TY - JOUR A1 - Traxler, Christian A1 - Trautmann, Stefan T1 - Reserve Prices as Reference Points : Evidence from Auctions for Football Players at Hattrick.org JF - Journal of Economic Psychology N2 - We study the impact of sellers’ reserve prices on transfer prices in online auctions of virtual football players at Hattrick.org. We introduce an empirical model that distinguishes between two separate effects from public reserve prices: (1) a mechanical effect, which is driven by the design of the English auction and (2) a psychological reference-dependence effect through reserve prices serving as reference points. The psychological effect has recently been introduced in behavioral models of situations where agents are uncertain about their own willingness-to-pay, while the mechanical effect is well captured by standard auction theory. Controlling for censoring when players are not sold, both effects are observed. Once we account for the potential endogeneity of reserve prices, however, we do not find evidence for reference dependence in Hattrick auctions. KW - Reserve prices KW - Reference dependence KW - Auctions KW - Online games Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-21619 SN - 0167-4870 N1 - This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Economic Psychology. The final authenticated version is available online at: DOI 10.1016/j.joep.2009.08.004 VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 230 EP - 240 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Traxler, Christian A1 - Slemrod, Joel T1 - Optimal Observability in a Linear Income Tax JF - Economics Letters N2 - We study the optimal observability of the tax base within the standard linear income tax problem, where observability is determined by the government's investment into the accurate measurement of the tax base. KW - Optimal linear income taxation KW - Observability KW - Tax enforcement Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-21590 SN - 0165-1765 N1 - This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Economics Letters. The final authenticated version is available online at: DOI 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.04.044 VL - 108 IS - 2 SP - 105 EP - 108 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Traxler, Christian T1 - Social Norms and Conditional Cooperative Taxpayers JF - European Journal of Political Economy N2 - This paper incorporates tax morale into the Allingham and Sandmo (1972) model of income tax evasion. Tax morale is modeled as a social norm for tax compliance. The strength of the norm is shaped endogenously, depending on the share of evaders in the society. Taxpayers act conditionally cooperative as their evasion depends on the others' compliance. We characterize the equilibrium which accounts for this interdependence and study the implications for tax and enforcement policies. The analysis is extended to the case of a society consisting of heterogenous communities. Individual evasion decisions are then embedded in a complex social structure and behavior is influenced by the norm compliance among morale reference groups. Within this framework, we highlight the role of belief management as an alternative policy tool. KW - Tax evasion KW - Social norms KW - Multiple equilibria KW - Conditional cooperation KW - Belief management Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-21603 SN - 0176-2680 N1 - This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in European Journal of Political Economy. The final authenticated version is available online at: DOI 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2009.11.001 VL - 26 IS - 1 SP - 89 EP - 103 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Stockmann, Daniela ED - Carlson, Allen ED - Gallagher, Mary E. ED - Lieberthal, Kenneth ED - Manion, Melanie T1 - Information Overload? Collecting, Managing, and Analyzing Chinese Media Content T2 - Contemporary Chinese Politics: New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies Y1 - 2010 SN - 9780521155762, 978-0521197830, 978-0521197830 N1 - Also published as: Meiti zai kandai ouzhouren shi dui minzu zhongxin zhuyi de yingxiang (Media Influence on Ethnocentrism Towards Europeans).” In Lisheng Dong et al., eds, 2012. Latest Data, Contributing Factors and Policy Implications, (Beijing: China Social Sciences Academic Press), pp. 257-76. SP - 107 EP - 128 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stockmann, Daniela T1 - Who Believes Propaganda? Media Effects during the Anti-Japanese Protests in Beijing JF - The China Quarterly Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-23943 VL - 2010 IS - 202 SP - 269 EP - 289 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stockmann, Daniela T1 - Book Review. Young Nam Cho, Local People's Congresses in China JF - Perspectives on Politics Y1 - 2010 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0920203X090230030602 SP - 1247 EP - 1248 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stockmann, Daniela T1 - Google en oeroude duiven: Hoe de publieke opinie in China wordt gestuurd T1 - Google and Ancient Pigeons: How Public Opinion is Guided in China JF - China Nu JF - China Now Y1 - 2010 VL - 2 SP - 22 EP - 25 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stockmann, Daniela T1 - Book Review. Haiqing Yu, Media and Cultural Transformation in China JF - China Information Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203X100240010509 VL - 24 IS - 1 SP - 114 EP - 115 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Sezgi, Funda A1 - Mair, Johanna T1 - To Control or Not Control: A Coordination Perspective to Scaling T2 - Scaling Social Impact: New Thinking KW - Social Entrepreneurship KW - Scaling KW - Control KW - Coordination Y1 - 2010 SN - Hardcover ISBN 978-0-230-10437-2, Softcover ISBN 978-0-230-33837-1 SP - 29 EP - 44 PB - Palgrave Macmillan US CY - New York ER - TY - RPRT A1 - SEI, ECI und Cambridge Econometrics, T1 - The Contribution of Products to Meeting UK Climate Change Targets Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Römmele, Andrea A1 - Falk, Svenja A1 - Thunert, Martin A1 - Schober, Henrik T1 - Vom strategischen Nutzen des Wissens in der Politikberatung: Eine Erwiderung auf die Kritik von Nico Koppo und Hagen Schölzel JF - Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS) N2 - Das Thema Politikberatung hat in den vergangenen Jahren zunehmend Beachtung gefunden und wichtige wissenschaftliche Debatten über die zugrunde liegenden Theorien und Konzepte ausgelöst. