This study consists of three empirical essays that analyse the impact of corruption on foreign direct investment, institutions and growth linkages and subjective well-being in transition countries.

This thesis addresses theoretical and empirical questions related to network economics. In particular, it analyze network effects and switching costs in the mobile telecommunications industry. The first chapter analyzes competition in a two-period differentiated-products duopoly in the presence...

In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist es in den USA zu einem enormen Anstieg der Ungleichheit der Lohnverteilung gekommen. Für einen Großteil der Geringqualifizierten war diese Entwicklung – trotz erheblichen technologischen Fortschritts – mit realen Einkommenseinbußen verbunden. In den 1980er...

This dissertation contains four independent chapters. Chapter 1 analyzes the impact of vertical integration on quality provision. Chapter 2 seeks to explain the pervasiveness of uncoordinated corruption. Chapter 3 proposes a theory of political agency. Chapter 4 is an inquiry into the...