Give and take [Elektronische Ressource] : three essays on giving behind the veil of ignorance, taking with deterrent incentives, and educational attainment / vorgelegt von Hannah Hörisch

Give andTakeThree Essays on Giving behind the Veil of Ignorance,Taking with Deterrent Incentives, and Educational AttainmentInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des GradesDoctor oeconomiae publicae (Dr. oec. publ.)an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t M?nchen2008vorgelegt vonHannah H?rischReferent: Prof. Dr. Klaus M. SchmidtKorreferent: Prof. Dr. Joachim WinterPromotionsabschlussberatung: 16. Juli 2008AcknowledgementsFirst and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisor Klaus Schmidt for all hiscritical questions and constructive comments that have shaped this thesis. I am alsovery grateful for his general support and encouragement as well as many inspiring andchallenging discussions.IhavealwaysenjoyedworkingattheSeminarofEconomicTheoryattheUniversityof Munich ?an environment that was formed by my colleagues at the chair. Thankyou all for very pleasurable collaboration in excellent atmosphere. Special thanks goto my co-author Christina Strassmair. I have enjoyed working with her a lot and havepro?ted enormously from our discussions.IhavereceivedinsightfulandhelpfulcommentsfromtoomanycolleaguesinMunichandatmanyconferencesandseminarpresentationstolistthemall?still,Iamindebtedto all of them. I thank Christian Traxler, Christoph Bauner, Felix H?risch, GeorgGebhardt, Guido Schwedt, Joachim Winter, Ludger W?m?ann, Maria Lehner, MartinKocher, Matthias Sutter, Nadine Riedel, Sandra Ludwig and Simone Kohnz for theircomments and time.