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1. Present bias and externalities : can government intervention raise welfare?
Kotsogiannēs, Chrēstos; Schwager, Robert;2022
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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2. How important are pocketbook voting, social preferences and expressive motives in referenda?
abstractEconomic models on voting usually assume that voters maximize their own material interests. Yet there is convincing evidence that people also tend to care about fairness and the common good. Furthermore, some voters may derive utility from the act of voting in a certain way, independent of whether their vote affects the actual outcome. To evaluate the importance of these motives, we studied voting in student referenda on whether to collectively purchase a public good, such as a regional train ticket. Most students voted in line with their pocketbook interests and reported that their own willingness to pay was more important in their vote choice than others’ willingness to pay.
Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert;2021
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Link Link 3. Quasi-hyperbolic discounting and externalities : can government intervention improve wefare?
abstractThe recent literature has emphasized that government intervention when consumers have quasi-hyperbolic preferences ('bias for the present') over consumption is not welfare-enhancing. This paper introduces a market imperfection (which takes the form of a negative externality) and shows that government intervention is welfare-enhancing if the market imperfection is sufficiently strong or the consumers' bias for the present is weak. This conclusion holds, interestingly, even if the gocernment and the consumers share the same biased intertemporal preferences.
Kotsogiannēs, Chrēstos; Schwager, Robert;2020
Type: Konferenzbeitrag; Conference paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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4. Empirische Analyse : Konsequenzen für die transaktionsbezogene Gewinnaufteilung
Oestreicher, Andreas; Muntermann, Jan; Schwager, Robert; Mewes, Patrick; Palmer, Matthias; Röder, Jan; Rottner, Florian;2020
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5. Academic achievement and tracking : a theory based on grading standards
abstractWe present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability students may be higher in a comprehensive school system, even if there are neither synergy effects nor interdependent preferences among classmates. This arises because the comprehensive school sets a compromise standard which exceeds the standard from the low ability track. Moreover, if students with lower initial ability have higher eagerness to learn, merging classes will increase average performance.
Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert;2019
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Link 6. Bildungsföderalismus für mündige Bürger
Schwager, Robert;2019
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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7. Present bias and externalities: Can government intervention raise welfare?
Kotsogiannis, Christos; Schwager, Robert;2022
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Link 8. Majority vote on educational standards
abstractThe direct democratic choice of an examination standard, i.e., a performance level required to graduate, is evaluated against a utilitarian welfare function. It is shown that the median preferred standard is inefficiently low if the marginal cost of reaching a higher performance reacts more sensitively to ability for high than for low abilities, and if the right tail of the ability distribution is longer than the left tail. Moreover, a high number of agents who choose not to graduate may imply that the median preferred standard is inefficiently low even if these conditions fail.
Schwager, Robert;2018
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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9. Essays on the real effects of tax reforms
abstractIn dieser Arbeit werden die realen Effekte von Steuerreformen untersucht. Die Politik nutzt häufig Steuerreformen, um realwirtschaftliche Entscheidungen von Unternehmen, wie zum Beispiel Investitionsentscheidungen, zu beeinflussen. Die zugrundeliegende Annahme ist, dass der Besteuerung eine bedeutende Rolle im Entscheidungsprozess von Unternehmen zukommt. Vor diesem Hintergrund umfasst diese Arbeit drei empirische Studien zu den realen Effekten von Steuerreformen. In der ersten Studie wird untersucht, ob eine Erhöhung der Dividendenbesteuerung, die nur körperschaftsteuerpflichtige Minderhei...
Hillmann, Lisa; Oestreicher, Andreas; Korn, Olaf; Schwager, Robert;2021
Type: Hochschulschrift; Aufsatzsammlung; Beiträge
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Link Link Link 10. Subsidizing Health-Conscious Behavior Now or Later
abstractIn a model where consumers have quasi-hyperbolic preferences, we compare immediate subsidies paid for health-conscious consumption and future subsidies rewarding good health outcome. We characterize the subsidy rates which implement the unbiased choice. These rates differ because of two countervailing effects: (1) the individual applies quasi-hyperbolic discounting to future subsidy receipts, and (2) she can use the future subsidy to partially correct her own future behavior. We further show that future subsidies result in higher costs for a government which discounts exponentially. However, this result does not necessarily hold if the government itself is formed by time-inconsistent individuals
Danilowicz-Gösele, Kamila; Schwager, Robert;2021
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