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Homo oeconomicus und das Recht

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Obwohl das Verhaltensmodell des homo oeconomicus sowohl der Rechtswissenschaft wie der Rechtspolitik bei Fragen der Rechtsfolgenabschätzung von großem Nutzen sein kann, wird dessen Akzeptanz erschwert, weil bei ihm strikte Rationalität unterstellt wird. Im Beitrag wird unter Rückgriff auf Ronald Heiners Theorie imperfekter Entscheidungen das Modell eines eingeschränkt rationalen homo oeconomicus entwickelt und auf das Begehen von Straftaten angewendet. Die Kompetenz eines eingeschränkt rationalen Straftäters reicht angesichts der Komplexität seiner Umwelt nicht aus, die individuell beste Entscheidung zu fällen (Kompetenz-Schwierigkeitslücke). Der Entscheider muss deshalb damit rechnen, die aus der statistischen Entscheidungstheorie bekannten Entscheidungsfehler vom Typ 1 und Typ 2 zu begehen. Im Beitrag wird gezeigt, wie man rationaler Weise auf diese Möglichkeit reagiert.

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  • Schmidtchen, Dieter, 2000. "Homo oeconomicus und das Recht," CSLE Discussion Paper Series 2000-03, Saarland University, CSLE - Center for the Study of Law and Economics.
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    Homo oeconomicus; Recht; Diagnosefähigkeit; Homo oeconomicus; law; detection skills;
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    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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