zuletzt deshalb rückte...

The level and distribution of the costs of tradable allowance schemes are important determinants of whether the regulation is ultimately enacted. Theoretical and simulation models have shown that updating allowance allocations based on firm emissions or output can improve the efficiency of the...

Sustainability and efficiency are potentially conflicting social objectives in natural resource management. We propose a market mechanism to allocate use rights over a stochastic resource to private managers. The mechanism endogenously determines the maximal tenure length guaranteeing that the...

We examine how men and women in mixed-gender unions change the time they allocate to housework in response to labor market promotions and terminations. Operating much like raises, such events have the potential to alter intra-household power dynamics. Using Australian panel data, we estimate...

The allocation and exchange of discrete resources, such as transplant organs, pub- lic housing, dormitory rooms, and many other resources for which agents have single-unit demand, is often conducted via direct mechanisms without monetary transfers. Incentive compatibility and ef?ciency are...

This paper addresses the question of how firms react to tax incentives in a formula apportionment (FA) tax regime. Under FA, the profits of all consolidated entities of a business group are summed and then allocated according to a formula based on FA factors. We hypothesize that firms may change...

We empirically assess the extent to which relative growth rates in labor productivity, output, and wage, and growth in a proxy of firms' concentration can explain relative bank credit growth at a sectorial level in the Mexican economy. To that end, we divide our sectors into two groups based on...

I analyze two opposing effects of firm dynamics on productivity over the business cycle. Consider net exit, on the one hand it reallocates resources to incumbents whose productivity improves through scale economies, on the other hand it reduces the competitive pressure incumbents face which...

Anti-trust infringers are liable jointly and severally, i.e., any offender may be sued and forced to compensate a victim on behalf of all. EU law then grants the singled-out firm a right to internal redress: all infringers are obliged to contribute in proportion to their relative responsibility...

Managers are supervising more and more workers, and firms are getting flatter. However, not all firms have been keen on increasing the number of subordinates that their bosses manage (referred to as the “span of control” in human resource management), contending that there are limits to...

Average wages are considerably lower in agriculture than in the other sectors. We document this fact for thirteen countries ranging from rich (Canada, U.S.) to poor (India, Indonesia). We develop a measure of human capital that accounts for the selection of workers with different unobserved...

High-value agricultural supply chains have been playing an increasingly important role in developing countries and have had significant effects on the rural labour markets. This paper analyses the simultaneous effects of small producer participation in the latter on both household hired labour...

Small farms and fragmented plots are hallmarks of agriculture in less-developed countries, and there is evidence of high returns to land consolidation and reallocation. Complementarities, holdout and asymmetric information mean that private trade will be slow to reallocate land, and imply that...