Ulrich Witt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1413448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ulrich Witt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ulrich |
| FAMILY NAME | Witt |
| SIGNATURE | WITT U |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Freiburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Does sustainability-promoting policy making reduce our welfare
Austrian Economics and the Evolutionary Paradigm
This chapter discusses the challenges raised by the inclusion of evolutionary elements in the theories of Carl Menger, Joseph Schumpeter, and Friedrich Hayek. Each adopted an idiosyncratic position in terms of method of inquiry, focus, and general message. The breadth of the topics and phenomena they cover testifies to the great variety of interpretations and potential uses of evolutionary concepts in economics. Menger, who made no reference to D…
Disentangling motivational and experiential aspects of “utility” – A neuroeconomics perspective
The crisis behind the crisis
The dynamics of consumer behavior and the transition to sustainable consumption patterns
Constitutional interests in the face of innovations
In constitutional political economy, the citizens’ constitutional interests determine the social contract that is binding for the post-constitutional market game. However, following traditional preference subjectivism, it is left open what the constitutional interests are. Using the example of risk attitudes, we argue that this approach is too parsimonious with regard to the behavioral foundations to support a calculus of consent. In face of inno…
Escaping Satiation
Between Appeasement and Belligerent Moralism
The Hayekian Puzzle
In his early years, F. A. Hayek focused his research on the theory of capital and the business cycle. Later he turned to social philosophy and the theory of a spontaneous economic order. The two phases, it is argued in this paper, correspond to two basically incompatible research programs—general equilibrium theory vs. a theory of adapting, collective learning, and expectation formation. Hayek never reconsidered business cycle theory in the light…
Innovations, externalities and the problem of economic progress
The emergence of a protective agency and the constitutional dilemma
The endogenous public choice theorist
Economics, sociobiology and behavioral psychology on preferences
Wissen, Präferenzen und Kommunikation – eine ökonomische Theorie
Given that individual information processing and memory capacity are severely limited, many institutional and procedural properties of the social communication process can be explained within an individualistic approach as the outcome of a co-evolution of action-inherent knowledge and preferences. This argument is outlined by referring to phenomena such as the competitive release of information (advertising), the role of celebrities and the rent …
The evolution of economic institutions as a propagation process
Individualistische Grundlagen der evolutorischen Ökonomik
Individualistische Grundlagen der evolutorischen Ökonomik
The evolution of economic institutions as a propagation process
The crisis behind the crisis
The dynamics of consumer behavior and the transition to sustainable consumption patterns
The Hayekian Puzzle
In his early years, F. A. Hayek focused his research on the theory of capital and the business cycle. Later he turned to social philosophy and the theory of a spontaneous economic order. The two phases, it is argued in this paper, correspond to two basically incompatible research programs—general equilibrium theory vs. a theory of adapting, collective learning, and expectation formation. Hayek never reconsidered business cycle theory in the light…
The emergence of a protective agency and the constitutional dilemma
Economics, sociobiology and behavioral psychology on preferences
Innovations, externalities and the problem of economic progress
The endogenous public choice theorist
Individualistische Grundlagen der evolutorischen Ökonomik
Individualistische Grundlagen der evolutorischen Ökonomik
Wissen, Präferenzen und Kommunikation – eine ökonomische Theorie
Given that individual information processing and memory capacity are severely limited, many institutional and procedural properties of the social communication process can be explained within an individualistic approach as the outcome of a co-evolution of action-inherent knowledge and preferences. This argument is outlined by referring to phenomena such as the competitive release of information (advertising), the role of celebrities and the rent …
The evolution of economic institutions as a propagation process
Economics, sociobiology and behavioral psychology on preferences
The emergence of a protective agency and the constitutional dilemma
The endogenous public choice theorist
Innovations, externalities and the problem of economic progress
The Hayekian Puzzle
In his early years, F. A. Hayek focused his research on the theory of capital and the business cycle. Later he turned to social philosophy and the theory of a spontaneous economic order. The two phases, it is argued in this paper, correspond to two basically incompatible research programs—general equilibrium theory vs. a theory of adapting, collective learning, and expectation formation. Hayek never reconsidered business cycle theory in the light…
Escaping Satiation
Between Appeasement and Belligerent Moralism
Constitutional interests in the face of innovations
In constitutional political economy, the citizens’ constitutional interests determine the social contract that is binding for the post-constitutional market game. However, following traditional preference subjectivism, it is left open what the constitutional interests are. Using the example of risk attitudes, we argue that this approach is too parsimonious with regard to the behavioral foundations to support a calculus of consent. In face of inno…
The dynamics of consumer behavior and the transition to sustainable consumption patterns
Disentangling motivational and experiential aspects of “utility” – A neuroeconomics perspective
The crisis behind the crisis
Austrian Economics and the Evolutionary Paradigm
This chapter discusses the challenges raised by the inclusion of evolutionary elements in the theories of Carl Menger, Joseph Schumpeter, and Friedrich Hayek. Each adopted an idiosyncratic position in terms of method of inquiry, focus, and general message. The breadth of the topics and phenomena they cover testifies to the great variety of interpretations and potential uses of evolutionary concepts in economics. Menger, who made no reference to D…
Does sustainability-promoting policy making reduce our welfare
Economics (14 works) · Political science (8 works) · Positive economics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Microeconomics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works)