Essays on incentives in public and private institutions [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Tobias Böhm

Essays on Incentives in Public and PrivateInstitutionsInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des GradesDoctor oeconomiae publicae (Dr. oec. publ.)im Jahr 2007an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit¨at Munc¨ henvorgelegt vonTobias Bohm¨Referent: Prof. Ray ReesKorreferent: Prof. Dr. Klaus M. SchmidtPromotionsabschlussberatung: 6. Februar 2008iiAcknowledgementsFirst and foremost I would like to thank my thesis supervisor Ray Rees. I am very gratefulfor his encouragement and his insightful comments. Moreover, as my boss at the Seminar fur¨Versicherungswissenschaft, he kept the workload comparably low.I am also indebted to Klaus M. Schmidt who agreed to serve as second supervisor on mycommittee. I also benefited a lot from his insightful comments and his outstanding contracttheory course.Rainald Borck completes my thesis committee as third examiner and I am grateful for that.Special thanks go to my colleagues Florian Englmaier, Ingrid K¨ onigbauer, Nadine Riedel,and Hans Zenger who were always available for vivid discussions. Moreover, Irmgard vonder Herberg provided valuable assistance with all kinds of administrative issues which aroseduring my years at the chair.During the years of my doctorate I had the chance to spend an academic year as a MarieCurie Fellow at Universit` a Bocconi in Milan. I am grateful for the financial support providedby the European Commission.