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New pub­lic­a­tion in the Journ­al Eco­nom­ics Let­ters

The article "Prudence and prevention - empirical evidence" by Thomas Mayrhofer and Hendrik Schmitz has been accepted for publication by the Journal Economics Letters.

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On the 13th of September, 2025, Prof. Dr. Burkhard Hehenkamp will give a presentation on "Sustainable hospital regulation - On the welfare implications of digital treatment" at the 4th APHEC Workshop of the University of Genoa.

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Many of the major international and intrastate crises and conflicts, but also the threat to democratic principles, are driven by belief systems and ideologies. They fuel political polarization, which is particularly evident in the battleground of social media. Nevertheless, we hardly pay attention to ideologies, their narratives, functions and organizations in economic theory today. Ideologies as “non-rational beliefs” seem incompatible with…

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Wir freuen uns über die Bewilligung unseres Forschungsantrags “Hochpreisphasen meistern: Die Rolle von Verhaltensanpassungen in der Energiekrise” durch die Fritz-Thyssen Stiftung. Kurzzusammenfassung: Hohe und zunehmend volatile Energiepreise stellen Energiewirtschaft, Industrie und private Haushalte vor erhebliche Herausforderungen. Ein zentrales Beispiel ist die Gaskrise 2022/2023, in der die deutsche Energiewirtschaft mit stark gestiegenen…

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