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Essays on the Transition to Sustainable Economies
(2023-07-13)
Current modes of production and consumption are incompatible with a state of nature that ensures a safe human existence. How to best transition to sustainable economies? This dissertation studies societal (Chapter 1), ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(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 Macroeconomics
(2023-10-12)
This dissertation consists of three independent research studies. All of them use empirical databases and methods to shed light on important topics. The first chapter provides a full picture of the effects of government ...
Behavioral-Self-Management: A Model Case for Fundamental Empirical Legal Research
(2023-08-08)
The empirical evidence seems to overwhelmingly suggest that endowment effects have a significant impact on the private exchange of goods and the functioning of the legal system. Jury decisions, claims for damages and ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(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. ...
Four Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2023-05-25)
Culture -- as defined by the collection of beliefs, norms and preferences shared within social groups -- interacts in complex ways with social and economic outcomes.
It, both, shapes the economic and social environment ...
It, both, shapes the economic and social environment ...
Essays on Social Identity and Moral Behavior
(2023-08-18)
This dissertation contributes to a better understanding of individual decision-making by presenting four independent research papers that study the determinants and consequences of individual decision-making.
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Essays on Preference Formation
(2023-08-17)
This dissertation centers on cognitive factors like attention, complexity, motivation, and memory, and their role in explaining individual decision-making processes. The study aims to contribute to this literature by ...
Essays in Collective Decision-Making
(2023-08-29)
Group decisions are ubiquitous in democratic societies. They range from general elections, and referenda to voting inside various organizations such as political institutions, and corporate boards. The present dissertation ...
Essays in Macroeconomics
(2023-03-07)
A central goal of macroeconomic policy is the stabilization of business cycle fluctuations. Stabilization policies, including monetary and fiscal policy, are implemented based on the paradigm that stable economic conditions ...