E-Dissertationen: Auflistung E-Dissertationen nach Titel
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Günther, Laurenz Richard Kuno (2023-10-05)This cumulative dissertation examines 1) the extent of substantive representation in Europe, 2) whether misperceptions can explain anti-asylum seeker attitudes, and 3) attitudes toward inherited inequality. -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Schäfer, Paul Ivo (2023-08-09)This dissertation explores the relationship between economic actions and relationships in three contexts: friendships in markets, customer relationships in auctions, and village communities during the 1930s Weimar Republic. ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Freyer, Timo (2023-10-27)This thesis consists of three essays that study the distribution of individual preferences, how they shape social interactions and translate into collective outcomes, and how they interact with the decision environment to ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Ehrmantraut, Laura Helene (2024-03-28)This thesis comprises three chapters, each serving as an independent research paper. Collectively, they all revolve around exploring individual decision making, with particular emphasis on the role of expectations and ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Ho, Chui Yee (2024-06-24)Standard economic models typically assume that individuals behave independently and only care about their own interests. However, individuals often consider the impact of their actions on others, and care about how their ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Mendel, Moritz (2024-09-02)This dissertation investigates the implications of different aspects of economic uncertainty. The first two chapters analyze the effect of education policy in the presence of economic uncertainty. The results offer important ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics and Management
Müller, Daniel (2010-03-24)A first wave of contributions to the field of psychology and economics mainly consisted of pointing out problems with traditional economic assumptions and articulating alternatives. By now, research has evolved to what ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics and Numerical Optimization
Petrosyan, Mariam (2024-04-04)This thesis combines three self-contained research studies. In the first chapter, we use empirical data to study the dynamics of physical and cognitive capacities during later stages of life within. <br> Concerning a ... -
Essays in Banking and Finance
Schlegel, Friederike Anna Sophie (2015-06-29)This dissertation consists of three chapters covering the development and analysis of three self-standing theoretical models. They all take an informational economics view and analyze important topics related to banking ... -
Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Schwerter, Frederik (2016-05-12)Behavioral economics has improved the understanding of economic phenomena by enriching the understanding of economic decision making with insights from psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Rigorous empirical investigations ... -
Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Hillenbrand, Adrian (2017-01-24)In this work I study the impact of different types of frames on decision making behavior. I show that the visual frame of disclosure documents influences investment and beliefs into a mutual fund. In the second part of the ... -
Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Strang, Louis Mick (2019-12-20)In Chapter 1 (joint with Markus Dertwinkel-Kalt, Holger Gerhardt, Gerhard Riener, and Frederik Schwerter), I examine asymmetries of intertemporal trade-offs and their implications for the patience of individuals. According ... -
Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Schaube, Sebastian (2019-02-27)Few economic decisions are ever made in a social vacuum. Many of us look constantly to others for guidance or for comparison. Our actions might benefit or hurt others, so we use said actions strategically to reward or to ... -
Essays in Behavioral Economics
Abeler, Johannes (2008)<p>This dissertation aims at continuing and expanding three lines of research prominent in behavioral economics today. The first chapter deals with the role of reciprocity in labor contracts and explores which factors ... -
Essays in Behavioral Economics
Zimmermann, Florian (2013-07-16)Chapter 1 focuses on individuals’ attitudes towards the timing of information. We test a theoretical prediction by Kőszegi and Rabin (2009), that people prefer to get information “clumped together” rather than piecewise. ... -
Essays in Behavioral Economics
Neuber, Thomas Erik (2021-08-26)This thesis consists of five chapters that contribute to understanding the consequences, measurement, and origins of heterogeneity in preferences. Underneath this overarching topic, several different threads are weaving ... -
Essays in Behavioral Economics
Chen, Si (2020-09-17)This dissertation presents three chapters revolving around the common theme ‘motivated reasoning.’ Motivated reasoning occurs when individuals tradeoff accurate beliefs and desirable beliefs (Bénabou and Tirole, 2016). ... -
Essays in Behavioral Economics
Andre, Peter (2022-02-03)This dissertation revolves around two themes: individuals' perceptions of reality and their beliefs about what characterizes a good, fair, and just world. It presents four independent research papers. Chapter 1 ("Shallow ... -
Essays in Behavioral Economics
Chopra, Felix Anand (2022-06-01)This thesis consists of four independent research papers. Chapter 1 ("Media Persuasion and Consumption: Evidence from the Dave Ramsey Show") examines whether entertaining mass media programs can influence individual ... -
Essays in Behavioral Economics
Apenbrink, Christian Rudolf (2023-04-04)This thesis consists of three self-contained chapters in behavioral economics. Employing methods from microeconometrics and experimental economics, I test causal hypotheses with a focus on two applications: the role of ...