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird die These der Autoren verteidigt, dass sich in Deutschland parallel zu den klassischen dezisionistischen Beratungsstrukturen eine Variante der Politikberatung entwickelt hat, die auf dauerhafter diskursiv-kooperativer Interaktion zwischen Beratern und Beratenen beruht. Das durch solche Beratung gewonnene Wissen ist nicht nur externe Legitimationsquelle oder Entscheidungsgrundlage. Es ist vielmehr im politischen Prozess verankert und kann Wirkung entfalten, sofern es den Gütekriterien der epistemischen und politischen Robustheit genügt. KW - Politikberatung KW - Politikzyklus KW - Nutzung von Wissen KW - Staatlichkeit Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-010-0010-3 SN - 1862-2860 VL - 51 IS - 1 SP - 119 EP - 125 PB - VS-Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Römmele, Andrea A1 - Falk, Svenja A1 - Thunert, Martin A1 - Schober, Henrik T1 - Politikberatungsforschung T2 - Politikwissenschaft in Deutschland Y1 - 2010 SP - 97 EP - 121 PB - Nomos CY - Baden-Baden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Römmele, Andrea A1 - Falk, Svenja A1 - Schober, Henrik A1 - Thunert, Martin T1 - Politikberatungsforschung T2 - Politikwissenschaft in Deutschland N2 - Die Verfasser stellen den state of the art im Bereich der Politikberatungsforschung dar. Nach einer Einführung in das Themengebiet und einer Skizze der konzeptionellen und theoretischen Zugänge werden die inhaltliche Beratung (policy advice) und die Beratung, die den politischen Prozess betrifft (political consulting), skizziert. Für beide Spielarten der Politikberatung werden anhand eines beispielhaften Bereichs zentrale Akteure und Handlungsfelder identifiziert und mittels klassischer und aktueller Forschungsarbeiten sowie anderer Schlüsseltexte skizziert. Hinsichtlich des policy advice werden die Beratungsstrukturen der Exekutiven auf Bundes- und Länderebene sowie ausgewählte externe Beratungseinrichtungen berücksichtigt, für das political consulting die zunehmenden Angebote an kommerzieller Kommunikationsberatung ausgewählt. Ein Resümee skizziert auf dieser Basis die Gegenwart und Zukunft der Politikberatungsforschung anhand von Forschungskontroversen, Forschungs- und Wissenslücken sowie Forschungsdesideraten. Y1 - 2010 SP - 97 EP - 121 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Römmele, Andrea T1 - Public Affairs: Was ist das? Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reh, Christine ED - Bjola, Corneliu ED - Kornprobst, Markus T1 - Consensus, compromise and “inclusive agreement”: Negotiating supranational governance T2 - Arguing Global Governance: Agency, Lifeworld and Shared Reasoning N2 - Negotiated “policy-arrangements” and their institutionalization are at the heart of global governance. This chapter focuses on the European Union (EU) as one particular arena that produces binding decisions beyond the nation state. For scholars of global governance, the EU constitutes an interesting but idiosyncratic case: the EU’s system of decision-making and enforcement is highly institutionalized; the EU covers a broad policy-remit, touching upon core areas of national sovereignty such as monetary policy or border control; and the EU is exceptionally intrusive and effective, producing binding laws that are widely complied with in its member states. At the same time, the nature of supranational governance – famously described as “less than a federation, more than a regime” (Wallace 1983) – remains open and undefined. For scholars of argumentation, deliberation and persuasion, the European Union is an equally fruitful object of study: the EU’s deliberative decision-style is used to explain compliance with European law (Neyer 2004); the EU is conceptualized as an actor that projects “normative” rather than military power (Manners 2002) and the supranational decision-process serves as testing ground for theories of deliberation (Eriksen and Fossum 2000; Joerges and Neyer 1997a, 1997b), argumentation (Naurin 2010), problem-solving (Elgström and Jönsson 2000), rhetorical action (Schimmelfennig 2001) and judgment (Kornprobst 2008). Y1 - 2010 SN - 9781136906367 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203842577 SP - 177 EP - 194 PB - Routledge CY - London ER - TY - GEN A1 - Pisani-Ferry, Jean A1 - Jaillet, Pierre T1 - L'euro en 2019 T2 - Revue d’Economie Financière. L'euro en 2019 N2 - Dans ce numéro, la Revue propose de réfléchir au futur de la monnaie unique. De grands décideurs et des experts renommés ont été invités à répondre à la question suivante : « Quelles sont selon vous les évolutions les plus susceptibles d'influencer et, le cas échéant, de transformer la zone euro et son fonctionnement dans les dix années à venir ? ». L'ensemble des contributions est donc orienté vers l'avenir plutôt que vers l'évaluation des résultats du passé. L'euro est considéré comme un succès, mais le bilan de l'UEM est plus controversé. Les auteurs nous livrent une réflexion sans complaisance