Hannelore Weck-hannemann

Academic Failure by (2007)

Bruno S. Frey, Bruno S. Frey, Egon Franck, Robert Frank, René L. Frey, Reto Jegen, ...

Survival in academia depends on publications in refereed journals. Authors only get their papers accepted if they intellectually prostitute themselves by slavishly following the demands made by...

On the effects of asymmetric and endogenous taxation in experimental public goods games (2003)

Sutter,Matthias, Weck-Hannemann,Hannelore

In our experimental public-goods game, subjects face exogenously or endogenously determined asymmetric minimum contributions. Endogeneity does not affect overall contributions. If asymmetric...

Taxation and the veil of ignorance – A real effort experiment on the Laffer curve (2003)

Sutter,Matthias, Weck-Hannemann,Hannelore

In this paper we address the role of the veil of ignorance on work incentives and tax rates in a two-person real effort experiment. We find that effort levels decrease with a rise in tax rates. Tax...

On the effects of asymmetric and endogenous taxation in experimental public goods games (2003)

Sutter, Matthias, Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore

In our experimental public-goods game, subjects face exogenously or endogenously determined asymmetric minimum contributions. Endogeneity does not affect overall contributions. If asymmetric...

Taxation and the veil of ignorance – A real effort experiment on the Laffer curve (2003)

Sutter, Matthias, Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore

In this paper we address the role of the veil of ignorance on work incentives and tax rates in a two-person real effort experiment. We find that effort levels decrease with a rise in tax rates. Tax...

Academic Failure by (2002)

Bruno S. Frey, Bruno S. Frey, Egon Franck, Robert Frank, René L. Frey, Reto Jegen, ...

Survival in academia depends on publications in refereed journals. Authors only get their papers accepted if they intellectually prostitute themselves by slavishly following the demands made by...

Charity hazard - A real hazard to natural disaster insurance

Paul Raschky, Hannelore Weck-Hannemann

After the flooding in 2002 European governments provided billions of Euros of financial assistance to their citizens. Although there is no doubt that solidarity and some sort of assistance is...

Taxation and the Veil of Ignorance--A Real Effort Experiment on the Laffer Curve.

Sutter, Matthias, Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore

In this paper we address the role of the veil of ignorance on work incentives and tax rates in a two-person real effort experiment. We find that effort levels decrease with a rise in tax rates. Tax...

Globalization as a Challenge for Public Choice Theory.

Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore

Public choice theory in many ways provides a fruitful economic instrumentarium to be applied to the phenomena of internalization and globalization. International political economics offers much...

Tax Rates, Tax Administration and Income Tax Evasion in Switzerland.

Pommerehne, Werner W, Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore

This paper contains an empirical analysis of income tax noncompliance in Switzerland, based on the standard model of tax evasion. Noncompliance is found to be positively related to the marginal tax...

Frauen in der Ökonomie und Frauenökonomik: Zur Erklärung geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschiede in der Wirtschaft und in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Hannelore Weck-Hannemann

There are substantial differences in the specialisation within the family, the economy and academics by sex. In order to explain such gender effects, the economic approach focuses on differences in...

Who is going to save us now? Bureaucrats, Politicians and Risky Tasks

Paul A. Raschky, Hannelore Weck-Hannemann

The paper compares the policy choices regarding risk-transfer against low-probability-high-loss events between elected and appointed public officials. Empirical evidence using data on U.S....

Investment and Bargaining in Joint Ventures: A Family Decision Making Experiment

Werner Güth, Radosveta Ivanova-Stenzel, Matthias Sutter, Hannelore Weck-Hannemann

Bilateral joint ventures, such as marriage, are economically inspired by their prospects of labor division and specialization. However, specialization makes the partnerwho investsmore in...

Do People Care about Democracy? An Experiment Exploring the Value of Voting Rights.

Guth, Werner, Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore

In almost all democratic national elections, an individual vote cannot change the election outcome. The fact that many individuals nevertheless participate voluntarily in such elections suggests that...

An Experimental Test of the Public Goods Crowing Out Hypothesis when Taxation Is Endogenous

Matthias Sutter, Hannelore Weck-Hannemann

Andreoni (1993) has shown in an experimental study that crowding out is incomplete when an involuntary lump-sum tax is levied exogenously on individuals to finance the provision of a public good. In...