A5051765704- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Taxation and Compliance Studies
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Politics, Economics, and Education Policy
- Corruption and Economic Development
- Defense, Military, and Policy Studies
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Economic Policies and Impacts
- Game Theory and Applications
- German Economic Analysis & Policies
- European Monetary and Fiscal Policies
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Economic theories and models
- Global Health Care Issues
- Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
- Media Influence and Politics
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Insurance and Financial Risk Management
Berlin School of Economics and Law
2016-2025
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
2015-2024
University Hospital Heidelberg
2021
Ifo Institute for Economic Research
2018-2021
Heidelberg University
2021
Kiel University
2016
Economie Publique
2011-2015
Max Planck Society
2009-2015
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2009-2012
Leibniz University Hannover
2005-2007
ABSTRACT Governments often choose deficit financing over budget cuts or tax increases to fund public goods, driven by the political unpopularity of latter options. This study investigates potential trade‐off between maintaining prudent finances and securing voter support analyzing relationship preferences for provision goods. We use a survey‐based discrete choice experiment with 1808 respondents representative German population. Focusing on national defense as case study, our findings reveal...
Defense spending accounts for a large share of the budget in many countries, but value resulting public good - national defense has so far escaped assessment. Much literature instead considered indirect benefits terms greater economic growth or technological spillovers. In this paper, we assess direct welfare effects policy, namely an increase security citizens, by means survey-based discrete choice experiment. Drawing on representative sample German population, results suggest substantial...
Abstract Various options are being discussed to increase Germany’s defense capabilities. Increasing the size of Bundeswehr is proving difficult, and compulsory military service hardly seems feasible for economic socio-political reasons. A European army technological alternatives such as missile drones more popular. In terms financing, budget consolidation tax increases preferred over pure debt financing. However, focus debate should be less on expenditure its impact. efficiency essential. At...
Abstract Many public goods provide utility by insuring against hazardous events. Those can have self‐insurance and self‐protection character. For both situations we analyze the efficient provision level resulting from Nash behavior in a private game. We consider interaction of as insurance devices with market insurance. The availability reduces good for provision, regardless whether or self‐protection. Moreover, show that has always larger impact than
We evaluated the Bovine hydroxyapatite (BHA) structure. BHA powder was admixed with 5 and 10 wt% natural pumice (NP). Compression strength, Vickers micro hardness, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) X-ray diffraction studies were performed on final NP-BHA composite products. The cells proliferation investigated by MTT assay SEM. Furthermore, antimicrobial activity of samples interrogated. Variances in sintering temperature (for NP composites) between...
Abstract In this paper, we study the effect of endogenous audit probabilities on reporting behavior in a face‐to‐face compliance situation, such as at customs. an experimental setting which underreporting has higher expected payoff than truthful reporting, find increase about 80 percent if subjects have reason to believe that their towards officer influences probability. Higher is driven by considerations how own appearance and performance affect probability, rather social psychological...
In a tax compliance experiment with real face-to-face communication between declaring subjects and officers, we analyse the role of both subject's officer's gender for deceptive behaviour. We do not find, first, that amount underreporting generally depends on gender, second, matching genders plays Moreover, as reaction to high rather than low penalty, women men reduce behaviour same extent therefore exhibit risk-taking attitude.
Elevated blood lactate levels are frequently found in critically ill patients and thought to result from tissue hypoperfusion cellular oxygen shortage. Considering the close relationship between immune cell function intracellular metabolism, is more than a glycolytic waste molecule but able regulate response. Our aim was elucidate temporal mechanistic effect of extracellular on monocytes. To this end, primary human monocytes monocytic line MonoMac6 were stimulated with various...
Abstract We study self-selection into earning money in an honest or dishonest fashion based on individuals’ attitudes toward truthful reporting. propose a decision-theoretic framework where willingness to pay for earnings is determined by their (behavioral) lying costs. Our laboratory experiment identifies costs as the decisive factor causing opportunities individuals with high and cheating those prepared misreport. experimental setup allows us recover individual distribution population.
Motivated by recent disasters, this article analyzes the risk-sharing aspect in a federation. The regions can be hit shock leading to losses that occur with an exogenous probability and stochastically independent way. spend effort on self-insurance reduce size of loss. Being part federation has two countervailing welfare effects. On one hand, there is well-known increase due risk pooling. other public good, because all benefit from reduction There exists Samaritan’s dilemma kind effect...
Abstract To assess preferences for measures that strengthen security and defense as a public good, discrete choice experiments are promising approach. For Germany, such survey-based experiment reveals strong preference the installation of European air system, but also an increase in troop size German military by 25% well creation army. these changes, there is aggregate willingness to pay approximately 11.5 billion euros. Approval vary party preference. However, reintroduction compulsory...
Time is a crucial determinant of deception, since some misreporting opportunities come as surprise and require an intuitive decision while others allow for extensive reflection time. To be able to pursue deceptive strategy, however, subject must aware the opportunity. This paper provides experimental evidence on role time dimension dishonest decision-making cognition process chance deceive. We conduct laboratory experiment self-serving behavior which combines two exogenously varied levels...
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This paper studies the role of beliefs about how own appearance and performance affect subjective probability being audited in a compliance situation, e.g. at customs. In an experiment which underreporting has higher expected payoff than truthful reporting we find increase 80% if subjects have reason to believe that their or influences audit probability. We is driven by beliefs, rather social psychological effects personal contact. contrast, do not evidence for individuals who can reduce...
Summary Effective from 2005, benefits for long-term unemployed have been reduced in Germany to the level of social assistance. This measure reflects view that “all who are able work, should work” - a which makes sense only if government can distinguish disabled productive. In this paper we augment standard model optimal taxation, where has no information about individual productivities, by very assumption: Partial means productive, but cannot among different productive types. An interesting...