qui met en valeur les défis de la prochaine décennie : - si l'euro a bravement traversé la tempête de la crise financière et économique, des réparations et des aménagements s'imposent ; - les outils de gestion macroéconomique de la zone euro doivent être plus efficaces ; - il faut achever la construction du marché unique ; - la stratégie d'élargissement doit être clarifiée ; - le rôle international de l'euro va devoir être discuté dans un contexte marqué par les déséquilibres globaux et la contestation de la domination du dollar ; - les Européens devront choisir de renforcer leurs institutions politiques s'ils tiennent à l'engrenage entre union monétaire et union politique. Les différents enjeux sont clairement exprimés par les auteurs et il en résulte que si les dix premières années ont parfois été mouvementées, les dix prochaines ne le seront sans doute pas moins. Y1 - 2010 UR - https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecofi_0987-3368_2010_num_96_1_5367 SP - 9 EP - 18 PB - Association d'économie financière CY - Arcueil, France ET - 96 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Pisani-Ferry, Jean A1 - Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès A1 - Coeuré, Benoît A1 - Jacquet, Pierre T1 - Economic Policy BT - Theory and Practice N2 - Written by four recognized experts with senior experience in research and government, this text is the first comprehensive survival kit for students and practitioners of economic policy. It is set to become an indispensable resource for everyone involved or interested in modern economic policy. Academic scholars willing to engage in policy discussions and students at graduate or advanced undergraduate levels will find it an essential bridge to the policy world. What makes the book unique is that it combines like no other, facts-based analysis, state-of-the art theories and models, and insights from first-hand policy experience at national and international levels. The book has grown out of ten years of experience teaching economic policy at the graduate level. It provides an intellectually coherent framework to understand the potentialities and limits of economic policy. It addresses positive dimensions (how do policies impact on modern economies?), normative dimensions (what should policymakers aim to achieve and against what should their action be judged?) and political-economy constraints (which are the limits and obstacles to public intervention?). It fills an important gap by reconciling in each major policy area stylized facts of recent economic history, key questions faced by contemporary policymakers, and essential lessons from theory which are captured and explained in a clear, concise, and self-contained way. All major areas of domestic and international policymaking are covered: fiscal policy, monetary policy, international finance and exchange-rate policy, tax policy, and long-term growth policies. The book concludes with a special chapter on the lessons of the financial crisis. The authors are intellectually non-partisan and they draw examples from various countries and experiences; from emerging markets to developing economies, shedding light when necessary on local specificities such as European Union rules and instruments. Economic Policy: Theory and Practice is the essential guide to economic policy in the new post-crisis context. Y1 - 2010 N1 - ISBN 9780195322736 Please note: Economic Policy, with Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Benoît Coeuré et Pierre Jacquet, 2010. New revised and expanded edition, forthcoming Oxford University Press 2018. Chinese edition, 2015. Greek edition, in preparation. PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Peters, G. P. A1 - Guan, Dabo A1 - Hubacek, K. A1 - Minx, Jan C. T1 - Effects of China's economic growth JF - Science Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.328.5980.824-b VL - 328 IS - 5980 SP - 824 EP - 825 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Paul, A. A1 - Wiedmann, Thomas A1 - Barrett, John A1 - Minx, Jan C. T1 - A Plain English Guide to Input-Output Analysis: The Resources und Energy Analysis Programme T2 - The Sustainability Practitioner's Guide to Input-Output Analysis Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1863357470 PB - CommonGround CY - Illinois, USA ER - TY - GEN A1 - Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina A1 - van Meurs, Wim T1 - Ottomans into Europeans: state and institution building in South-East Europe N2 - While many histories of the Balkans have been published, some very good and others poor, there is as yet no history of institutions in the Balkans. This is what the contributors to Ottomans into European offer the reader: a history of the most salient political institutions of the region: bureaucracies, judiciaries, democratic elections, free media, local and central government - and their frequently strained relations with traditional institutions. They also examine the selection, evolution, and performance of institutions in the post-Ottoman Balkans, and try to account for variations throughout the region. In writing this institutional history of the Balkans the contributors set themselves two key questions: did the post-Ottoman wave of Europeanization and Western-type institution building fail in the Balkans, and does this explain the region's continuing political fragility? And if this is the case, are there underlying structural determinants explaining that failure which might manifest themselves again in present attempts to re-integrate the region, from Turkey to Albania? Y1 - 2010 SN - 9780231701686 N1 - Available as print in your Hertie Library. Als Druckversion in der Hertie Bibliothek verfügbar. PB - Columbia University Press, CY - New York ER -