The Faculty of Law and Economics: Browsing Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät by Title
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Frackenpohl, Gerrit (2014-08-29)One of the basic assumptions of standard economic theory is that individuals' behavior is solely guided by the quest for the highest possible material outcome. However, there is ample evidence of additional factors influencing ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Radbruch, Jonas (2020-11-25)This dissertation consists of four independent chapters, which all study determinants of human behavior. All chapters leverage insights from behavioral economics or methods from experimental economics. The unifying framework ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Gabler, Janoś (2022-09-05)Three essays in Applied Microeconomics. The first essay describes a detailed agent based model of disease transmission and its application to the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany. The second provides methods for uncertainty ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Kießling, Lukas Benedikt Robert (2020-01-14)What determines human behavior? This seemingly simple question is at the core of economics and the social sciences more generally. Yet, it is one of the most difficult questions to answer for at least two reasons: First, ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Stumpe, Valentin Lorenz (2022-05-25)The first two chapters of this thesis are connected by an overarching question: Can we use the electricity price to incentivize electricity consumption when it is plentiful and electricity conservation when it is scarce? ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Heuser, Sven Andreas Norbert (2022-08-26)One major goal of modern societies is to establish a cooperative and cohesive community. Though most people can agree on this goal, it is less clear how it can be achieved. To be able to make informed political changes ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Dato, Simon (2022-06-28)This thesis consists of four independent research papers. Chapter 1 analyzes the impact of consumer myopia on competition and firm behavior. In our model, firms repeatedly sell a primary good and a respective add-on. In ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Fang, Ximeng (2022-06-22)This thesis uses experimental and quasi-experimental methods combined with real-world data to explore whether and how we may (or may not) leverage insights from psychology and economics to design simple non-monetary ... -
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 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 ...