Five essays in economic theory [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Nora Szech

Five Essays in Economic TheoryInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktorsder Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftswissenschaftendurch dieRechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakult atder Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit atBonnvorgelegt vonNora Szechaus Bremen2010Dekan: Prof. Dr. Christian HillgruberErstreferent: Prof. Dr. Benny MoldovanuZweitreferent: JProf. Dr. Anja Sch ottnerTag der mundlic hen Prufung: 14.09.2010Diese Dissertation ist auf dem Hochschulschriftenserver der ULB Bonn(http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/diss online) elektronisch publiziert.AcknowledgmentsMany people supported me in writing this thesis, and I am grateful to all of them.First I want to thank my supervisor Benny Moldovanu for all his support and inspi-ration. I learned very much from his comments and critique, not only on my ownwork.Anja Sch ottner, the second referee of my thesis, in uenced with her topics courseespecially the rst two chapters. Her advice helped me very much.Another big thank goes to Patrick Schmitz, who advised me on almost all of myprojects and gave me a lot of valuable comments and critique.From Avner Shaked I learned a lot about game theory and its place in the world.Rani Spiegler whose work inspired Chapter 2 supported me very much. PhilippWeinschenk is the coauthor of the paper presented in Chapter 3. I enjoyed verymuch to work with him.