Outsourcing in the presence of imperfect markets [Elektronische Ressource] / Jan König

OUTSOURCING IN THE PRESENCE OF IMPERFECT MARKETS Diplom-Volkswirt Jan König geboren in Gardelegen Inauguraldissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Titels Doctor rerum politicarum vorgelegt am Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft an der Freien Universität Berlin Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Ronnie Schöb Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Walter Ried Tag der Disputation: 29. Januar 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wrote this thesis while working at the Chair of Public Economics at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg and the Freie Universität Berlin. First, I would like to thank my academic teacher Ronnie Schöb for his guidance during the last years and for the discussions of my thesis. I also wish to thank Walter Ried for giving me the chance to work in the academic area, and of course, for being my second advisor. I am also indebted to my colleagues Andreas Knabe, Caterina Liesegang, Clemens Hetschko, Katharina Jenderny and Sven Wehke for commenting and discussing my work and clarifying major and minor questions. I would also like to thank Cordula Arlinghaus-Budimir and Sabine Wolf for proofreading and helping me to organize my work at the chairs and thereby reducing the administrative burden.