Discussion und Working Papers

  1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2009

    Environmental damage and price taking behaviour by firms and consumer

    Integrated assessment models lack a microeconomic foundation in modelling environmental damages to the economy. To overcome this, damage coefficients are incorporated in standard microeconomic models. Firms…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2009

    Zeitpräferenzen von Kindern im Vorschulalter: Eine experimentelle Untersuchung im Rahmen des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP)

    In dieser Arbeit werden anhand einer spezifischen Datenerhebung im Rahmen des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) mögliche Determinanten des Belohnungsaufschubs im Alter von fünf bis sechs Jahren untersucht (im…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2009

    Social Preferences under Risk – An Experimental Analysis

    The literature on social preferences provides overwhelming evidence of departures from pure self-interest of individuals. Experiments show that people care about others' well-being and their relative standing.…