Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät - Digitale Hochschulschriften der LMU

Empirical essays on the economics of the family

Four essays on the biological standard of living in Europe and America in historical perspective

The dissertation contributes to the understanding of the secular development of human well-being and its determinants in the 18th and 19th century by using the concept of the biological standard of living.Each chapter of this dissertation is related to one specific region of the world: Germany, GB, Norway, and the US..

Cooperation in social dilemmas

Three essays on the role of intellectual property rights in innovation, foreign direct investments and imitation

Financial incentives and behavior

Essays in econometrics

Of firms and (wo)men

The economics of new products and productivity

A network analysis of contagion risk in the interbank market

Firm-level technology choices and endogenous production structures in the global economy

Essays on the impact of intellectual property rights on development, growth, and innovation

Essays in political and educational economics

Firm heterogeneity, financial development, foreign direct investment, and monetary policy

Financial development and firm internationalization: theory and evidence

Three essays on price setting and monetary policy

Determinants and consequences of foreign direct investment in services

Empirical essays on health, wealth and politics

Three essays in industrial organization: pay-for-delay settlements, exclusive contracts, and price discrimination

This dissertation encompasses three essays in the field of Industrial Organization. The first paper asks the policy relevant question how pay-for-delay settlements in the pharmaceutical industry should be regulated in order to maximize consumer welfare. The second paper examines the welfare effects of exclusive contracts under consideration of the possibility of contract breach and imperfect downstream competition within a theoretical model. The third paper investigates how the profitability of ...

Uncertainty, heterogeneous expectation errors and economic activity: evidence from business survey data

Behavior under Risk and in Social Dilemmas

Incentives and other-regarding preferences

Talent, taxes and credit constraints: explaining productivity and investment in times of crisis

An economic analysis of media markets

Three Essays on Commitment and Information Problems

Essays on the impact of international taxation and bilateral treaties on multinational firm activity

Institutions and Public Sector Performance: Empirical Analyses of Revenue Forecasting and Spatial Administrative Structures

This book analyzes the role of institutions in public finance, focusing on the issues of revenue forecasting and the spatial administrative structure of municipalities. Chapter 2 analyzes the international differences in forecasting practices and shows that forecasting performance depends on the institutional arrangement. The performance turns out to improve with the degree of independence, but also hinges on the timing of the forecast. Chapter 3 looks into revenue forecasting in Germany and wid...

Incomplete Contracts, Financial Frictions and Trade - Firms and Consumers in a Global Economy

Three Empirical Essays in Economics Using Firm Level Panel Data

Four Essays on Risk, Incentives, and Markets

Standards and Incentives in Safety Regulation