Kiel Institute for the World Economy

It depends on the question: How survey format shapes the measurement of public attitudes to carbon capture and storage in Norway

Public attitudes towards emerging, technically complex climate technologies are difficult to measure with standard closed-ended items. When an issue is unfamiliar and low in salience, closed formats may invite low-effort, weakly held answers that mask uncertainty and ambivalence....

Motivated Procrastination

This study provides a rigorous empirical test for motivated memory as a cause for procrastination. In a longitudinal experiment over four weeks, individuals had to complete a cumbersome task of unknown length and receive noisy signals about their assigned workload. Varying scope...

Personality traits of entrepreneurs and the size of their firms

Abstract Personality research in entrepreneurship often focuses on venture entry and survival, leaving personality traits associated with firm size underexamined. Using novel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel that include a sample of owner-managers running larger firms, w...

Geopolitical Risk, Economic Complexity and Ecological Footprint: Does Governance Quality Matter?

ABSTRACT Achieving sustainable development goals has become a forefront issue of concern for the international community. However, the increasing geopolitical risks (GPRs) and rising economic complexity (ECI) globally have made environmental governance issues more intricate. This...

The Price of a Horn: How Governance and Policy Shape an Illegal Wildlife Market

ABSTRACT Understanding the determinants of illegal rhino horn prices can provide information for the design of policies to conserve wild rhinoceroses. Using a theoretical model, we identify empirical measures that may affect illegal rhino horn prices and derive testable hypothese...